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Apr–Jun |
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Population 15–64 yrs Labour force Employed Formal sector (non-agricultural) Informal sector (non-agricultural) Agriculture Private households
Unemployed
Not economically active Discouraged work-seekers Other (not economically active)
Rates (%) Unemployment rate Employed / population ratio (absorption) Labour force participation rate |
31 946 17 462 13 061 9 088 2 186 630 1 157
4 401
14 485 1 938 12 547
25,2 40,9 54,7 |
32 314 17 482 13 118 9 219 2 179 603 1 118
4 364
14 832 2 223 12 609
Z5,0 40,6 54,1 |
32 435 17 663 13 125 9 198 2 213 598 1 117
4 538
14 772 2 207 12 566
25,7 40,5 54,5 |
121 181 7 - 21 34 - 5 - 1
174
- 60 - 16 - 43
0,7 -0,1 0,4 |
489 201 64 110 27 - 32 - 40
137
287 269 19
0,5 -0,4 -0,2 |
0,4 1,0 0,1 -0,2 1,5 -0,8 -0,1
4,2
-0,4 -0,7 -0,3
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1,5 1,2 0,5 1,2 1,2 -5,1 -3,5
3,1
2,0 13,9 0,2
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Total employment remained virtually unchanged (a slight increase of 7 000) between the 1st quarter of 2011 and the 2nd quarter of 2011. This was driven by an increase of 34 000 jobs in the informal sector. The formal sector showed a slight decline (0,2% or 21 000 jobs in the 2nd quarter of 2011, however, it increased by 1,2% or 110 000 jobs compared to the same period last year.
Year-on-year comparisons (Figure 2 below) show that the rate of decline in the formal sector slowed down since the 3rd quarter of 2010 and in the 1st quarter of 2011 showed a positive change and the pattern has been maintained in the 2nd quarter of 2011. The informal sector showed year-on-year growth since the 2nd quarter of 2010.
Figure 1: Year on year rate of change in non-agricultural employment by sector
Unemployment
Unemployment levels increased by 174 000 persons as 4 538 000 persons were unemployed in the 2nd quarter of 2011 compared to 4 364 000 unemployed persons in the 1st quarter of 2011. The increase in unemployment levels in this period was driven by the decline in inactivity rather than job losses. This resulted in unemployment rate increasing by 0,7 of a percentage point from 25,0% in the 1st quarter of 2011 to 25,7% in the 2nd quarter of 2011.
Of the 4 538 000 persons who were unemployed in the 2nd of this year 3 093 000 were in long term unemployment as they were unemployed for 1 year or longer. It should also be noted that those with an education level of less than matric contributed the highest to the unemployed as 59.0 % of the unemployed did not have matric.
The expanded unemployment rate went up by 0,4 of a percentage point from 36,5% in the first quarter to 36,9% in the second quarter resulting in 7 678 000 persons who were available for work. Please note that the job search criteria is relaxed when the expanded unemployment rate is computed.
For enquiries contact:
Mr Peter Buwembo
Acting Executive Manager: Labour Statistics
Tel: 012 310 8655
