{
  "id": "female-labour-participation",
  "title": "Labour force participation rate for women",
  "description": "Labour force participation rate for women aged 15–64 (share of working-age women who are employed or unemployed). It rose 1.1 percentage points to 54.9% in Q2 2026, against 64.4% for men, a gap of about 9.5 percentage points.",
  "unit": "%",
  "category": "unemployment",
  "latest": {
    "value": 54.9,
    "display": "54.9%"
  },
  "source": {
    "publisher": "Statistics South Africa",
    "publication": "Quarterly Labour Force Survey Q2 2026",
    "url": "https://www.statssa.gov.za/publications/P0211/P02112ndQuarter2026.pdf",
    "releasedOn": "2026-08-11"
  },
  "checkedOn": "2026-10-19",
  "page": "https://sadatahub.tech/series/female-labour-participation",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "Statistics South Africa (2026). Quarterly Labour Force Survey Q2 2026. Series \"Labour force participation rate for women\" via SA Data Hub, https://sadatahub.tech/series/female-labour-participation (checked 2026-10-19).",
  "points": [
    {
      "period": "Q1 2022",
      "value": 54.1
    },
    {
      "period": "Q2 2022",
      "value": 53.8
    },
    {
      "period": "Q3 2022",
      "value": 54.2
    },
    {
      "period": "Q4 2022",
      "value": 54.5
    },
    {
      "period": "Q1 2023",
      "value": 54
    },
    {
      "period": "Q2 2023",
      "value": 54.4
    },
    {
      "period": "Q3 2023",
      "value": 54.6
    },
    {
      "period": "Q4 2023",
      "value": 54.8
    },
    {
      "period": "Q1 2024",
      "value": 55.6
    },
    {
      "period": "Q2 2024",
      "value": 55.8
    },
    {
      "period": "Q3 2024",
      "value": 55.2
    },
    {
      "period": "Q4 2024",
      "value": 55.2
    },
    {
      "period": "Q1 2025",
      "value": 54.8
    },
    {
      "period": "Q2 2025",
      "value": 54.9
    },
    {
      "period": "Q3 2025",
      "value": 54.3
    },
    {
      "period": "Q4 2025",
      "value": 54
    },
    {
      "period": "Q1 2026",
      "value": 53.8
    },
    {
      "period": "Q2 2026",
      "value": 54.9
    }
  ],
  "revisions": [],
  "changeLog": [
    {
      "date": "2026-10-19",
      "type": "data-update",
      "summary": "Refreshed to QLFS Q2 2026 (overall LFPR 59.6%, female 54.9%). Historical corrections across all ten female LFPR points and Q1 2024–Q4 2025 overall LFPR points. Unverified labour-force-participation (42.7%) record removed per owner decision D1."
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-05-31",
      "type": "data-update",
      "summary": "Labour force participation indicators verified and aligned with QLFS metadata."
    }
  ]
}