South Africa Youth Unemployment Rate

Youth Unemployment Rate in South Africa increased to 55.20 percent in the first quarter of 2019 from 54.70 percent in the fourth quarter of 2018. Youth Unemployment Rate in South Africa averaged 52.28 percent from 2013 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 55.90 percent in the second quarter of 2017 and a record low of 48.80 percent in the fourth quarter of 2014.

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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	[+]

This page provides - South Africa Youth Unemployment Rate- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. South Africa Youth Unemployment Rate - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on June of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	55.20	54.70	55.90	48.80	2013 - 2019	percent	Quarterly

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
South Africa	55.20	Mar/19	54.7	55.9 : 48.8	%
Spain	33.70	Mar/19	32.4	55.9 : 17.2	%
Italy	30.20	Mar/19	31.8	43.4 : 19.4	%
Turkey	26.70	Jan/19	24.5	28.6 : 11	%
France	20.20	Mar/19	20.1	26 : 14.5	%
Euro Area	16.00	Mar/19	16.2	24.7 : 14.8	%
India	12.90	Dec/13	18.1	18.1 : 12.9	%
Australia	11.80	Apr/19	11.7	20.1 : 7.6	%
South Korea	11.70	Apr/19	10.9	13.4 : 3.8	%
Canada	10.30	Apr/19	10.7	20.7 : 10.3	%
United Kingdom	10.20	Feb/19	10.5	22.3 : 9.7	%
United States	8.30	Apr/19	8.8	19.5 : 7.8	%
Netherlands	6.20	Apr/19	6.4	17.7 : 6.2	%
Germany	5.30	Apr/19	5.3	15.9 : 5.3	%
Japan	3.90	Apr/19	3.6	10.9 : 1.6	%
Switzerland	1.90	Apr/19	2.1	5.7 : 1.4	%