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Labor Force Participation / South Africa
Labor Market

South Africa Labor Force Participation

Current and historical labor force participation data for South Africa, including latest value (55.58), trend, international ranking, comparison and source no
COUNTRY: South Africa
UNIT: percent
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: partial
UPDATED: 2026-06-05T19:33:32+02:00
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: 2015–2025 2015– 2025
2015 2025
Selected year: 2025 · Value: n/a 2025

South Africa · labor force participation rate as a percentage of population ages 15+.

2015–2025
55.58 percent
55.57 percent
54.27 percent
60 selected year
max 8 6 4 2 0
2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
labor force participation rate reference line

Countries by labor force participation

full ranking
Country Rate Class
Qatar 87.01 high
Nigeria 82.52 high
United Arab Emirates 78.59 high
Iceland 74.93 high
Kuwait 73.37 high
Peru 72.86 medium
Vietnam 72.78 medium
Bahrain 70.43 medium

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 44.57
Morocco 43.94
Nigeria 82.52
United States 61.7
China 64.55

Related indicators

internal links
Unemployment SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS
Employment Rate SL.EMP.TOTL.SP.ZS
Youth Unemployment SL.UEM.1524.ZS
GDP Growth NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG
Inflation FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG

Source layer

planned

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Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: SL.TLF.CACT.ZS

Cache: partial · Updated: 2026-06-05T19:33:32+02:00

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 Labor Force Participation: 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 Labor Force Participation 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 labor force participation rate, labor force participation data south africa, south africa labor force participation statistics, south africa percent.