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

16.28percent · 2024

Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, urban, both sexes (household survey data) (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator ROFST.H.3.URB. Annual figures for South Africa from 2016 to 2024.

20162024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202416.282
202316.35
202216.605
202131.982
202023.806
201623.663

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 youth of upper secondary school age, urban, both sexes. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-rofst-h-3-urb (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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