South Africa Employment Rate

Employment Rate in South Africa decreased to 42.56 percent in the first quarter of 2019 from 43.34 percent in the fourth quarter of 2018. Employment Rate in South Africa averaged 43.20 percent from 2000 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 46.17 percent in the fourth quarter of 2008 and a record low of 41 percent in the first quarter of 2004.

Employment Rate in South Africa is expected to be 43.10 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Employment Rate in South Africa to stand at 43.60 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the South Africa Employment Rate is projected to trend around 45.12 percent in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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South Africa Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	27.60	27.10	31.20	21.50	percent	[+]
Employed Persons	10151000.00	9733000.00	10151000.00	3694977.00		[+]
Unemployed Persons	6200.00	6100.00	6214.11	3873.00	Thousand	[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	58.80	59.40	60.80	53.60	percent	[+]
Labour Costs	154.00	150.90	154.00	1.10	Index Points	[+]
Wages	21190.00	20860.00	21190.00	6742.00	ZAR/Month	[+]
Wages in Manufacturing	18510.00	18344.00	18510.00	6250.00	ZAR/Month	[+]
Population	57.73	56.84	57.73	17.46	Million	[+]
Retirement Age Women	60.00	60.00	60.00	60.00		[+]
Retirement Age Men	60.00	60.00	65.00	60.00		[+]
Wages Low Skilled	4380.00	3960.00	4380.00	3840.00	ZAR/Month	[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	55.20	54.70	55.90	48.80	percent	[+]
Wages High Skilled	22600.00	20300.00	22600.00	19000.00	ZAR/Month	[+]
Living Wage Family	11300.00	10700.00	11300.00	10700.00	ZAR/Month	[+]
Living Wage Individual	6570.00	6140.00	6570.00	6140.00	ZAR/Month	[+]
Employment Rate	42.56	43.34	46.17	41.00	percent	[+]

In South Africa, the employment rate measures the number of people who have a job as a percentage of the working age population. This page provides - South Africa Employment Rate- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. South Africa Employment Rate - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on May of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	42.56	43.34	46.17	41.00	2000 - 2019	percent	Quarterly	NSA

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Mexico	96.75	Mar/19	96.7	97.23 : 93.58	%
Switzerland	80.60	Dec/18	80.5	81.3 : 76.9	%
Netherlands	77.90	Dec/18	77.7	77.9 : 63.5	%
Germany	76.50	Dec/18	76.3	76.5 : 63.6	%
United Kingdom	76.10	Feb/19	76.1	76.1 : 65.6	%
France	66.10	Mar/19	66.1	66.1 : 63.5	%
Spain	63.58	Mar/19	64	67.18 : 54.91	%
Australia	62.40	Apr/19	62.4	62.9 : 54	%
Canada	62.10	Apr/19	61.9	63.7 : 56	%
United States	60.60	Apr/19	60.6	64.7 : 55	%
South Korea	60.40	Mar/19	59.4	61.6 : 56.1	%
Japan	60.30	Mar/19	60	63.5 : 55.9	%
Russia	59.00	Apr/19	59.1	66.6 : 58.8	%
Italy	58.90	Mar/19	58.6	58.9 : 55.3	%
Brazil	53.90	Mar/19	53.9	57.3 : 53.1	%
Turkey	46.00	Feb/19	45.9	47.9 : 38.9	%
South Africa	42.56	Mar/19	43.34	46.17 : 41	%
Argentina	42.20	Dec/18	42.5	43.4 : 36.3	%