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South Africa: Out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary school age, adjusted gender parity index

0.92parity index (1 = parity) · 2023+12.0% since 2002

Out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary school age, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator ROFST.1T2.GPIA.CP. Annual figures for South Africa from 2000 to 2023.

20002023

Every year

YearValue (parity index (1 = parity))Note
20230.923
20221.044
20210.352
20200.796
20190.791
20180.78
20170.67UIS_EST
20050.81UIS_EST
20040.822UIS_EST
20030.824UIS_EST
20020.824UIS_EST
20010.843UIS_EST
20000.871UIS_EST

Source

Published by UIS, produced by UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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UIS (2026). Out-of-school rate for children and adolescents of primary and lower secondary school age, adjusted gender parity index. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-rofst-1t2-gpia-cp (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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