IMPROVING LIVES THROUGH DATA ECOSYSTEMS

South Africa’s unemployment rate in the first quarter of 2023 was recorded at 32,9 %, and is among the highest in the world. According to the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS), this is an increase of 0,2 of a percentage point compared to the fourth quarter of 2022. While the unemployment rate may be high,   read more »

A country’s currency is a fundamental component of its national identity. The South African Reserve Bank unveiled upgraded banknotes and coins which help us celebrate our Constitution’s diverse languages and national heritage which make us proudly and uniquely South African. The new banknotes will preserve the theme which honour former president Nelson Mandela by depicting   read more »

Minister in the Presidency, the honourable Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, delivered the Stats SA Budget Vote Debate Speech in Parliament on 9 May 2023. Key topics covered included Census 2022 dissemination; the economics and social and population statistics programmes; and the draft Statistics Act Amendment Bill. Stats SA’s allocation for the 2023/24 financial year is R2.7 billion.   read more »

MEDIA ADVISORY                                                                   09 May 2023 Statistics South Africa to release the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS), Quarter 1 of 2023 Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) will release the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) results for the first quarter of 2023 at a media briefing on Tuesday, 16 May 2023 in Pretoria. The household-based sample survey   read more »

Anecdotes about steep property price rises in Cape Town are not without merit. Stats SA’s new residential property price index (RPPI) compares how housing prices have increased since 2010 across the eight metropolitan municipalities and nine provinces. Since 2010, residential property prices have grown by 141% in the Mother City. Explore property prices, as well   read more »

In 2022 the estimated population of South Africa included more than five million people aged 60 or older. This represents a 9,2 percent share of the overall South African population. According to a report by Statistics South Africa titled Marginalised Groups Series VI: The Social Profile of Older Persons, 2017–2021, more than half (60,9%) of   read more »

Stats SA’s population census was conducted in 2022. The attached ad is for the Census currently being conducted by the Nigerian National Bureau of Statistics. If you are in South Africa, please do not respond if you receive this ad, as it is being used by scammers.

MEDIA RELEASE                                                                                                    21 April 2023                                                                                           read more »

MEDIA ADVISORY                                                                                                                                            20 April 2023 Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) will formally handover a Coega SEZ Census Report   read more »

Headline consumer inflation edged higher to 7,1% in March from 7,0% in February and 6,9% in January. The monthly change in the consumer price index (CPI) was 1,0% in March, the most significant monthly rise since July 2022 when it was 1,5%. Food & non-alcoholic beverages and transport were the main drivers behind the annual   read more »