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Employment Rate, Ages 25, 54 (Quarterly, SA): South Africa

The latest reading SOTW holds for South Africa is 51.23% of population in subgroup for 2026-Q2, from OECD.

Reviewed series · Labor · Quarterly · % of population in subgroup · OECD.EMPLOYMENT.PRIME.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
51.23
% of population in subgroup · 2026-Q2
Previous
51.10
% of population in subgroup · 2026-Q1
Earliest held
61.18
% of population in subgroup · 2008-Q1
Readings shown
74
Every reading SOTW holds

South Africa · history

% of population in subgroup · Quarterly

Source: OECD. Viewer read 2026-11-12T04:53:48.006Z (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

Employment Rate, Ages 25, 54 (Quarterly, SA): South Africa: 74 readings, newest first. Source: OECD.
PeriodValue (% of population in subgroup)
2026-Q251.23
2026-Q151.10
2025-Q451.82
2025-Q352.00
2025-Q252.19
2025-Q152.14
2024-Q452.74
2024-Q352.60
2024-Q252.34
2024-Q152.72
2023-Q452.67
2023-Q352.87
2023-Q252.26
2023-Q152.04
2022-Q451.72
2022-Q351.16
2022-Q250.83
2022-Q149.03
2021-Q448.52
2021-Q347.64
2021-Q250.12
2021-Q150.44
2020-Q450.91
2020-Q349.95
2020-Q248.59
2020-Q155.31
2019-Q455.75
2019-Q356.35
2019-Q256.22
2019-Q156.39
2018-Q457.39
2018-Q357.12
2018-Q257.17
2018-Q157.35
2017-Q456.57
2017-Q357.33
2017-Q257.61
2017-Q158.08
2016-Q457.56
2016-Q357.68
2016-Q256.86
2016-Q157.97
2015-Q458.79
2015-Q358.57
2015-Q258.17
2015-Q157.72
2014-Q457.39
2014-Q357.21
2014-Q257.42
2014-Q157.81
2013-Q458.11
2013-Q358.17
2013-Q257.43
2013-Q157.17
2012-Q457.02
2012-Q357.75
2012-Q257.43
2012-Q156.88
2011-Q457.02
2011-Q356.93
2011-Q256.32
2011-Q156.68
2010-Q456.70
2010-Q356.25
2010-Q256.96
2010-Q157.37
2009-Q457.76
2009-Q357.87
2009-Q259.74
2009-Q161.06
2008-Q461.54
2008-Q361.25
2008-Q261.29
2008-Q161.18

Source: OECD. All 74 readings held, 2008-Q1 to 2026-Q2. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.

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