Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2025, Quarter 4

South Africa, 2025

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zaf-statssa-qlfs-2025-q4-v1

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https://doi.org/10.25828/8ya9-3j92

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South African Labour Force Survey Data

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Feb 20, 2026

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Data file: qlfs-2025-q4-v1

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Valid: 4626

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 11

Mean: 6.4891915261565

Standard deviation: 2.7177080795568

Type: Discrete

Width: 16

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Agriculture; hunting and forestry	421	9.1%
2	Mining	63	1.4%
3	Manufacturing	385	8.3%
4	Electricity; gas and water	25	0.5%
5	Construction	554	12%
6	Wholesale and retail trade	883	19.1%
7	Transport; storage and communication	225	4.9%
8	Finance and business services	571	12.3%
9	Community; social and personal services	989	21.4%
10	Private households	505	10.9%
11	Other	5	0.1%

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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