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

Source: OECD. Viewer read 2026-11-12T17:39:49.920Z (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

Male Employment Rate, Ages 15, 64 (Quarterly, SA): South Africa: 89 readings, newest first. Source: OECD.
PeriodValue (% of population in subgroup)Status
2026-Q245.23
2026-Q145.34
2025-Q445.69
2025-Q346.01
2025-Q245.64
2025-Q145.42
2024-Q445.42
2024-Q345.52
2024-Q245.19
2024-Q145.59
2023-Q445.38
2023-Q345.38
2023-Q245.67
2023-Q145.34
2022-Q444.36
2022-Q344.01
2022-Q243.65
2022-Q142.52
2021-Q441.60
2021-Q341.07
2021-Q243.40
2021-Q143.15
2020-Q443.12
2020-Q342.53
2020-Q241.47
2020-Q147.67
2019-Q447.74
2019-Q347.80
2019-Q248.46
2019-Q148.10
2018-Q448.83
2018-Q348.82
2018-Q249.10
2018-Q149.22
2017-Q448.63
2017-Q349.18
2017-Q249.21
2017-Q149.52
2016-Q449.11
2016-Q349.46
2016-Q248.79
2016-Q149.45
2015-Q449.94
2015-Q350.11
2015-Q249.78
2015-Q149.66
2014-Q448.78
2014-Q348.89
2014-Q248.89
2014-Q148.86
2013-Q448.99
2013-Q348.67
2013-Q248.65
2013-Q148.59
2012-Q448.48
2012-Q349.22
2012-Q248.64
2012-Q148.51
2011-Q448.40
2011-Q348.60
2011-Q248.34
2011-Q148.70
2010-Q448.45
2010-Q348.34
2010-Q249.05
2010-Q149.06
2009-Q449.41
2009-Q349.16
2009-Q251.60
2009-Q153.10
2008-Q453.78
2008-Q353.24
2008-Q254.09
2008-Q154.23
2007-Q352.47Estimated (E)
2007-Q151.96Estimated (E)
2006-Q353.43Estimated (E)
2006-Q152.09Estimated (E)
2005-Q352.02Estimated (E)
2005-Q150.75Estimated (E)
2004-Q350.31Estimated (E)
2004-Q148.78Estimated (E)
2003-Q349.57Estimated (E)
2003-Q148.49Estimated (E)
2002-Q350.43Estimated (E)
2002-Q150.37Estimated (E)
2001-Q349.60Estimated (E)
2001-Q151.89Estimated (E)
2000-Q353.23Estimated (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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