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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Unemployment status (Unempl_Status)

Data file: QLFS202503

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Valid: 10929

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 5

Type: Discrete

Width: 16

Format: Numeric

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Value	Category	Cases
1	Job loser	1939	17.7%
2	Job leaver	266	2.4%
3	New entrant	4764	43.6%
4	Re-entrant	1167	10.7%
5	Other - last worked >5 years ago	2793	25.6%

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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