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South Africa: School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes

3.27Mcount · 2025+5.5% since 2015

School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes (number). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator SAP.3. Annual figures for South Africa from 2000 to 2025.

20002025

Every year

YearValue (count)Note
20253,266,294
20243,206,205
20233,110,627
20222,996,758
20212,922,572
20202,893,778
20192,896,747
20182,918,117
20172,918,417
20163,059,864
20153,097,129
20143,171,807
20133,186,698
20123,206,386
20113,225,721
20103,300,600
20093,318,729
20083,368,268
20073,417,226
20063,486,903
20053,533,254
20043,554,550
20033,538,715
20023,476,474
20013,365,625
20003,208,267

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). School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-sap-3 (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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