South Africa Labor Force Participation Rate

Labor Force Participation Rate in South Africa decreased to 58.80 percent in the first quarter of 2019 from 59.40 percent in the fourth quarter of 2018. Labor Force Participation Rate in South Africa averaged 57.19 percent from 2001 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 60.80 percent in the first quarter of 2001 and a record low of 53.60 percent in the fourth quarter of 2010.

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South Africa Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	27.60	27.10	31.20	21.50	percent	[+]
Employed Persons	10151000.00	9733000.00	10151000.00	3694977.00		[+]
Unemployed Persons	6200.00	6100.00	6214.11	3873.00	Thousand	[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	58.80	59.40	60.80	53.60	percent	[+]
Labour Costs	154.00	150.90	154.00	1.10	Index Points	[+]
Wages	21190.00	20860.00	21190.00	6742.00	ZAR/Month	[+]
Wages in Manufacturing	18510.00	18344.00	18510.00	6250.00	ZAR/Month	[+]
Population	57.73	56.84	57.73	17.46	Million	[+]
Retirement Age Women	60.00	60.00	60.00	60.00		[+]
Retirement Age Men	60.00	60.00	65.00	60.00		[+]
Wages Low Skilled	4380.00	3960.00	4380.00	3840.00	ZAR/Month	[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	55.20	54.70	55.90	48.80	percent	[+]
Wages High Skilled	22600.00	20300.00	22600.00	19000.00	ZAR/Month	[+]
Living Wage Family	11300.00	10700.00	11300.00	10700.00	ZAR/Month	[+]
Living Wage Individual	6570.00	6140.00	6570.00	6140.00	ZAR/Month	[+]
Employment Rate	42.56	43.34	46.17	41.00	percent	[+]

The labour force participation rates is the number of persons who are employed and unemployed but looking for a job divided by the total working-age population. This page provides - South Africa Labor Force Participation Rate - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. South Africa Labor Force Participation Rate - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on June of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	58.80	59.40	60.80	53.60	2001 - 2019	percent	Quarterly

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
United Kingdom	79.20	Mar/19	79.2	79.3 : 74.1	%
France	72.30	Mar/19	72.3	72.3 : 69.5	%
Netherlands	71.00	Apr/19	71	71.1 : 67.4	%
Indonesia	69.20	Dec/18	69.02	69.21 : 57.14	%
Switzerland	68.30	Mar/19	68.7	68.8 : 66.8	%
Singapore	67.70	Dec/18	67.7	68.3 : 55.3	%
Australia	66.00	May/19	65.8	66 : 60.1	%
Canada	65.70	May/19	65.9	67.7 : 61.4	%
Italy	65.70	Apr/19	65.7	65.9 : 61.6	%
South Korea	64.00	May/19	63.6	64 : 48.5	%
United States	62.80	May/19	62.8	67.3 : 58.1	%
Japan	62.10	Apr/19	61.9	74 : 58.5	%
Russia	62.10	Feb/19	61.9	70.3 : 61.9	%
Brazil	61.90	Apr/19	61.7	61.9 : 60.8	%
Germany	61.80	Dec/18	61.5	61.8 : 56.9	%
Mexico	59.70	Apr/19	60	61.47 : 58.18	%
South Africa	58.80	Mar/19	59.4	60.8 : 53.6	%
Spain	58.35	Mar/19	58.61	60.55 : 48.88	%
Euro Area	57.40	Dec/18	57.3	57.4 : 55	%
Saudi Arabia	55.90	Dec/18	56.4	56.5 : 47.8	%
Turkey	53.30	Mar/19	53.2	53.5 : 43.9	%
India	50.30	Dec/14	52.5	52.9 : 50.3	%
Argentina	47.00	Mar/19	46.5	47 : 44.5	%