Levels of education achieved by South Africans
The percentage distribution of the highest level of education attained by South Africans aged 20 years and older from 2002 to 2025.
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The data
24 rows, 9 columns.
- year Year
- year of the data 2002 – 2025
- other Number
- 0.1 – 0.6
- post-school Number
- 9.2 – 16.7
- nsc/grade 12 Number
- 21.3 – 36.2
- upper secondary Number
- 18.8 – 26
- lower secondary Number
- 10.1 – 15.3
- completed primary Number
- 3.5 – 7
- some primary Number
- 6.2 – 17.4
- none Number
- The percentage of people that have not completed any school 2.6 – 11.4
Latest rows
| year | other | post-school | nsc/grade 12 | upper secondary | lower secondary | completed primary | some primary | none |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.6 | 16.7 | 36.2 | 24.1 | 10.1 | 3.5 | 6.2 | 2.6 |
| 2024 | 0.5 | 16.1 | 36 | 24 | 10.1 | 3.7 | 6.6 | 3 |
| 2023 | 0.5 | 15.8 | 35 | 24.6 | 10.5 | 3.7 | 6.8 | 3.1 |
| 2022 | 0.5 | 15.9 | 34.6 | 24.2 | 10.6 | 3.8 | 7.1 | 3.3 |
| 2021 | 0.6 | 14.6 | 35.9 | 24.4 | 10.2 | 3.7 | 7.4 | 3.2 |
| 2020 | 0.4 | 14.1 | 36 | 24.9 | 10.5 | 3.8 | 7.3 | 2.9 |
| 2019 | 0.5 | 15.4 | 30.8 | 25.1 | 11.8 | 4.2 | 8.5 | 3.7 |
| 2018 | 0.5 | 14.3 | 30.9 | 25.5 | 11.4 | 4.3 | 8.7 | 4.5 |
| 2017 | 0.5 | 13.9 | 29.2 | 26 | 12.3 | 4.4 | 9.1 | 4.7 |
| 2016 | 0.4 | 14.1 | 28.8 | 25.3 | 12.5 | 4.6 | 9.6 | 4.7 |
| 2015 | 0.4 | 14.1 | 28.3 | 24.7 | 12.7 | 4.7 | 10.2 | 5 |
| 2014 | 0.4 | 13.5 | 29 | 24.3 | 12.5 | 4.8 | 10.4 | 5.2 |
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