South Africa - Unemployment with advanced education

Unemployment with advanced education, female (% of female labor force with advanced education)

Unemployment with advanced education, female (% of female labor force with advanced education) in South Africa was 15.90 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 15.90 in 2020, while its lowest value was 2.80 in 2006.

Definition: The percentage of the labor force with an advanced level of education who are unemployed. Advanced education comprises short-cycle tertiary education, a bachelor’s degree or equivalent education level, a master’s degree or equivalent education level, or doctoral degree or equivalent education level according to the International Standard Classification of Education 2011 (ISCED 2011).

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in December 2019.

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Year Value
2000 6.65
2001 8.21
2002 8.81
2003 6.53
2004 4.75
2005 3.42
2006 2.80
2007 4.73
2008 6.82
2009 6.83
2010 7.61
2011 6.87
2013 8.50
2014 9.61
2015 9.58
2016 11.22
2017 14.59
2018 13.17
2019 15.03
2020 15.90

Unemployment with advanced education, male (% of male labor force with advanced education)

Unemployment with advanced education, male (% of male labor force with advanced education) in South Africa was 13.22 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 13.22 in 2020, while its lowest value was 2.26 in 2007.

Definition: The percentage of the labor force with an advanced level of education who are unemployed. Advanced education comprises short-cycle tertiary education, a bachelor’s degree or equivalent education level, a master’s degree or equivalent education level, or doctoral degree or equivalent education level according to the International Standard Classification of Education 2011 (ISCED 2011).

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in December 2019.

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Year Value
2000 5.25
2001 5.75
2002 4.01
2003 4.58
2004 3.97
2005 3.98
2006 4.07
2007 2.26
2008 4.94
2009 5.14
2010 6.12
2011 6.24
2013 6.37
2014 6.88
2015 8.13
2016 10.18
2017 10.94
2018 10.79
2019 11.97
2020 13.22

Unemployment with advanced education (% of total labor force with advanced education)

Unemployment with advanced education (% of total labor force with advanced education) in South Africa was 14.66 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 14.66 in 2020, while its lowest value was 3.41 in 2007.

Definition: The percentage of the labor force with an advanced level of education who are unemployed. Advanced education comprises short-cycle tertiary education, a bachelor’s degree or equivalent education level, a master’s degree or equivalent education level, or doctoral degree or equivalent education level according to the International Standard Classification of Education 2011 (ISCED 2011).

Source: International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT database. Data retrieved in December 2019.

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Year Value
2000 5.87
2001 6.83
2002 5.98
2003 5.40
2004 4.32
2005 3.74
2006 3.53
2007 3.41
2008 5.88
2009 5.98
2010 6.86
2011 6.56
2013 7.43
2014 8.25
2015 8.88
2016 10.73
2017 12.86
2018 12.03
2019 13.58
2020 14.66

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Unemployment