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Youth Unemployment / South Africa
Labor Market

South Africa Youth Unemployment

Current and historical youth unemployment data for South Africa, including latest value (59.93), trend, international ranking, comparison and source notes.
COUNTRY: South Africa
UNIT: percent
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: live
UPDATED: 2026-06-10 04:00:53
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 · youth unemployment as a percentage of the youth labor force.

1991–2025
59.93 percent
60.25 percent
58.5 percent
1 selected year
max 8 6 4 2 0
1991 1998 2005 2012 2019 2025
youth unemployment rate reference line

Countries by youth unemployment

full ranking
Country Rate Class
South Africa 59.93
Jordan 38.88
Tunisia 38.08
Algeria 29.44
Spain 24.75
Romania 24.54
Sweden 24.31
Morocco 21.88

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 18.29
Morocco 21.88
Nigeria 5.34
United States 9.34
China 15.8

Related indicators

internal links
Unemployment SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS
Employment Rate SL.EMP.TOTL.SP.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.1524.ZS

Cache: live · Updated: 2026-06-10 04:00:53

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 Youth 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 Youth 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 youth unemployment rate, youth unemployment data south africa, south africa youth unemployment statistics, south africa percent.