Which Province Achieved the Highest Matric Pass Rate in South Africa? In total The matric results of Previous year have scored the highest pass rate of 82.9%, up from the year before Here on this article we have arrnged the pass rate arcording to District and Provinces.
Provincial rankings pass rate from highest to lowest
- Free State is the leading province at 89.0%, an increase of 0.5% from 2022.
- KwaZulu-Natal, which is the third most improved province, achieved 86.4%, an increase of 3.4% from 2022.
- Gauteng achieved 85.4%, an increase of 1.0% from 2022.
- North West achieved 81.6%, an increase of 1.8% from 2022.
- Western Cape achieved 81.5%, an increase of 0.1% from the previous year.
- The Eastern Cape is the second most improved province, with a pass rate of 81.4%, an improvement of 4.1% from the previous year.
- The most improved province is Limpopo, with an achievement of 79.5%, a 7.4% improvement from the previous year.
- Mpumalanga achieved 77.0%, a 0.2% increase from the previous year.
- Northern Cape achieved at 75.8%, a 1.6% increase from 2022.
IEB Matric pass rate
The Independent Examinations Board Matric results have slightly improved from the previous year with a 98.46% pass rate from 98.42% in 2022.
A total of 15,180 students wrote the IEB NSC exams in October and November 2023 at 275 examination centres and 88.59% of those that passed achieved entry to degree study, compared to 89.32% in 2022.
For diploma study, 8.31% qualified for entry compared to 7.52% in 2022; and 1.57% achieved entry for study at the higher certificate level, same as the 1.57% in 2022.
The top 10 district level performances in the country are:
Johannesburg West in Gauteng with 92.5%.
Motheo in Free State with 91.2%.
Tshwane South in Gauteng with 90.4%.
Umkhanyakude in KwaZulu-Natal with 90%.
Fezile Dabi in Free State with 89.6%.
Ugu in the KwaZulu-Natal with 89.5%.
Thabo Mafutsanyana in Free State with 89.4%.
Ilembe in KwaZulu-Natal with 88.6%.
Gauteng North in Gauteng with 88.4%.
Zululand in KwaZulu-Natal with 87.2%.
