![Beyond unemployment – Time-Related Underemployment in the SA labour market](https://www.statssa.gov.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Underemployment-by-education-level-final-64x64.jpg)
Beyond unemployment – Time-Related Underemployment in the SA labour market
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 »
Budget Vote Debate Speech (2023/2024) on the Occasion of Stats SA, 9 May 2023
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 »
![Safeguarding every drop: Profiling South Africa’s Strategic Water Source Areas](https://www.statssa.gov.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/water3-64x64.jpg)
Safeguarding every drop: Profiling South Africa’s Strategic Water Source Areas
Water outages across the country have focussed attention on water as a vital resource. South Africa is a semi-arid country, with only a few natural source areas for water. These areas, referred to as Strategic Water Source Areas (SWSAs), provide much of the water that flows from our taps. SWSAs can be thought of as read more »
![Cancer report – A look at the latest findings](https://www.statssa.gov.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/can1-64x64.jpg)
Cancer report – A look at the latest findings
In 2018, females accounted for 51,3% of cancers diagnosed in South Africa while males accounted for 48,6%. The median age at diagnosis of cancer was 59 years for females and 64 years for males. However, the median age at death due to cancer was 62 for females and 64 for males, suggesting that cancer in read more »
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GDP declines in the fourth quarter
After rallying in the third quarter of 2022, South African gross domestic product (GDP) declined by 1,3% in the fourth quarter (October‒December).1 Growth was dragged lower mainly by finance, trade, mining, agriculture, manufacturing and general government services. Finance and trade the biggest drags on growth Seven of the ten industries contracted in the fourth quarter. read more »
![Marriages on the decline in South Africa](https://www.statssa.gov.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/marry3-64x64.jpg)
Marriages on the decline in South Africa
Marriage has usually been considered a legally and socially approved union that is regulated by laws, rules, customs and beliefs. However, global and local trends have seen marriages decreasing each year. Marriages are becoming less common, people are marrying later and unmarried couples are increasingly choosing to live together instead of tying the knot. Information read more »
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THE WORLD AT 8 BILLION
The total population of the world is projected to reach 8 billion on the 15th of November 2022. As the world’s population grew, we have marked the birth of the next billionth person as a milestone and reflected on the progress humanity has made over time, as well as how to improve moving forward. Similarly, read more »
Stats SA Media Communications
MEDIA ADVISORYÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 11 November 2022Â Â Â Â Â Â The global population is set to reach 8 billion on 15 November 2022. The Statistician-General of South Africa, Mr Risenga Maluleke, and the Representative for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Dr Bannet Ndyanabangi, will jointly commemorate the World at 8 Billion at a media briefing to read more »
South Africa’s Income & Expenditure Survey Takes Off
Household income and expenditure surveys are an essential component to a healthy data ecosystem and critical for economic and developmental planning and decision-making. Statistical agencies like Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) use these surveys to inform the measurement of inflation and to better understand a country’s household economy and living conditions. “Out of every R1 read more »
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 MEDIA RELEASE                                                                                       01 November 2022 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Stats SA will commence with data collection operations for the country’s fifth large-scale Income & Expenditure Survey (IES) 2022/23 on Monday, 7 November 2022. The year-long data collection phase will run until the end of November 2023. The IES 2022/23 is a household-based sample survey specifically designed read more »