{
  "id": "lfpr-overall",
  "title": "Labour force participation rate",
  "description": "The labour force participation rate (LFPR) is the percentage of the working-age population (15–64) that is either employed or unemployed. It rose 0.6 percentage points to 59.6% in Q2 2026, but is 0.6 points lower than a year earlier.",
  "unit": "%",
  "category": "unemployment",
  "latest": {
    "value": 59.6,
    "display": "59.6%"
  },
  "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/lfpr-overall",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "Statistics South Africa (2026). Quarterly Labour Force Survey Q2 2026. Series \"Labour force participation rate\" via SA Data Hub, https://sadatahub.tech/series/lfpr-overall (checked 2026-10-19).",
  "points": [
    {
      "period": "Q1 2020",
      "value": 59.2
    },
    {
      "period": "Q2 2020",
      "value": 55.7
    },
    {
      "period": "Q3 2020",
      "value": 56.4
    },
    {
      "period": "Q4 2020",
      "value": 58.1
    },
    {
      "period": "Q1 2021",
      "value": 57.9
    },
    {
      "period": "Q2 2021",
      "value": 58.8
    },
    {
      "period": "Q3 2021",
      "value": 59.3
    },
    {
      "period": "Q4 2021",
      "value": 59.7
    },
    {
      "period": "Q1 2022",
      "value": 60.1
    },
    {
      "period": "Q2 2022",
      "value": 59.8
    },
    {
      "period": "Q3 2022",
      "value": 60.2
    },
    {
      "period": "Q4 2022",
      "value": 60.4
    },
    {
      "period": "Q1 2023",
      "value": 59.9
    },
    {
      "period": "Q2 2023",
      "value": 60.1
    },
    {
      "period": "Q3 2023",
      "value": 60.3
    },
    {
      "period": "Q4 2023",
      "value": 60.5
    },
    {
      "period": "Q1 2024",
      "value": 60.7
    },
    {
      "period": "Q2 2024",
      "value": 60.6
    },
    {
      "period": "Q3 2024",
      "value": 60.2
    },
    {
      "period": "Q4 2024",
      "value": 60.3
    },
    {
      "period": "Q1 2025",
      "value": 60
    },
    {
      "period": "Q2 2025",
      "value": 60.2
    },
    {
      "period": "Q3 2025",
      "value": 59.7
    },
    {
      "period": "Q4 2025",
      "value": 59.3
    },
    {
      "period": "Q1 2026",
      "value": 59
    },
    {
      "period": "Q2 2026",
      "value": 59.6
    }
  ],
  "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."
    }
  ]
}