2.29 Economically active population by province amongst those aged 15 - 65 years*

 

Eastern
Cape

Free
State

Gauteng

Kwazulu-
Natal

Mpuma-
langa

Northern
Cape

Northern
Province

North
West

Western
Cape

South
Africa

Employed

786,818

701,175

2,564,243

1,570,573

605,925

215,523

570,129

725,287

1,374,174

9,113,847

Unemployed

742,427

299,948

1,007,766

1,008,944

297,290

86,060

486,554

443,546

299,114

4,671,647

Total

1,529,244

1,001,122

3,572,009

2,579,517

903,215

301,583

1,056,683

1,168,833

1,673,288

13,785,493

* Excluding institutions

• For example, the unemployment rate of 48,5%, shown in the graph for Eastern Cape (overleaf) is calculated as 742 427/152 994 expressed as a percentage.

Labour market status of the population aged 15 - 65 years by population group – October 1996*
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• A larger percentage of Africans (45%: bottom section of the left-hand column) and Indians (42%), compared to coloureds (35%) and whites (33%) are not economically active. Note that the unemployment rate (see next graph) is different from the percentage of unemployed people shown in this graph, because this percentage includes those who are not economically active.