JOHANNESBURG, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- South Africa's unemployment rate increased to 25.5 percent in the third quarter of 2015, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) said on Tuesday.
The figure rose by 0.5 of a percentage point from the second quarter rate of 25 percent, but is still an improvement from the first quarter rate of 26.4 percent.
The working-age population was 36.1 million - 15.8 million employed, 5.4 million unemployed and 14.9 million not economically active.
The 25.5 percent unemployment rate is a far cry from the six percent that the country wishes to achieve by 2030 under the National Development Plan (NDP).
