Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2025, Quarter 3

South Africa, 2025

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South African Labour Force Survey Data

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Dec 19, 2025

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Feb 11, 2026

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Metro/non-metro (metro_code)

Data file: qlfs-20250-03

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Valid: 63426

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 17

Mean: 10.088764859837

Standard deviation: 5.1137109301528

Type: Discrete

Width: 16

Format: Numeric

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Value	Category
1	WC - Non Metro
2	WC - City of Cape Town
3	EC - Non Metro
4	EC - Buffalo City
5	EC - Nelson Mandela Bay
6	NC - Non Metro
7	FS - Non Metro
8	FS - Mangaung
9	KZN - Non Metro
10	KZN - eThekwini
11	NW - Non Metro
12	GP - Non Metro
13	GP - Ekurhuleni
14	GP - City of Johannesburg
15	GP - City of Tshwane
16	MP - Non Metro
17	LP - Non Metro

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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