# Youth unemployment rate (under 25) in South Africa

Youth unemployment rate (under 25) in South Africa was 59.93% in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `youth_unemployment_rate`
- Place id: `za`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Unemployed people under 25 as a percentage of the labour force under 25.
- Source: World Bank, Unemployment, youth total, % of total labor force ages 15-24, modeled ILO estimate (SL.UEM.1524.ZS) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.UEM.1524.ZS)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/world-bank
- Retrieved: 2026-10-11
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators, modelled estimate. Unemployment, youth total, % of total labor force ages 15-24, modeled ILO estimate (SL.UEM.1524.ZS). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.UEM.1524.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/youth-unemployment-rate/south-africa
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=youth_unemployment_rate&place=za

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 59.93 |
| 2024 | 60.25 |
| 2023 | 60.26 |
| 2022 | 61.68 |
| 2021 | 65.45 |
| 2020 | 59.61 |
| 2019 | 57.32 |
| 2018 | 53.63 |
| 2017 | 53.4 |
| 2016 | 53.45 |
| 2015 | 50.12 |
| 2014 | 51.19 |
| 2013 | 51.21 |
| 2012 | 51.32 |
| 2011 | 49.75 |
| 2010 | 50.45 |
| 2009 | 47.47 |
| 2008 | 44.58 |
| 2007 | 44.04 |
| 2006 | 43.87 |
| 2005 | 43.93 |
| 2004 | 43.86 |
| 2003 | 43.8 |
| 2002 | 43.35 |
| 2001 | 43.21 |
| 2000 | 43.19 |
| 1999 | 43.11 |
| 1998 | 42.64 |
| 1997 | 42.09 |
| 1996 | 42.14 |
| 1995 | 42.81 |
| 1994 | 43.89 |
| 1993 | 44.32 |
| 1992 | 44.07 |
| 1991 | 43.49 |