Census 2022, 10% Sample
South Africa, 2022
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Feb 24, 2026
Last modified
Feb 24, 2026
Highest level of education (P21_EDULEVEL)
Data file: sa-census-2022-person-v1
Overview
Valid:
4230792
Minimum:
0
Maximum:
99
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Width:
2
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 0 | Grade R/0 |
| 1 | Grade 1/ Sub A/ Class 1 |
| 2 | Grade 2/ Sub B/ Class 2 |
| 3 | Grade 3/ Standard 1/ ABET/ AET 1 |
| 4 | Grade 4/ Standard 2 |
| 5 | Grade 5/ Standard 3/ ABET/ AET |
| 6 | Grade 6/ Standard 4 |
| 7 | Grade 7/ Standard 5/ ABET/ AET |
| 8 | Grade 8/ Standard 6/ Form 1 |
| 9 | Grade 9/ Standard 7/ Form 2/ ABET/ AET 4/ Occupational Certificate NQF Level 2 |
| 10 | Grade 10/ Standard 8/ Form 3/ NCV Level 2/ Occupational Certificate NQF Level 2 |
| 11 | Grade 11/ Standard 9/ Form 4/ NCV Level 3/ Occupational Certificate NQF Level 3 |
| 12 | Grade 12/ Standard 10/ Form 5/ Matric/ NCV Level 4/ Occupational Certificate NQF Level 4 |
| 13 | NTC I/N1 |
| 14 | NTC II/N2 |
| 15 | NTC III/N3 |
| 16 | N4/NTC 4/ Occupational Certificate NQF Level 5 |
| 17 | N5/NTC 5/ Occupational Certificate NQF Level 5 |
| 18 | N6/NTC 6/ Occupational Certificate NQF Level 5 |
| 19 | Certificate with less than Grade 12/ Standard 10 |
| 20 | Diploma with less than Grade 12/ Standard 10 |
| 21 | Higher/ National/ Advanced Certificate with Grade 12/ Std10/ Occupational Certificate NQF Level 5 |
| 22 | Diploma with Grade 12/ Standard 10/ Occupational Certificate NQF Level 6 |
| 23 | Higher Diploma/ Occupational Certificate NQF Level 7 |
| 24 | Bachelors Degree/ Occupational Certificate NQF Level 8 |
| 25 | Honours Degree/ Postgraduate Diploma/ Occupational Certificate NQF Level 8 |
| 26 | Masters/ Professional Masters at NQF Level 9 |
| 27 | PHD (Doctoral Degrees)/ Professional Doctoral Degree at NQF Level 10 |
| 28 | Other |
| 29 | Do not know |
| 88 | Not applicable |
| 98 | No schooling |
| 99 | Unspecified |
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.