Male Employment Rate, Ages 15, 64 (Quarterly, SA): South Africa
The latest reading SOTW holds for South Africa is 45.23% of population in subgroup for 2026-Q2, from OECD.
Reviewed series · Labor · Quarterly · % of population in subgroup · OECD.EMPLOYMENT.MALE.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
- 45.23
- % of population in subgroup · 2026-Q2
- Previous
- 45.34
- % of population in subgroup · 2026-Q1
- Earliest held
- 53.23
- % of population in subgroup · 2000-Q3
- Readings shown
- 89
- Every reading SOTW holds
South Africa · history
% of population in subgroup · Quarterly
Readings, newest first
| Period | Value (% of population in subgroup) | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-Q2 | 45.23 | |
| 2026-Q1 | 45.34 | |
| 2025-Q4 | 45.69 | |
| 2025-Q3 | 46.01 | |
| 2025-Q2 | 45.64 | |
| 2025-Q1 | 45.42 | |
| 2024-Q4 | 45.42 | |
| 2024-Q3 | 45.52 | |
| 2024-Q2 | 45.19 | |
| 2024-Q1 | 45.59 | |
| 2023-Q4 | 45.38 | |
| 2023-Q3 | 45.38 | |
| 2023-Q2 | 45.67 | |
| 2023-Q1 | 45.34 | |
| 2022-Q4 | 44.36 | |
| 2022-Q3 | 44.01 | |
| 2022-Q2 | 43.65 | |
| 2022-Q1 | 42.52 | |
| 2021-Q4 | 41.60 | |
| 2021-Q3 | 41.07 | |
| 2021-Q2 | 43.40 | |
| 2021-Q1 | 43.15 | |
| 2020-Q4 | 43.12 | |
| 2020-Q3 | 42.53 | |
| 2020-Q2 | 41.47 | |
| 2020-Q1 | 47.67 | |
| 2019-Q4 | 47.74 | |
| 2019-Q3 | 47.80 | |
| 2019-Q2 | 48.46 | |
| 2019-Q1 | 48.10 | |
| 2018-Q4 | 48.83 | |
| 2018-Q3 | 48.82 | |
| 2018-Q2 | 49.10 | |
| 2018-Q1 | 49.22 | |
| 2017-Q4 | 48.63 | |
| 2017-Q3 | 49.18 | |
| 2017-Q2 | 49.21 | |
| 2017-Q1 | 49.52 | |
| 2016-Q4 | 49.11 | |
| 2016-Q3 | 49.46 | |
| 2016-Q2 | 48.79 | |
| 2016-Q1 | 49.45 | |
| 2015-Q4 | 49.94 | |
| 2015-Q3 | 50.11 | |
| 2015-Q2 | 49.78 | |
| 2015-Q1 | 49.66 | |
| 2014-Q4 | 48.78 | |
| 2014-Q3 | 48.89 | |
| 2014-Q2 | 48.89 | |
| 2014-Q1 | 48.86 | |
| 2013-Q4 | 48.99 | |
| 2013-Q3 | 48.67 | |
| 2013-Q2 | 48.65 | |
| 2013-Q1 | 48.59 | |
| 2012-Q4 | 48.48 | |
| 2012-Q3 | 49.22 | |
| 2012-Q2 | 48.64 | |
| 2012-Q1 | 48.51 | |
| 2011-Q4 | 48.40 | |
| 2011-Q3 | 48.60 | |
| 2011-Q2 | 48.34 | |
| 2011-Q1 | 48.70 | |
| 2010-Q4 | 48.45 | |
| 2010-Q3 | 48.34 | |
| 2010-Q2 | 49.05 | |
| 2010-Q1 | 49.06 | |
| 2009-Q4 | 49.41 | |
| 2009-Q3 | 49.16 | |
| 2009-Q2 | 51.60 | |
| 2009-Q1 | 53.10 | |
| 2008-Q4 | 53.78 | |
| 2008-Q3 | 53.24 | |
| 2008-Q2 | 54.09 | |
| 2008-Q1 | 54.23 | |
| 2007-Q3 | 52.47 | Estimated (E) |
| 2007-Q1 | 51.96 | Estimated (E) |
| 2006-Q3 | 53.43 | Estimated (E) |
| 2006-Q1 | 52.09 | Estimated (E) |
| 2005-Q3 | 52.02 | Estimated (E) |
| 2005-Q1 | 50.75 | Estimated (E) |
| 2004-Q3 | 50.31 | Estimated (E) |
| 2004-Q1 | 48.78 | Estimated (E) |
| 2003-Q3 | 49.57 | Estimated (E) |
| 2003-Q1 | 48.49 | Estimated (E) |
| 2002-Q3 | 50.43 | Estimated (E) |
| 2002-Q1 | 50.37 | Estimated (E) |
| 2001-Q3 | 49.60 | Estimated (E) |
| 2001-Q1 | 51.89 | Estimated (E) |
| 2000-Q3 | 53.23 | Estimated (E) |
Source: OECD. All 89 readings held, 2000-Q3 to 2026-Q2. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.