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South Africa: Primary completion rate, total

95.33percent · 2023+20.4% since 2002

Primary completion rate, or gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, is the number of new entrants (enrollments minus repeaters) in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education. Data limitations preclude adjusting for students who drop out during the final year of primary education. Annual figures for South Africa from 1991 to 2023.