Germany vs South Africa: Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate)
Side-by-side comparison from World Bank Open Data.
In , Germany's Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) was 3.71, compared to South Africa's 32.39. That makes Germany's value 88.5% lower than South Africa's.
Germany
Rank #120 of 182 globally
- Latest (2025)
- 3.71
- Year-over-year
- +9.1%
- 10-year change
- -19.5%
- Peak
- 10.28 (2006)
- Trough
- 3.07 (2023)
South Africa
Rank #2 of 182 globally
- Latest (2025)
- 32.39
- Year-over-year
- +0.3%
- 10-year change
- +28.8%
- Peak
- 34.01 (2021)
- Trough
- 22.26 (2007)
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Source: World Bank Open Data (SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS), CC BY 4.0.