Matric pass rate for 2025 per province: The pass rate represents the percentage of pupils who wrote the matriculation exams and passed. In South Africa, the pass rate for matric 2025 is a widely anticipated statistic that measures the performance of Grade 12 students in their final examinations.
This comprehensive article provides information on the matric pass rate 2025, the English language pass mark, the province with the greatest matric results, how to determine if you passed your matric, and the matric pass rate for South African universities. By considering these elements, students, instructors, and stakeholders can gain valuable insights into the educational scene and make sound judgments.
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Matric pass rate for 2025
The Matric pass rate for 2025 announced by Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga on Thursday evening that the matric class of 2025 achieved a pass rate of 82.9%, as Free State led the way with a pass rate of 89.03%. That is Pass rates for 2025.
The national matric pass rate is up by 2.8% percentage points from the 80.1% pass rate in 2024.
A total of 715 719 full time and 182 056 part time candidates registered to sit for the 2025 NSC examinations.
The top performing province is the Free State (89.3%), which also took the honours in 2024 and 2023. Following it are KZN (86.4%), Gauteng (85.4%), North West (81.6%), Western Cape (81.5%), Eastern Cape (81.4%, an improvement of 4.1% from 2022), Limpopo (79.5%, a 7.4% improvement from 2022), Mpumalanga (77.0%) and Northern Cape (75.8%).
All provinces reflected an improvement in their pass rates.
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The table below shows the Matric Results 2025 Percentage Per Province
| Province | Total Enrolled | Total Wrote 2023 | Total Achieved | % Achieved |
| Eastern Cape | 98,418 | 95,697 | 77,917 | 81.42 |
| Free State | 35,634 | 34,451 | 30,673 | 89.03 |
| Gauteng | 132,570 | 127,697 | 109,030 | 85.38 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 167,247 | 157,911 | 136,366 | 86.36 |
| Limpopo | 94,424 | 93,533 | 74,400 | 79.54 |
| Mpumalanga | 67,995 | 65,534 | 50,429 | 76.95 |
| North West | 42,287 | 41,418 | 33,808 | 81.63 |
| Northern Cape | 13,032 | 12,842 | 9,740 | 75.84 |
| Western Cape | 64,112 | 62,077 | 50,620 | 81.54 |
Matric results: Class of 2024 in numbers
The class of 2024 can be proud of their 80.1% pass rate, especially considering they had to work through the COVID-19 pandemic and the worst load shedding in years.
Pass rate in numbers
- 80.1% matric pass rate for 2024, compared with 76.4% in 2023 – a 3.7% improvement.
- 580 555 candidates passed matric in 2024 – a 7.9% increase from 2023.
Provinces in numbers
- Free State: 88.5%, an increase of 2.8% from 2023
- Gauteng: 84.4%, an increase of 1.6% from 2023
- KwaZulu-Natal: 83%, an increase of 6.2% from 2023
- Western Cape: 81.4%, an increase of 0.2% from 2023
- North West: 79.8%, an increase of 1.6% from 2023
- Eastern Cape: 77.3%, an increase of 4.2% from 2023
- Mpumalanga: 76.8%, a 2.9% increase from 2023
- Northern Cape: 74.2%, a 2.7% increase from 2023
- Limpopo: 72.1%, a 5.3% increase from 2023
