South Africa'S Unemployment Rate 2024. South africa's unemployment rate rose in the fourth quarter of last year, bucking a trend where jobs tend to be added around the holiday season as a labour. 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:

Youth unemployment rate in south africa increased to 59.70 percent in the first quarter of 2024 from 59.40 percent in the fourth quarter of 2023. South africa’s unemployment rate increased to 32.9% in q1 of 2024, the highest in a year, up from 32.1% in the prior period.