Education > Education enrolment by level Stats: compare key data on South Africa & United States

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STAT	South Africa	United States	HISTORY
Percentage girls > Primary level	48.92% Ranked 32nd. About the same as United States	48.86% Ranked 40th.
Percentage girls > Secondary level	51.87% Ranked 19th. 6% more than United States	48.72% Ranked 92nd.
Percentage girls > Tertiary level	53.68% Ranked 56th.	56.64% Ranked 34th. 6% more than South Africa
Primary level	7.47 million Ranked 15th.	24.85 million Ranked 4th. 3 times more than South Africa
Primary level > Per capita	0.165 per capita Ranked 29th. 92% more than United States	0.086 per capita Ranked 119th.
Primary level per 1000	163.96 Ranked 34th. 90% more than United States	86.39 Ranked 118th.
Secondary level	4.31 million Ranked 23th.	23.85 million Ranked 4th. 6 times more than South Africa
Secondary level > Per capita	95.14 per 1,000 people Ranked 59th. 15% more than United States	82.72 per 1,000 people Ranked 88th.
Secondary level per 1000	94.7 Ranked 61st. 14% more than United States	82.94 Ranked 90th.
Tertiary level	675,160 Ranked 31st.	16.61 million Ranked 1st. 25 times more than South Africa
Tertiary level > Per capita	14.9 per 1,000 people Ranked 82nd.	57.61 per 1,000 people Ranked 4th. 4 times more than South Africa
Tertiary level per 1000	14.83 Ranked 83th.	57.75 Ranked 4th. 4 times more than South Africa

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