South Africa Youth Unemployment 2010s

Youth unemployment (ages 15-24) · World Bank
52.18% decade average (2010-2019)

South Africa's youth unemployment during the 2010s ranged from 49.75% (2011) to 57.32% (2019), averaging 52.18% over 10 years of data.

2010s Data
YearValueChangeRank
2010 50.45% +2.98pp 182nd
2011 49.75% −0.71pp 180th
2012 51.32% +1.58pp 180th
2013 51.21% −0.12pp 181st
2014 51.19% −0.01pp 181st
2015 50.12% −1.08pp 183rd
2016 53.45% +3.34pp 184th
2017 53.40% −0.06pp 185th
2018 53.63% +0.24pp 185th
2019 57.32% +3.68pp 185th