Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2025
Quarter 3
South Africa, 2025
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ZAF_2025_QLFS-Q3_v01_M
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- QLFS202503
Highest education level (Q17EDUCATION)
Data file: QLFS202503
Overview
Valid:
63426
Minimum:
0
Maximum:
98
Type:
Discrete
Width:
16
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Grade R/0 | 1748 |
2.8%
|
| 1 | Grade 1/Sub A | 1304 |
2.1%
|
| 2 | Grade 2/Sub B | 1551 |
2.4%
|
| 3 | Grade 3/Standard 1/AET 1 (KHARI RI GUDE ,SANLI) | 1704 |
2.7%
|
| 4 | Grade 4/Standard 2 | 2038 |
3.2%
|
| 5 | Grade 5/Standard 3/AET 2 | 2060 |
3.2%
|
| 6 | Grade 6/Standard 4 | 2372 |
3.7%
|
| 7 | Grade 7/Standard 5/AET 3 | 3203 |
5%
|
| 8 | Grade 8/Standard 6/Form 1 | 3448 |
5.4%
|
| 9 | Grade 9/Standard 7/Form 2/AET 4 | 3754 |
5.9%
|
| 10 | Grade 10/Standard 8/Form 3 | 5770 |
9.1%
|
| 11 | Grade 11/Standard 9/Form 4 | 6530 |
10.3%
|
| 12 | Grade 12/Standard 10/Form 5/Matric (No Exemption) | 11490 |
18.1%
|
| 13 | Grade 12/Standard 10/Form 5/Matric (Exemption/Bachelor’s pass) | 2112 |
3.3%
|
| 14 | NTC l/N1/NIC/(v) Level 2 | 41 |
0.1%
|
| 15 | NTC II/N2/NIC/(v) Level 3 | 94 |
0.1%
|
| 16 | NTC III/N3/NIC/(v) Level 4 | 171 |
0.3%
|
| 17 | N4/NTC 4 | 132 |
0.2%
|
| 18 | N5/NTC 5 | 117 |
0.2%
|
| 19 | N6/NTC 6 | 314 |
0.5%
|
| 20 | Certificate with less than Grade 12/Std 10 | 79 |
0.1%
|
| 21 | Diploma with less than Grade 12/Std 10 | 60 |
0.1%
|
| 22 | Certificate with Grade 12/Std 10 | 688 |
1.1%
|
| 23 | Diploma with Grade 12/Std 10 | 1495 |
2.4%
|
| 24 | Higher Diploma | 323 |
0.5%
|
| 25 | Post Higher Diploma (Masters; Doctoral Diploma) | 125 |
0.2%
|
| 26 | Bachelors Degree | 1486 |
2.3%
|
| 27 | Bachelors Degree and Post Graduate Diploma | 150 |
0.2%
|
| 28 | Honours Degree | 302 |
0.5%
|
| 29 | Higher Degree (Masters/Phd) | 193 |
0.3%
|
| 30 | Other | 303 |
0.5%
|
| 31 | Do not know | 354 |
0.6%
|
| 98 | No schooling | 7915 |
12.5%
|
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.