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South Africa: Proportion of children at the end of lower secondary achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in mathematics

Name: South Africa: Proportion of children at the end of lower secondary achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in mathematics
Creator: World Health Organization
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34.30percent · 2015

Proportion of children at the end of lower secondary achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in mathematics (%). WHO Global Health Observatory indicator SE_LSC_MATH. Annual figures for South Africa from 2003 to 2015.

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Every year

Year	Value (percent)	Note
2015	34.3
2014	10
2013	11.5
2012	8.1
2011	24.5
2003	10.4

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Published by World Health Organization. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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World Health Organization (2026). Proportion of children at the end of lower secondary achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in mathematics. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/who-se-lsc-math (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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