South Africa Labor Force Participation
South Africa labor force participation data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 55.58%.
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South Africa · labor force participation data as percent of GDP.
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Interpretation
South Africa recorded 55.58% for Labor Force Participation in 2025, the latest available observation in this dataset.
Compared with 2024, the indicator increased by 0.01 percentage points, from 55.57% to 55.58%.
The latest observation is above the average of the last 10 available observations (54.27%).
Across the five latest available observations (2021–2025), the pattern is predominantly upward.
Within the last 10 available observations, the low was 50.55% in 2020 and the high was 55.58% in 2025.