SA unemployment rate rises to 35.3% in Q4 of 2021
South Africa’s unemployment rate has risen to 35.3% in the fourth quarter of 2021. The expanded jobless rate, which includes discouraged workers not seeking employment, rose to 46.2%.
Up to 12.5 million people are out of work, according to the expanded definition of unemployment.
[THREAD] South Africa’s #unemployment rate increased by 0,4 of a percentage point to 35,3% in Q4:2021 compared to Q3:2021.#StatsSA pic.twitter.com/zq6HfIE1nL
— Stats SA (@StatsSA) March 29, 2022
Declining response rates (from an average of 76,9% in Q2:2020 to a low of 44,6% in Q4:2021) required additional evaluation of reliability of estimates,leading to a delay in the publication of the results
Read more here: https://t.co/hmuO1OoTjK#StatsSA #employment #unemployment pic.twitter.com/sSXEdal2kX
— Stats SA (@StatsSA) March 29, 2022
There were about 262 000 more people employed in Q4:2021 than in Q3:2021
Read more here: https://t.co/hmuO1OoTjK#StatsSA #employment pic.twitter.com/s2fLUFN8N6
— Stats SA (@StatsSA) March 29, 2022
Source: eNCA
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