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Observation period
Q1 2024
Highest
35.30%Dec 31, 2021
Lowest
21.50%Dec 31, 2008
About South Africa unemployment rate
In South Africa, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force.
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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 32.90%, and the quarter before that it amounted to 32.10%.