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Employment Rate / South Africa
Labor Market

South Africa Employment Rate

Current and historical employment rate data for South Africa, including latest value (37.58), trend, international ranking, comparison and source notes.
COUNTRY: South Africa
UNIT: percent
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: live
UPDATED: 2026-06-10 04:01:39
Economy Data Rating
South Africa · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
BB
62 / 100
Moderate risk
Fiscal stability 15.6 / 25
Macroeconomic stability 11.2 / 20
External stability 14 / 15
Financial robustness 6.3 / 15
Structural stability 0 / 10
Future capacity 6.5 / 10
Demographic capacity 4.6 / 5
Method: Economy Data 7-pillar stability model with structural financial robustness adjustment. This is a transparent Economy Data heuristic, not an official sovereign credit rating. Data coverage: 93% of weighted inputs available.
Time range: 1991–2025 1991– 2025
1991 2025
Selected year: 2025 · Value: n/a 2025

South Africa · employment to population ratio.

1991–2025
37.58 percent
37.63 percent
37.88 percent
72 selected year
max 8 6 4 2 0
1991 1998 2005 2012 2019 2025
employment rate rate reference line

Countries by employment rate

full ranking
Country Rate Class
Qatar 86.9
Nigeria 79.99
United Arab Emirates 76.89
Iceland 72.21
Kuwait 71.77
Vietnam 71.67
Bahrain 69.65
Peru 69.13

Interpretation

short note

This labor market indicator helps assess employment conditions and economic participation.

Values should be interpreted together with country context, time range, source coverage and related macroeconomic indicators.

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Comparison

latest
Egypt 41.55
Morocco 39.99
Nigeria 79.99
United States 59.11
China 61.57

Related indicators

internal links
Unemployment SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS
Labor Force Participation SL.TLF.CACT.ZS
GDP Growth NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG
Population SP.POP.TOTL
Inflation FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG

Source layer

planned

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Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: SL.EMP.TOTL.SP.ZS

Cache: live · Updated: 2026-06-10 04:01:39

South Africa Snapshot

country profile
Population 64.01 m
GDP 401.14 bn
Debt/GDP 79.45%
Inflation 4.36%
Unemployment 32.39%
Currency n/a
Region Africa
Income group Upper middle income

South Africa Employment Rate: data context and use

This page is part of the Economy Data indicator system. It provides structured country-level economic data, historical series, rankings and comparison views for researchers, students, journalists and decision makers. The page combines indicator metadata, country context, latest available values, ranking information and source notes.

The selected indicator is Employment Rate for South Africa. The data are designed for quick comparison across countries and for deeper interpretation together with related macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, exports, imports, population and inequality.

Keyphrase synonyms: south africa employment rate rate, employment rate data south africa, south africa employment rate statistics, south africa percent.