Work & Labour in South Africa

106 indicators covering work & labour for South Africa.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Unemployment with intermediate education 33.9% 2024 up 35.2% 1st
Unemployment with basic education, female 42.8% 2024 up 20.7% 2nd
Unemployment with advanced education 12.8% 2024 up 54.8% 12th
Unemployment with intermediate education, female 37.6% 2024 up 35.7% 2nd
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total 34.6% 2024 up 10.5% 7th
Unemployment with intermediate education, male 30.7% 2024 up 34.2% 1st
Labor force with basic education, female 39.8% 2024 up 3.3% 52nd
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female 35.6% 2024 up 5.1% 11th
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male 33.6% 2024 up 16.9% 4th
Labor force with basic education, male 53.3% 2024 up 2.2% 79th
Labor force with basic education 46.6% 2024 up 3.0% 69th
Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 32.6% 2024 down 3.6% 150th
Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 43.0% 2024 down 8.0% 169th
Labor force with intermediate education, female (% of female working-a 60.8% 2024 up 1.3% 41st
Labor force with intermediate education, male 73.6% 2024 down 2.1% 66th
Labor force with intermediate education (% of total working-age popula 67.0% 2024 down 0.6% 52nd
Unemployment with advanced education, male 10.7% 2024 up 54.8% 9th
Labor force with advanced education, male 83.7% 2024 down 5.0% 54th
Labor force with advanced education 80.8% 2024 down 3.9% 39th
Labor force with advanced education, female 78.7% 2024 down 2.2% 40th
Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 37.6% 2024 down 6.0% 166th
Unemployment with advanced education, female 14.4% 2024 up 50.0% 17th
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 10.7% 2024 down 13.3% 153rd
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 12.4% 2024 down 13.9% 152nd
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 8.9% 2024 down 12.5% 146th
Part time employment, female 22.5% 2024 up 3.8% 67th
Part time employment, male 13.3% 2024 up 32.3% 59th
Part time employment, total 17.4% 2024 up 15.0% 68th
Female share of employment in senior and middle management 39.3% 2024 up 14.5% 32nd
Coverage of social protection and labor programs 78.4% 2021 up 24.9% 10th
Coverage of social safety net programs 76.7% 2021 up 26.2% 8th
Coverage of social safety net programs in poorest quintile 94.6% 2021 up 9.6% 5th
Coverage of social safety net programs in 2nd quintile 95.8% 2021 up 20.2% 3rd
Coverage of social safety net programs in 3rd quintile 88.8% 2021 up 30.1% 6th
Coverage of social safety net programs in 4th quintile 70.5% 2021 up 48.7% 8th
Coverage of social safety net programs in richest quintile 33.9% 2021 up 51.7% 12th
Adequacy of social protection and labor programs 50.3% 2021 up 110.9% 7th
Benefit incidence of social protection and labor programs to poorest q 0.1% 2021 down 99.7% 36th
Coverage of social insurance programs 3.4% 2021 down 0.6% 34th
Coverage of social insurance programs in poorest quintile 0.3% 2021 down 58.3% 32nd
Coverage of social insurance programs in 2nd quintile 1.2% 2021 down 19.9% 33rd
Coverage of social insurance programs in 3rd quintile 1.7% 2021 down 25.9% 34th
Coverage of social insurance programs in 4th quintile 4.1% 2021 up 15.6% 34th
Coverage of social insurance programs in richest quintile 9.6% 2021 up 7.4% 34th
Adequacy of social insurance programs 50.3% 2021 up 13.8% 9th
Benefit incidence of social insurance programs to poorest quintile 0.1% 2021 down 89.8% 31st