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South Africa Unemployment Rate 2020s

Name: South Africa Unemployment Rate 2020s
Creator: World Bank
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Unemployment as % of total labor force · World Bank

32.21% decade average (2020-2029)

South Africa's unemployment rate during the 2020s ranged from 29.22% (2020) to 34.01% (2021), averaging 32.21% over 6 years of data.

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2020s Data▾

Year	Value	Change	Rank
2020	29.22%	+0.52pp	190th
2021	34.01%	+4.83pp	190th
2022	33.27%	−1.03pp	190th
2023	32.10%	−1.40pp	188th
2024	32.28%	−0.10pp	186th
2025	32.39%	−0.21pp	180th