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Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) — South Africa: 32.391 (2025)

The World Bank reports South Africa's modeled ILO unemployment rate as 32.391% for 2025. The dataset entry was updated on 2026-07-13.

Categories: economy-and-trade

Generated scores

Scores are based on the cited reporting and use a 1–10 scale. Read the methodology.

Confidence
8/10
Geographic reach
5/10
Global importance
4/10
Impact magnitude
6/10
Positivity
2/10
Urgency
3/10

Why it matters

This provides a national labor-market indicator for South Africa for 2025.

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