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South Africa Unemployment Rate 2000s

Name: South Africa Unemployment Rate 2000s
Creator: World Bank
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Unemployment as % of total labor force · World Bank

22.62% decade average (2000-2009)

South Africa's unemployment rate during the 2000s ranged from 22.26% (2007) to 23.52% (2009), averaging 22.62% over 10 years of data.

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2000s Data▾

Year	Value	Change	Rank
2000	22.79%	−0.51pp	183rd
2001	22.65%	−0.35pp	184th
2002	22.58%	−3.37pp	183rd
2003	22.68%	−5.12pp	182nd
2004	22.57%	−5.08pp	184th
2005	22.47%	−2.68pp	185th
2006	22.30%	−2.35pp	185th
2007	22.26%	−1.29pp	186th
2008	22.41%	−0.59pp	185th
2009	23.52%	+1.00pp	186th