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Education > High school Stats: compare key data on Nigeria & South Africa

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  • Gender parity index: Country's gender parity index for secondary level enrollment. For countries with a rating of over 1, more females are enrolled while countries with a rating under 1 have more males enrolled.
  • Gender ratio: Ratio of female to male secondary enrollment is the percentage of girls to boys enrolled at secondary level in public and private schools.
  • Lower secondary school duration: Number of years students study at the lower secondary (middle school) level.
  • Lower secondary starting age: Average age at which students begin lower secondary (middle school) education.
  • Private school share: Percentage of secondary students who attend a private school.
  • Students per teacher: Number of students per teacher for all levels of secondary education.
  • Upper secondary school duration: Number of years students study at the upper secondary (high school) level.
  • Upper secondary starting age: Average age at which students begin upper secondary (high school) education.
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STAT Nigeria South Africa HISTORY
Gender parity index 0.881
Ranked 119th. 		1.05
Ranked 33th. 19% more than Nigeria
Gender ratio 77.23
Ranked 125th. 		104.66
Ranked 34th. 36% more than Nigeria
Lower secondary school duration 3
Ranked 160th. 50% more than South Africa 		2
Ranked 192nd.
Lower secondary starting age 12
Ranked 115th. 		14
Ranked 3rd. 17% more than Nigeria
Private school share 21.53%
Ranked 42nd. 5 times more than South Africa 		4.11%
Ranked 47th.
Students per teacher 33.08
Ranked 7th. 32% more than South Africa 		25.05
Ranked 18th.
Upper secondary school duration 3
Ranked 118th. The same as South Africa 		3
Ranked 68th.
Upper secondary starting age 15
Ranked 147th. 		16
Ranked 25th. 7% more than Nigeria

SOURCES: United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics.; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables

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  • Over the years, Africa has had some of the worst literacy rates on Earth; up to 50% of the population is illiterate in some countries.

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