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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Sector (excludes agriculture from formal and informal sectors) (Sector1)

Data file: QLFS202503

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Valid: 16006

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 3

Type: Discrete

Width: 16

Format: Numeric

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Value	Category	Cases
1	Formal sector (non-agricultural)	11048	69%
2	Informal sector (non-agricultural)	3840	24%
3	Agriculture	1118	7%

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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