Unemployment rate in South Africa 2019-2023, by age group
labor force participation in the country. Among young South Africans (15 to 24 years), the unemployment rate was at its highest, at 60.7 percent.
In the second quarter of 2023, the unemployment rate in South Africa reached 28.3 percent among workers aged 35 to 44 years. The figure dropped from 29 percent in the same quarter in the previous year. The age group corresponded to the largest share of