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Unemployment Rate - South Africa

Annual unemployment rate for South Africa from the World Bank indicator catalog.

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Current
32%
Previous
32.1%
All-Time High
33.6%
All-Time Low
28.5%
Next release
Not available
Data Range
2019 – 2023

Coverage is still developing for this series.

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Unemployment Rate - South Africa time series chart. Showing observations from 2019 to 2023. Latest value 32%.

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Series
Series code: SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS
Published table: World Bank WDI · South Africa
Observations: 5
First sample: 2019
Last sample: 2023
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Source agency: World Bank
Source lane: Official multilateral
Transport: REST JSON
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Status: Fallback · Stale
Coverage: Developing coverage
Updated: 2023
Release cadence: Annual
Revision policy: World Bank annual updates reflect the latest available release.
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Source: World Bank Open Data, indicator SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS. Accessed 2026-04-05. Attribution required; dataset-level exceptions may still apply.

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World Bank
Source lane
Official multilateral
Frequency
annual
Series code
SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS
Published table
World Bank WDI · South Africa
Latest sample
2023
Updated
2023
Status
Fallback · Stale

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