Upper secondary completion in South Africa
In South Africa, 62.2% of young people had completed upper secondary school by the expected age in 2024.
South Africa, 2024
62.2%
Change from 2023
+2.5percentage points
Median of G20 countries, 2019
84.0%
Upper secondary completion in South Africa over time
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South Africa
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% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | South Africa |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 62.2% |
| 2023 | 59.7% |
| 2022 | 57.7% |
| 2021 | 63.2% |
| 2020 | 61.5% |
| 2016 | 48.5% |
| 2011 | 48.8% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +2.5 percentage points from 59.7% in 2023.
- Since 2011, when it was 48.8%, the figure has changed by +13.4 percentage points.