Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2025
Quarter 3
South Africa, 2025
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Reference ID
ZAF_2025_QLFS-Q3_v01_M
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Statistics South Africa
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Year commenced working (Q44YEARSTART)
Data file: QLFS202503
Overview
Valid:
16006
Minimum:
1948
Maximum:
2025
Type:
Discrete
Width:
16
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | 1948 | 1 |
0%
|
| 1967 | 1967 | 1 |
0%
|
| 1972 | 1972 | 1 |
0%
|
| 1974 | 1974 | 3 |
0%
|
| 1975 | 1975 | 6 |
0%
|
| 1976 | 1976 | 1 |
0%
|
| 1977 | 1977 | 2 |
0%
|
| 1978 | 1978 | 2 |
0%
|
| 1979 | 1979 | 2 |
0%
|
| 1980 | 1980 | 5 |
0%
|
| 1981 | 1981 | 1 |
0%
|
| 1982 | 1982 | 8 |
0%
|
| 1983 | 1983 | 9 |
0.1%
|
| 1984 | 1984 | 5 |
0%
|
| 1985 | 1985 | 14 |
0.1%
|
| 1986 | 1986 | 7 |
0%
|
| 1987 | 1987 | 16 |
0.1%
|
| 1988 | 1988 | 16 |
0.1%
|
| 1989 | 1989 | 26 |
0.2%
|
| 1990 | 1990 | 63 |
0.4%
|
| 1991 | 1991 | 34 |
0.2%
|
| 1992 | 1992 | 41 |
0.3%
|
| 1993 | 1993 | 30 |
0.2%
|
| 1994 | 1994 | 57 |
0.4%
|
| 1995 | 1995 | 70 |
0.4%
|
| 1996 | 1996 | 47 |
0.3%
|
| 1997 | 1997 | 42 |
0.3%
|
| 1998 | 1998 | 67 |
0.4%
|
| 1999 | 1999 | 81 |
0.5%
|
| 2000 | 2000 | 209 |
1.3%
|
| 2001 | 2001 | 85 |
0.5%
|
| 2002 | 2002 | 100 |
0.6%
|
| 2003 | 2003 | 86 |
0.5%
|
| 2004 | 2004 | 143 |
0.9%
|
| 2005 | 2005 | 225 |
1.4%
|
| 2006 | 2006 | 166 |
1%
|
| 2007 | 2007 | 173 |
1.1%
|
| 2008 | 2008 | 239 |
1.5%
|
| 2009 | 2009 | 220 |
1.4%
|
| 2010 | 2010 | 490 |
3.1%
|
| 2011 | 2011 | 229 |
1.4%
|
| 2012 | 2012 | 264 |
1.6%
|
| 2013 | 2013 | 305 |
1.9%
|
| 2014 | 2014 | 322 |
2%
|
| 2015 | 2015 | 618 |
3.9%
|
| 2016 | 2016 | 422 |
2.6%
|
| 2017 | 2017 | 474 |
3%
|
| 2018 | 2018 | 603 |
3.8%
|
| 2019 | 2019 | 728 |
4.5%
|
| 2020 | 2020 | 827 |
5.2%
|
| 2021 | 2021 | 856 |
5.3%
|
| 2022 | 2022 | 1155 |
7.2%
|
| 2023 | 2023 | 1480 |
9.2%
|
| 2024 | 2024 | 2172 |
13.6%
|
| 2025 | 2025 | 2757 |
17.2%
|
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.