South Africa vs United Kingdom: Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate)
Side-by-side comparison from World Bank Open Data.
In , South Africa's Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) was 32.39, compared to United Kingdom's 4.75. That makes South Africa's value 582.5% higher than United Kingdom's.
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)
United Kingdom
Rank #103 of 182 globally
- Latest (2025)
- 4.75
- Year-over-year
- +8.8%
- 10-year change
- -14.5%
- Peak
- 8.28 (2012)
- Trough
- 3.66 (2019)
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Source: World Bank Open Data (SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS), CC BY 4.0.