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Female Employment Rate, Ages 15, 64 (Quarterly, SA): South Africa

The latest reading SOTW holds for South Africa is 34.36% of population in subgroup for 2026-Q2, from OECD.

Reviewed series · Labor · Quarterly · % of population in subgroup · OECD.EMPLOYMENT.FEMALE.RT.Q · ZAF

Employed people as a share of the specified sex and age subgroup's population. This is not the unemployment rate or the share of the labour force. OECD Data Terms section 3 permits commercial reuse with attribution except separately restricted or third-party-owned data; no additional restriction was identified in the pinned flow metadata reviewed 2026-10-10. Collection time is not an original publication timestamp. Source observation flags and reference periods are retained.

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Latest
34.36
% of population in subgroup · 2026-Q2
Previous
34.35
% of population in subgroup · 2026-Q1
Earliest held
38.95
% of population in subgroup · 2000-Q3
Readings shown
89
Every reading SOTW holds

South Africa · history

% of population in subgroup · Quarterly

Source: OECD. Viewer read 2026-11-12T16:28:37.951Z (UTC); publisher acquisition and release times are not supplied here. Original units; no interpolation, rebasing or conversion. Missing periods and stored U/B flags interrupt the line. Daily gaps can include non-business days.

Readings, newest first

Female Employment Rate, Ages 15, 64 (Quarterly, SA): South Africa: 89 readings, newest first. Source: OECD.
PeriodValue (% of population in subgroup)Status
2026-Q234.36
2026-Q134.35
2025-Q435.24
2025-Q335.10
2025-Q235.24
2025-Q135.43
2024-Q436.43
2024-Q336.06
2024-Q235.90
2024-Q136.16
2023-Q435.88
2023-Q336.32
2023-Q234.96
2023-Q134.81
2022-Q434.16
2022-Q333.98
2022-Q234.25
2022-Q132.34
2021-Q431.11
2021-Q330.55
2021-Q232.56
2021-Q133.23
2020-Q433.16
2020-Q332.30
2020-Q231.42
2020-Q136.98
2019-Q436.86
2019-Q337.03
2019-Q236.88
2019-Q137.26
2018-Q437.58
2018-Q337.53
2018-Q237.43
2018-Q137.96
2017-Q437.22
2017-Q337.60
2017-Q237.71
2017-Q138.31
2016-Q437.60
2016-Q336.87
2016-Q236.56
2016-Q137.06
2015-Q438.02
2015-Q337.69
2015-Q237.70
2015-Q137.24
2014-Q436.88
2014-Q336.44
2014-Q237.00
2014-Q137.22
2013-Q437.43
2013-Q337.71
2013-Q236.48
2013-Q136.12
2012-Q435.78
2012-Q336.07
2012-Q235.91
2012-Q136.06
2011-Q436.29
2011-Q335.67
2011-Q235.35
2011-Q135.13
2010-Q435.24
2010-Q334.67
2010-Q235.45
2010-Q135.72
2009-Q436.35
2009-Q336.43
2009-Q237.78
2009-Q138.53
2008-Q438.67
2008-Q338.41
2008-Q238.44
2008-Q138.21
2007-Q337.74Estimated (E)
2007-Q137.01Estimated (E)
2006-Q338.03Estimated (E)
2006-Q137.56Estimated (E)
2005-Q336.97Estimated (E)
2005-Q135.35Estimated (E)
2004-Q334.87Estimated (E)
2004-Q134.03Estimated (E)
2003-Q334.91Estimated (E)
2003-Q134.65Estimated (E)
2002-Q335.45Estimated (E)
2002-Q136.70Estimated (E)
2001-Q335.89Estimated (E)
2001-Q140.41Estimated (E)
2000-Q338.95Estimated (E)

Source: OECD. All 89 readings held, 2000-Q3 to 2026-Q2. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.

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