South Africa · annual SERIES
Lower secondary completion rate in South Africa
Percentage of a cohort of children or young people aged 3–5 years above the intended age for the last grade of lower secondary education who have completed that grade.
92.49%%
2024Observation year
+0.86 pp from 2023
Source note for 2024: [{"type":"Source","subtype":"Data sources","value":"South Africa Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) 2024, Quarter 1. The survey collected data on school attendance for age for age 0 and above and educational attainment for age 6 and above."}]
% · UNESCO Institute for Statistics · Missing observations remain gaps.
Underlying data
Download CSV| Year | Value | Status & source note |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 92.4916000366211 | present · [{"type":"Source","subtype":"Data sources","value":"South Africa Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) 2024, Quarter 1. The survey collected data on school attendance for age for age 0 and above and educational attainment for age 6 and above."}] |
| 2023 | 91.62711334228516 | present · [{"type":"Source","subtype":"Data sources","value":"South Africa Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) 2023, Quarter 1. The survey collected data on school attendance for age for age 0 and above and educational attainment for age 6 and above."}] |
| 2022 | 92.54975128173828 | present · [{"type":"Source","subtype":"Data sources","value":"South Africa Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) 2022, Quarter 1. The survey collected data on school attendance for age for age 0 and above and educational attainment for age 6 and above."}] |
| 2021 | 93.68531799316406 | present · [{"type":"Source","subtype":"Data sources","value":"South Africa General Household Survey 2021. The survey collected data on school attendance for age 5 and above, and educational attainment for age 0 and above."}] |
| 2020 | 93.90679168701172 | present · [{"type":"Source","subtype":"Data sources","value":"South Africa General Household Survey 2020. The survey collected data on school attendance for age 5 and above, and educational attainment for age 0 and above."}] |
| 2016 | 88.02323913574219 | present · [{"type":"Source","subtype":"Data sources","value":"South Africa DHS 2016. The survey collected data on school attendance for age 5-24 and educational attainment for age 5 and above."}] |
| 2011 | 84.90934753417969 | present · [{"type":"Source","subtype":"Data sources","value":"South Africa IPUMS-International 2010. The census collected data on school attendance for age 5-95 and educational attainment for age 5 and above."}] |
Definition & method
UIS SDG 4.1.2 completion rate, CR.2, total population. Original national survey/census observations, not gross intake ratios or modelled completion series.
Percentage of a cohort of children or young people aged 3–5 years above the intended age for the last grade of lower secondary education who have completed that grade.
What to keep in mind
- Survey and census coverage is irregular; no interpolation is applied.
- Survey reference periods and sources are retained in each observation note.
- Selected data and adaptations retain the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.