Fact-a-day archive

The unemployment rate (expanded definition) for South Africans with no schooling is 31%. For those whose with at least some… Read More

There are 4 million economically active South Africans aged 15 to 24. 2.6 million (64%) of them are unemployed (using… Read More

There are 4.4 million unemployed adults in South Africa (excluding those not economically active). A third of them have been… Read More

31% of South African high school learners attending public schools have smoked a cigarette. For the Western Cape the figure… Read More

17% of South Africa high school learners attending public schools are overweight. 9% are underweight. (South African Health Review, 2003/04)… Read More

31% of the South African population is aged 14 or younger, down from 34% in 1996. (For Japan the proportion… Read More