Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate)
South Africa · % of total labor force · published annual by World Bank Open Data
Aggregates
descriptive statistics over the recorded seriesLatest
32.39
2025-01-01
Change vs previous period
+0.35%
Lowest on record
22.26
Highest on record
34.01
Median
23.46
Standard deviation
3.61
Observations
35
Consecutive moves
2 up
Series
% of total labor force · annualRANGE
Values are shown at the frequency the source published them; nothing is interpolated or converted. A period without a published value breaks the line instead of being drawn as zero. No value in this series has been revised so far.
Observations
35 of 35 observations, most recent first| Period | Value | Revision | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-01 | 32.39 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2024-01-01 | 32.28 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2023-01-01 | 32.10 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2022-01-01 | 33.27 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2021-01-01 | 34.01 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2020-01-01 | 29.22 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2019-01-01 | 28.47 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2018-01-01 | 26.91 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2017-01-01 | 27.04 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2016-01-01 | 26.54 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2015-01-01 | 25.15 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2014-01-01 | 24.89 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2013-01-01 | 24.56 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2012-01-01 | 24.73 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2011-01-01 | 24.64 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2010-01-01 | 24.68 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2009-01-01 | 23.52 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2008-01-01 | 22.41 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2007-01-01 | 22.26 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2006-01-01 | 22.30 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2005-01-01 | 22.47 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2004-01-01 | 22.57 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2003-01-01 | 22.68 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2002-01-01 | 22.58 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2001-01-01 | 22.65 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 2000-01-01 | 22.79 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1999-01-01 | 22.88 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1998-01-01 | 22.74 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1997-01-01 | 22.55 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1996-01-01 | 22.50 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1995-01-01 | 22.71 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1994-01-01 | 23.07 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1993-01-01 | 23.36 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1992-01-01 | 23.46 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
| 1991-01-01 | 23.14 | 0 | 2026-07-13 |
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Source: World Bank Open Data · as of 2026-07-13