FACTOID # 6: There are 22 countries where more than half the population is illiterate. Fifteen of them are in Africa.
 
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Africa > South Africa > Education

SOUTH AFRICAN EDUCATION STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Average years of schooling of adults 6.1 [51st of 100]
Children out of school, primary 568,936 Time series [17th of 126]
Duration of compulsory education 9 years [103rd of 171]
Duration of education > Primary level 7 [24th of 181]
Duration of education > Secondary level 5 [176th of 181]
Education spending (% of GDP) 5.3% [48th of 132]
Education spending (% of total government expenditure) 18.5% [27th of 96]
Education, primary completion rate 99 Time series [42nd of 148]
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level 57.2% [82nd of 135]
Geographical aptitude results 72.134 [79th of 191]
Literacy > Male 87% Time series [92nd of 156]
Literacy > Total population 86.4% Time series [90th of 160]
Public spending on education, total > % of government expenditure 17.85 % Time series [18th of 103]
Public spending per student > Primary level 14 [58th of 126]
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary 35.64 Time series [33rd of 159]
School life expectancy > Male 14.1 years [25th of 97]
School life expectancy > Total 14.1 years [29th of 110]
Spending on teaching materials 3.5 [11th of 30]
Tertiary enrollment 15.2% [80th of 151]
Universities > Top 500 4 [23rd of 38]

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SOURCES: UNESCO; World Development Indicators database; United Nations Human Development Programme; Source: UNESCO UIS Data | UNESCO Institute for Statistics; The Geography Zone; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; UNESCO Institute for Statistics; Shanghai Jiao Tong University

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: South Africa, Republic of South Africa, rep. of s. africa, SAFRICA

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