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Unemployment / South Africa
Labor Market

South Africa Unemployment

Current and historical unemployment data for South Africa, including latest value (32.39), trend, international ranking, comparison and source notes.
COUNTRY: South Africa
UNIT: percent
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: partial
UPDATED: 2026-06-05T19:31:38+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 · unemployment rate as a percentage of the total labor force.

2015–2025
32.39 percent
32.28 percent
30.22 percent
1 selected year
max 8 6 4 2 0
2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
unemployment rate reference line

Countries by unemployment

full ranking
Country Rate Class
South Africa 32.39 high
Jordan 16.54 high
Tunisia 15.11 high
Algeria 11.63 high
Spain 10.38 high
Ukraine 9.83 medium
Finland 9.46 medium
Morocco 9 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 6.78
Morocco 9
Nigeria 3.06
United States 4.2
China 4.62

Related indicators

internal links
Employment Rate SL.EMP.TOTL.SP.ZS
Youth Unemployment SL.UEM.1524.ZS
Labor Force Participation SL.TLF.CACT.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.UEM.TOTL.ZS

Cache: partial · Updated: 2026-06-05T19:31:38+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 Unemployment: 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 Unemployment 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 unemployment rate, unemployment data south africa, south africa unemployment statistics, south africa percent.