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South Africa: Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, both sexes

9.63percent · 2023-52.5% since 2003

Out-of-school rate for adolescents of lower secondary school age, both sexes (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator ROFST.2.CP. Annual figures for South Africa from 2000 to 2023.

20002023

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20239.634
20223.3
202111.108
20209.184
20197.741
201811.331
201716.446
20153.731
200515.058UIS_EST
200417.433UIS_EST
200320.287UIS_EST
200222.754UIS_EST
200125.128UIS_EST
200024.121UIS_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 adolescents of lower secondary school age, both sexes. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-rofst-2-cp (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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