South Africa Youth Unemployment 2000s

Youth unemployment (ages 15-24) · World Bank
44.13% decade average (2000-2009)

South Africa's youth unemployment during the 2000s ranged from 43.19% (2000) to 47.47% (2009), averaging 44.13% over 10 years of data.

2000s Data
YearValueChangeRank
2000 43.19% +0.08pp 178th
2001 43.21% +0.02pp 178th
2002 43.35% +0.14pp 178th
2003 43.80% +0.45pp 178th
2004 43.86% +0.07pp 180th
2005 43.93% +0.07pp 179th
2006 43.87% −0.06pp 179th
2007 44.04% +0.18pp 181st
2008 44.58% +0.53pp 181st
2009 47.47% +2.90pp 181st