Unemployment Rate 2024 South Africa Graph. South africa unemployment rate outlook is at 35.00%, compared to 34.70% last year. The unemployment rate is highest for people who have not completed matric and lowest for graduates.

According to stats sa, the official unemployment rate stands at 32.9 %, an increase of 0.8 of a percentage point in first quarter of 2024 (q1: The unemployment rate announced by the south african statistics agency is the number of unemployed workers divided by the total civilian workforce.