Unemployment rate by province
The unemployment rate in each of South Africa's nine provinces as published in Statistics South Africa's Quarterly Labour Force Survey
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74 rows, 12 columns.
- original_date Text
- Three months that make up a quarter plus the year, eg "Jan-Mar 2025"
- date Date
- Date of the last day of the quarter. Format: YYYY-MM-DD 2008-03-31 – 2026-06-30
- ec Number
- Official unemployment rate for Eastern Cape 24.2 – 47.9
- fs Number
- Official unemployment rate for the Free State 22 – 38.5
- gp Number
- Official unemployment rate for Gauteng 20.4 – 37
- kzn Number
- Official unemployment rate for KwaZulu-Natal 18.3 – 33.4
- lp Number
- Official unemployment rate for Limpopo 15.9 – 36.3
- mp Number
- Official unemployment rate for Mpumalanga 13.3 – 39.7
- nw Number
- Official unemployment rate for the North West 21.6 – 41.3
- nc Number
- Official unemployment rate for the Northern Cape 21.2 – 35
- wc Number
- Official unemployment rate for the Western Cape 16.4 – 28
- zaf Number
- Official unemployment rate for South Africa 21.5 – 35.3
Latest rows
| original_date | date | ec | fs | gp | kzn | lp | mp | nw | nc | wc | zaf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr-Jun 2026 | 2026-06-30 | 47.5 | 37.3 | 34.6 | 32.5 | 32 | 36.6 | 38.1 | 28.7 | 19.5 | 33.6 |
| Jan-Mar 2026 | 2026-03-31 | 44.6 | 37.8 | 34.1 | 31.2 | 31.7 | 36.3 | 35.3 | 30.4 | 19.6 | 32.7 |
| Oct-Dec 2025 | 2025-12-31 | 42.5 | 37.2 | 33 | 32.3 | 28.2 | 32.3 | 35.1 | 27.1 | 18.1 | 31.4 |
| Jul-Sep 2025 | 2025-09-30 | 41.2 | 36.2 | 33.1 | 31.7 | 29.8 | 34 | 38.1 | 31.2 | 19.7 | 31.9 |
| Apr-Jun 2025 | 2025-06-30 | 39.5 | 38.5 | 33.8 | 33.4 | 35 | 34 | 40.1 | 32.7 | 21.1 | 33.2 |
| Jan-Mar 2025 | 2025-03-31 | 39.3 | 37.9 | 34.7 | 32.3 | 33.3 | 35.4 | 40.4 | 29.5 | 19.6 | 32.9 |
| Oct-Dec 2024 | 2024-12-31 | 36.6 | 37.9 | 34.4 | 28.6 | 31.9 | 34.7 | 41.3 | 27.4 | 19.6 | 31.9 |
| Jul-Sep 2024 | 2024-09-30 | 37.2 | 36 | 34 | 31.2 | 32.6 | 36.2 | 36.8 | 30.4 | 19.6 | 32.1 |
| Apr-Jun 2024 | 2024-06-30 | 41 | 37.6 | 35.1 | 31.1 | 31.4 | 37.4 | 41.3 | 32 | 22.2 | 33.5 |
| Jan-Mar 2024 | 2024-03-31 | 42.4 | 38 | 34.2 | 29.9 | 32.7 | 36.2 | 40.5 | 28.3 | 21.4 | 32.9 |
| Oct-Dec 2023 | 2023-12-31 | 41.9 | 37 | 33.8 | 29.5 | 30.3 | 34.9 | 39 | 26.9 | 20.3 | 32.1 |
| Jul-Sep 2023 | 2023-09-30 | 38.8 | 38.5 | 33.7 | 29.4 | 30.8 | 35.5 | 38.6 | 26.3 | 20.2 | 31.9 |
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