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South Africa: Out-of-school rate for children, adolescents and youth of primary, lower secondary and upper secondary school age, both sexes

8.41percent · 2023-58.7% since 2003

Out-of-school rate for children, adolescents and youth of primary, lower secondary and upper secondary school age, both sexes (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator ROFST.1T3.CP. Annual figures for South Africa from 2000 to 2023.

20002023

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20238.41
20224.166
20217.405
202010.41
201911.133
201812.454
201713.069
20157.523
200518.702UIS_EST
200419.519UIS_EST
200320.344UIS_EST
200221.415UIS_EST
200123.264UIS_EST
200022.909UIS_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, adolescents and youth of primary, lower secondary and upper secondary school age, both sexes. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-rofst-1t3-cp (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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