South Africa Unemployment Rate 1990s

Unemployment as % of total labor force · World Bank
22.52% decade average (1990-1999)

South Africa's unemployment rate during the 1990s ranged from 18.78% (1990) to 23.46% (1992), averaging 22.52% over 10 years of data.

1990s Data
YearValueChangeRank
1990 18.78% +0.95pp 70th
1991 23.14% +4.35pp 184th
1992 23.46% +3.30pp 182nd
1993 23.36% +2.15pp 181st
1994 23.07% +0.90pp 182nd
1995 22.71% −0.19pp 184th
1996 22.50% +6.00pp 182nd
1997 22.55% +2.25pp 182nd
1998 22.74% +0.74pp 181st
1999 22.88% −3.22pp 182nd