Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2025, Quarter 4

South Africa, 2025

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zaf-statssa-qlfs-2025-q4-v1

DOI

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

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Statistics South Africa

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South African Labour Force Survey Data

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Long-term unemployment (Long_term_unempl)

Data file: qlfs-2025-q4-v1

Overview

Valid: 7292

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 2

Mean: 1.2161272627537

Standard deviation: 0.41163030185344

Type: Discrete

Width: 16

Format: Numeric

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Value	Category	Cases
1	Long-term unemployment (1 year and longer)	5716	78.4%
2	Short-term unemployment (less than 1 year)	1576	21.6%

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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