Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2025
Quarter 3

South Africa, 2025

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ZAF_2025_QLFS-Q3_v01_M

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Statistics South Africa

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Feb 10, 2026

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Employment status detailed (Lfs_Status)

Data file: QLFS202503

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Valid: 46235

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 6

Type: Discrete

Width: 16

Format: Numeric

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Value	Category	Cases
1	Employed	16006	34.6%
2	Unemployed	7578	16.4%
3	Discouraged jobseekers	3351	7.2%
4	Available jobseekers	1004	2.2%
5	Unavailable jobseekers	75	0.2%
6	Other outside the labour force	18221	39.4%

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

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