Employment in the South African mining sector
The number of people employed on average per year in the South African mining sector. The data includes the total number of employees in the mining sector overall, as well as a breakdown of the number of employees in specific mine industries: gold, platinum, coal, chrome and manganese mining. This data is from Mineral Statistics compiled by the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy.
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The data
36 rows, 8 columns.
- year Year
- Year the data refers to 1988 – 2023
- total_mines Number
- Average number of employees in all mines 406994 – 809446
- coal Number
- Average number of employees in coal mines 47239 – 108988
- gold Number
- Average number of employees in gold mines 93998 – 536057
- platinum Number
- Average number of employees in platinum mines 85322 – 199948
- chrome Number
- Average number of employees in chrome mines 4172 – 21868
- manganese Number
- Average number of employees in manganese mines 2020 – 13340
- other Number
- Average number of employees in other mines 45382 – 75206
Latest rows
| year | total_mines | coal | gold | platinum | chrome | manganese | other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 480427 | 96096 | 94024 | 182944 | 21868 | 11517 | 73978 |
| 2022 | 465505 | 91978 | 94998 | 175080 | 19475 | 12470 | 71504 |
| 2021 | 448562 | 90894 | 93998 | 165587 | 18316 | 13340 | 66427 |
| 2020 | 435054 | 90086 | 94262 | 154600 | 18739 | 12207 | 65160 |
| 2019 | 459528 | 95416 | 94731 | 164674 | 20847 | 11220 | 72640 |
| 2018 | 456713 | 89790 | 100793 | 167038 | 18922 | 9352 | 70818 |
| 2017 | 463907 | 82372 | 112902 | 172760 | 16968 | 7780 | 71125 |
| 2016 | 458214 | 77259 | 116572 | 172556 | 15449 | 7242 | 69136 |
| 2015 | 480209 | 77747 | 115030 | 186465 | 18449 | 8639 | 73879 |
| 2014 | 492936 | 86106 | 119007 | 186865 | 18658 | 9970 | 72330 |
| 2013 | 509914 | 88039 | 131738 | 191261 | 18359 | 9842 | 70675 |
| 2012 | 524873 | 83244 | 142201 | 197752 | 19762 | 8685 | 73229 |
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