Current Unemployment Rate South Africa 2024. Statssa has reported that the unemployment rate rose to 33.5% in the second quarter of 2024, approaching record levels. South africa’s unemployment rate decreased by 0,2 of a percentage point to 32,7% in q4:2022 compared to q3:2022.
South africa’s unemployment rate rose for the second quarter in a row to 32.9% in the first three months of this year, data showed on tuesday, two weeks before the governing. Economists polled by bloomberg expected unemployment to improve to below 32%.