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In 2022, there were 13,419,971 learners in ordinary public and independent schools in South Africa. (Note: This number excludes early childhood development centres and special schools.) ...

In 2022, there were 24,871 public and independent schools in South Africa. (Note: These numbers exclude early childhood development centres and special schools.) ...

In 2022, there were 450,993 teachers in South African schools. (Note: These numbers exclude early childhood development centres and special schools.) ...

The General Household Survey (GHS) tracks the progress of development in South Africa and identifies persistent service delivery gaps. According to the latest survey, 2021 showed an increase in the percentage of households that were connected to the electricity supply from the mains from 76.7% in 20...

From 1994 to the end of February 2022, the South African government's human settlements sector delivered just over 3.4 million housing units. ...

The World Bank’s Human Capital Index measures “the amount of human capital that a child born today can expect to attain by age 18”. It expresses this as a value between zero and one. An economy in which the average worker achieves both full health and full education potential will score a valu...

In 2020, the South African adult illiteracy rate was 90%, indicating an improvement of 2.1 percentage points from 2019. ...

Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index records perceived public-sector corruption in 180 countries and territories. It uses a scale of zero (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean), based on feedback from experts and business people. In 2020,South Africa ranked 69th. It was...

In 2018, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) ranked South Africa 99th out of 159 countries based on its adult literacy rate. This rate is defined as the “percentage of the population ages 15 and older that can, with understanding, both read and write a sho...