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Unemployment rate in South Africa

Latest: 32.4%
Previous: 32.3%
Change: +0.11 (+0.3%)
Reference period: Dec 31, 2025
Frequency: Annual
Unit: Percent

Unemployment rate over time

Annual, Percent, Not seasonally adjusted

Source: World Bank Projection Dashed values are International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook database projections, not observed data.

Observations for Unemployment rate in South Africa
Date	Value
Dec 31, 1966	—
Dec 31, 1967	—
Dec 31, 1968	—
Dec 31, 1969	—
Dec 31, 1970	—
Dec 31, 1971	—
Dec 31, 1972	—
Dec 31, 1973	—
Dec 31, 1974	—
Dec 31, 1975	—
Dec 31, 1976	—
Dec 31, 1977	—
Dec 31, 1978	—
Dec 31, 1979	—
Dec 31, 1980	—
Dec 31, 1981	—
Dec 31, 1982	—
Dec 31, 1983	—
Dec 31, 1984	—
Dec 31, 1985	—
Dec 31, 1986	—
Dec 31, 1987	—
Dec 31, 1988	—
Dec 31, 1989	—
Dec 31, 1990	—
Dec 31, 1991	23.1%
Dec 31, 1992	23.5%
Dec 31, 1993	23.4%
Dec 31, 1994	23.1%
Dec 31, 1995	22.7%
Dec 31, 1996	22.5%
Dec 31, 1997	22.5%
Dec 31, 1998	22.7%
Dec 31, 1999	22.9%
Dec 31, 2000	22.8%
Dec 31, 2001	22.7%
Dec 31, 2002	22.6%
Dec 31, 2003	22.7%
Dec 31, 2004	22.6%
Dec 31, 2005	22.5%
Dec 31, 2006	22.3%
Dec 31, 2007	22.3%
Dec 31, 2008	22.4%
Dec 31, 2009	23.5%
Dec 31, 2010	24.7%
Dec 31, 2011	24.6%
Dec 31, 2012	24.7%
Dec 31, 2013	24.6%
Dec 31, 2014	24.9%
Dec 31, 2015	25.1%
Dec 31, 2016	26.5%
Dec 31, 2017	27.0%
Dec 31, 2018	26.9%
Dec 31, 2019	28.5%
Dec 31, 2020	29.2%
Dec 31, 2021	34.0%
Dec 31, 2022	33.3%
Dec 31, 2023	32.1%
Dec 31, 2024	32.3%
Dec 31, 2025	32.4%

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