South Africa Youth Unemployment Rate

Youth Unemployment Rate in South Africa increased to 56.40 percent in the second quarter of 2019 from 55.20 percent in the first quarter of 2019. Youth Unemployment Rate in South Africa averaged 52.43 percent from 2013 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 56.40 percent in the second quarter of 2019 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	29.00	27.60	31.20	21.50	percent	[+]
Employed Persons	10172000.00	10174000.00	10174000.00	3694977.00		[+]
Unemployed Persons	6655.30	6200.79	6655.30	3873.00	Thousand	[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	59.80	58.80	60.80	53.60	percent	[+]
Labour Costs	157.00	156.20	157.00	1.00	Index Points	[+]
Wages	21432.00	20855.00	21432.00	6742.00	ZAR/Month	[+]
Wages in Manufacturing	18798.00	18167.00	18798.00	6250.00	ZAR/Month	[+]
Population	58.78	57.73	58.78	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 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	[+]
Wages Low Skilled	4380.00	3960.00	4380.00	3840.00	ZAR/Month	[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	56.40	55.20	56.40	48.80	percent	[+]
Employment Rate	42.44	42.56	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 October of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	56.40	55.20	56.40	48.80	2013 - 2019	percent	Quarterly

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
South Africa	56.40	Jun/19	55.2	56.4 : 48.8	%
Spain	32.20	Aug/19	32.1	55.9 : 17.2	%
Italy	28.90	Jul/19	28.1	43.4 : 19.4	%
Turkey	27.10	Jul/19	24.8	28.6 : 11	%
India	23.70	Dec/18	23.1	23.7 : 22.9	%
France	19.20	Aug/19	19.3	26 : 14.5	%
Euro Area	15.40	Aug/19	15.6	24.8 : 14.8	%
Canada	11.90	Sep/19	11.5	20.7 : 10	%
Australia	11.70	Aug/19	11.9	20.1 : 7.6	%
United Kingdom	11.20	Jun/19	11.3	22.3 : 9.7	%
United States	8.00	Sep/19	8.6	19.5 : 7.8	%
South Korea	7.10	Aug/19	9.7	13.4 : 3.8	%
Netherlands	6.90	Aug/19	6.7	17.7 : 6.2	%
Germany	5.70	Aug/19	5.7	15.9 : 5.7	%
Japan	3.70	Aug/19	3.4	10.9 : 1.6	%
Switzerland	2.40	Sep/19	2.5	5.7 : 1.4	%