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South Africa: School life expectancy, primary, both sexes

7.12years · 2023-2.2% since 2013

School life expectancy, primary, both sexes (years). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator SLE.1. Annual figures for South Africa from 2000 to 2023.

20002023

Every year

YearValue (years)Note
20237.125
20227.183
20217.144
20207.125
20197.121
20187.083
20177.165
20167.319UIS_EST
20157.386UIS_EST
20147.294
20137.286
20127.33
20117.276
20107.241
20097.182
20087.166
20077.081
20066.904
20056.849UIS_EST
20046.853
20036.769
20026.686
20016.552
20006.501

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 life expectancy, primary, both sexes. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-sle-1 (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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