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

11.69percent · 2023-59.1% since 2003

Out-of-school rate for adolescents and youth of lower and upper secondary school age, both sexes (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator ROFST.2T3.CP. Annual figures for South Africa from 2000 to 2023.

20002023

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202311.693
20221.832
202112.809
202013.903
201915.577
201817.386
201717.417
20154.609
200526.062UIS_EST
200427.558UIS_EST
200328.619UIS_EST
200229.788UIS_EST
200132.35UIS_EST
200030.298UIS_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 and youth of lower and upper secondary school age, both sexes. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-rofst-2t3-cp (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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