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South Africa - Lower secondary completion rate

Lower secondary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group)

Lower secondary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group) in South Africa was 83.91 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 91.68 in 2002, while its lowest value was 61.26 in 1991.

Definition: Lower secondary education completion rate is measured as the gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary education (general and pre-vocational). It is calculated as the number of new entrants in the last grade of lower secondary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of lower secondary education.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

Year	Value
1991	61.26
2000	76.18
2002	91.68
2003	80.20
2004	77.54
2016	83.57
2018	83.36
2019	83.91

Lower secondary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group)

Lower secondary completion rate, male (% of relevant age group) in South Africa was 76.88 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 86.41 in 2002, while its lowest value was 51.10 in 1991.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

Year	Value
1991	51.10
2000	67.31
2002	86.41
2003	73.11
2004	70.68
2016	78.01
2018	76.75
2019	76.88

Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group)

Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in South Africa was 80.37 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 28 years was 89.02 in 2002, while its lowest value was 56.15 in 1991.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

Year	Value
1991	56.15
1999	74.02
2000	71.71
2002	89.02
2003	76.63
2004	74.08
2016	80.77
2018	80.03
2019	80.37

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Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Outcomes