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South Africa Unemployment Rate 2010s

Name: South Africa Unemployment Rate 2010s
Creator: World Bank
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Unemployment as % of total labor force · World Bank

25.76% decade average (2010-2019)

South Africa's unemployment rate during the 2010s ranged from 24.56% (2013) to 28.47% (2019), averaging 25.76% over 10 years of data.

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2010s Data▾

Year	Value	Change	Rank
2010	24.68%	+0.98pp	187th
2011	24.64%	−0.24pp	187th
2012	24.73%	−0.07pp	185th
2013	24.56%	−0.31pp	186th
2014	24.89%	+0.16pp	187th
2015	25.15%	+0.05pp	188th
2016	26.54%	+1.19pp	191st
2017	27.04%	+0.31pp	191st
2018	26.91%	−0.54pp	191st
2019	28.47%	+1.34pp	191st