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South Africa unemployment rate

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Key data points


Last release
Observation period
Q3 2024
Next release
Forecast
Highest
35.30% on Dec 31, 2021
Lowest
21.50% on Dec 31, 2008

About South Africa unemployment rate


Category
Labor
Frequency
Quarterly
Units
%
In South Africa, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force.

Frequently Asked Questions


To calculate South Africa unemployment rate you need to take the number of the country residents without a job and looking for work divided by the total number of residents in the labor force.
The lowest ever South Africa unemployment rate is 21.50%.
The highest figure South Africa unemployment rate has ever reached is 35.30%.
Last quarter South Africa unemployment rate was 32.10%, and the quarter before that it amounted to 33.50%.