Years of schooling in South Africa

11.6

years · 2023

52nd highest of 193 countries

In 2013: 10.0

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Nearby in the ranking

  1. Serbia 11.6
  2. Marshall Is. 11.6
  3. Andorra 11.6
  4. South Africa 11.6
  5. Saudi Arabia 11.6
  6. Greece 11.6
  7. Romania 11.6

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About the data

Average number of years (excluding years spent repeating individual grades) adults over 25 years participated in formal education.

Unit
years
Years
1990–2023
Data as of
2026-09-28
Source
Our World in Data
License
CC BY 4.0
Credit
Our World in Data; UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. CC BY 4.0