BY THE

NUMBERS JOB

EMPLOYMENT
E
EM
27.7%
MPLOYMENT
M

is SA's ocial
unemployment
rate in the third
quarter of 2017,
remaining
unchanged from
the previous
quarter

It is 0.6%
higher than it
was a year ago

92,000
people found
O

jobs in the
quarter, mostly in
the nance and
other business
services sector

33,000
additional
job-seekers
entered the job
market

36.8%
is the expanded
unemployment
rate, a broader
denition that
includes
discouraged
job-seekers

38.6%
is the youth
unemployment
rate. Of the 10.3m
young people
aged 15-24 years,
about 30% were
engaged in
employment,
education or
training
Source: Stats SA Q3 labour force survey