Unemployment Statistics In South Africa 2025. Youth Unemployment Rate In South Africa 2025 Samuel F Watkins The survey revealed a positive trend in the South African labour force, with a decline in the unemployment rate Unemployment Rate in South Africa decreased to 31.90 percent in the fourth quarter of 2024 from 32.10 percent in the third quarter of 2024
South Africa’s youth continues to bear the burden of unemployment. Statistics South Africa from www.statssa.gov.za
According to the QLFS Q4: 2024 results, there was an increase of 132 000 in the number of employed persons to 17,1 million while there was a decrease of 20 000 in the number of unemployed persons to 8,0 million. The survey revealed a positive trend in the South African labour force, with a decline in the unemployment rate
South Africa’s youth continues to bear the burden of unemployment. Statistics South Africa
The 2025 State of the Nation Address (SONA) underscored South Africa's pressing labour market challenges, with unemployment remaining a top national concern The Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) reports an unemployment rate of 31,9% in Q4: 2024, reflecting the continued difficulty many South Africans face in securing jobs. The pace of employment growth is expected to have slowed in 2024, with average growth for the first three quarters at 2%, compared with an average of 6.2% in 2023.
Unemployment Pie Chart A Visual Reference of Charts Chart Master. South Africa's unemployment rate remains stubbornly high, with growth in the labour force outpacing growth of the economy The 2025 State of the Nation Address (SONA) underscored South Africa's pressing labour market challenges, with unemployment remaining a top national concern
Youth Unemployment Rate In South Africa 2025 Samuel F Watkins. Unemployment rate in South Africa 2019-2024, by age group National poverty line in South Africa 2024 Number of people living in extreme poverty in South Africa 2016-2030 Unemployment Rate in South Africa averaged 27.36 percent from 2000 until 2024, reaching an all time high of 35.30 percent in the fourth quarter of 2021 and a record low of 21.50 percent in the fourth quarter of 2008.