{"id":5054,"date":"2021-02-23T20:10:40","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T20:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/?p=5054"},"modified":"2021-02-23T17:55:51","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T17:55:51","slug":"sas-unemployment-rate-increases-by-1-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/sas-unemployment-rate-increases-by-1-7","title":{"rendered":"SA\u2019s unemployment rate increases by 1.7%"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\">South-Africa<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>JOHANNEBSURG &#8211; South Africa\u2019s unemployment rate increased by 1.7 percentage points to an unprecedented 32.5 percent in the fourth quarter of 2020 compared from 30.8 percent in the previous quarter.<\/p>\n<p>This is the highest jobless rate since the start of the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) in 2008, with more people entering the labour market and actively looking for jobs.<\/p>\n<p>The unemployment rate according to the expanded definition of unemployment, however, decreased by 0.5 of a percentage point to 42.6 percent in the fourth quarter compared to the third quarter.<\/p>\n<p>Statistics South Africa (StatsSA) said that the number of unemployed persons increased by 701 000 to 7.2 million compared to the third quarter of 2020.<\/p>\n<p>StatsSA said the number of discouraged work-seekers increased by 235 000, or 8.7 percent.<\/p>\n<p>The number of people who were not economically active for reasons other than discouragement decreased by 1.1m between the two quarters, resulting in a net decrease of 890 000 in the not economically active population.<\/p>\n<p>The QLFS also showed that the number of employed persons increased by 333 000 to 15 million in the fourth quarter of 2020<\/p>\n<p>StatsSA said this resulted in an increase of 1 million in the number of people in the labour force.<\/p>\n<p>The statistics agency said employment increased in all sectors in the fourth quarter, with formal and informal sector employment, private households and agriculture all recording positive outcomes.<\/p>\n<p>The formal sector in South Africa accounts for 69.9 percent of total employment.<\/p>\n<p>StatsSA said that trade, construction and agriculture had higher employment shares relative to their gross domestic product (GDP) contribution.<\/p>\n<p>Employment increased in all industries, except finance and mining, with community and social services, construction recording the most gains.<\/p>\n<p><b>BUSINESS REPORT<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. 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