Youth Unemployment Rate in South Africa increased to 60.90 percent in the first quarter of 2026 from 57 percent in the fourth quarter of 2025. Youth Unemployment Rate in South Africa averaged 56.67 percent from 2013 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 66.50 percent in the third quarter of 2021 and a record low of 48.80 percent in the fourth quarter of 2014. source: Statistics South Africa
Youth Unemployment Rate in South Africa is expected to be 61.00 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the South Africa Youth Unemployment Rate is projected to trend around 60.50 percent in 2027 and 62.00 percent in 2028, according to our econometric models.