Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2025
Quarter 1

South Africa, 2025

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ZAF_2025_QLFS-Q1_v01_M

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Statistics South Africa

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DataFirst , University of Cape Town, South Africa

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Jul 08, 2025

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Jul 08, 2025

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Main industry grouped (Indus)

Data file: qlfs-2025-q1-worker-v1

Overview

Valid: 16401

Invalid: 50028

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 16

Range: 1 - 11

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Agriculture; hunting; forestry and fishing	986	6%
2	Mining and quarrying	409	2.5%
3	Manufacturing	1623	9.9%
4	Electricity; gas and water supply	130	0.8%
5	Construction	1152	7%
6	Wholesale and retail trade	3230	19.7%
7	Transport; storage and communication	1029	6.3%
8	Financial intermediation; insurance; real estate and business services	2773	16.9%
9	Community; social and personal services	3909	23.8%
10	Private households	1156	7%
11	Other	4	0%
Sysmiss		50028

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

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