Completion rate, primary education, rural — Value — All age ranges or in South Africa
South Africa: Completion rate, primary education, rural — Value — All age ranges or was 97.16 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Completion rate, primary education, rural — Value — All age ranges or in South Africa, 2011–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
South Africa recorded 97.16 % for completion rate, primary education, rural — value — all age ranges or in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 2.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, completion rate, primary education, rural — value — all age ranges or in South Africa peaked at 97.51 % in 2023 and was at its lowest, 90.62 %, in 2011.
South Africa ranks 36th of 76 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Completion rate, primary education, rural — Value — All age ranges or in South Africa, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 90.62 % | — |
| 2016 | 94.51 % | +4.3% |
| 2020 | 96.79 % | +2.4% |
| 2021 | 97.03 % | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 97.35 % | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 97.51 % | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 97.16 % | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 92.56 % | 90.62 % | 94.51 % | 2 |
| 2020s | 97.17 % | 96.79 % | 97.51 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near South Africa
More economy & growth data for South Africa
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 0.4836 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 1.4 Percent per annum (2029)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current LCU) 5.85 % change on previous year (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current LCU) 11.78 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (current LCU) 77,700 current LCU per person (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015) 3.56 % change on previous year (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015) 0.5921 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015) 3,907 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure (current US$), annual growth rate 7.63 % change on previous year (2025)
- Final consumption expenditure (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.8472 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is completion rate, primary education, rural — value — all age ranges or in South Africa?
- Completion rate, primary education, rural — value — all age ranges or in South Africa was 97.16 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest completion rate, primary education, rural — value — all age ranges or recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 97.51 % in 2023.
- What is the lowest completion rate, primary education, rural — value — all age ranges or recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 90.62 % in 2011.
- How does South Africa rank for completion rate, primary education, rural — value — all age ranges or?
- South Africa ranks 36th out of 76 countries with data for 2024.
- Is completion rate, primary education, rural — value — all age ranges or rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Completion rate, primary education, rural — Value — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — Rural. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The Suite of Gender Indicators presents a set of indicators relevant to agrifood systems that are disaggregated by sex, with the aim of highlighting gender differences across agrifood systems. The initial set of indicators is based on those used in FAO’s 2023 Status of Women in Agrifood Systems (SWAFS) report and on the recommendations of an expert consultation held in December 2023, and covers key dimensions including economic participation, governance, agency, social norms, assets and services, education, health, and nutrition. Indicator selection was informed by expert judgment and by the availability of data with sufficient geographic and temporal coverage to enable meaningful comparisons across regions and over time. While most indicators are produced and published by FAO and other international organizations, the objective of this domain is to provide a one-stop shop for sex-disaggregated data on agrifood systems.