Economic inactive: Wants job: Discouraged workers: 16-64: Men: Thousands: SA

Name: Economic inactive: Wants job: Discouraged workers: 16-64: Men: Thousands: SA
Creator: Labour Market team
Published: 2026-01-20T00:00:00.000Z
License: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

Source dataset: Labour market statistics time series (LMS)

Contact:
Labour Market team

Release date:
20 January 2026
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Period	Value
1993	87
1994	80
1995	63
1996	56
1997	46
1998	41
1999	41
2000	34
2001	22
2002	23
2003	20
2004	21
2005	17
2006	16
2007	14
2008	18
2009	32
2010	34
2011	36
2012	30
2013	22
2014	16
2015	14
2016	12
2017	13
2018	11
2019	14
2020	28
2021	19
2022	8
2023	9
2024	8
1993 Q2	87
1993 Q3	87
1993 Q4	85
1994 Q1	88
1994 Q2	76
1994 Q3	83
1994 Q4	74
1995 Q1	66
1995 Q2	63
1995 Q3	63
1995 Q4	61
1996 Q1	60
1996 Q2	59
1996 Q3	54
1996 Q4	52
1997 Q1	48
1997 Q2	54
1997 Q3	39
1997 Q4	44
1998 Q1	41
1998 Q2	44
1998 Q3	43
1998 Q4	35
1999 Q1	46
1999 Q2	40
1999 Q3	37
1999 Q4	42
2000 Q1	44
2000 Q2	38
2000 Q3	30
2000 Q4	25
2001 Q1	26
2001 Q2	20
2001 Q3	20
2001 Q4	21
2002 Q1	26
2002 Q2	21
2002 Q3	22
2002 Q4	24
2003 Q1	23
2003 Q2	19
2003 Q3	20
2003 Q4	18
2004 Q1	21
2004 Q2	22
2004 Q3	19
2004 Q4	21
2005 Q1	23
2005 Q2	16
2005 Q3	13
2005 Q4	17
2006 Q1	15
2006 Q2	18
2006 Q3	14
2006 Q4	17
2007 Q1	15
2007 Q2	15
2007 Q3	15
2007 Q4	13
2008 Q1	17
2008 Q2	17
2008 Q3	15
2008 Q4	25
2009 Q1	25
2009 Q2	25
2009 Q3	38
2009 Q4	40
2010 Q1	32
2010 Q2	32
2010 Q3	34
2010 Q4	38
2011 Q1	44
2011 Q2	36
2011 Q3	31
2011 Q4	32
2012 Q1	38
2012 Q2	26
2012 Q3	32
2012 Q4	26
2013 Q1	27
2013 Q2	24
2013 Q3	20
2013 Q4	18
2014 Q1	14
2014 Q2	14
2014 Q3	16
2014 Q4	18
2015 Q1	12
2015 Q2	14
2015 Q3	15
2015 Q4	15
2016 Q1	13
2016 Q2	13
2016 Q3	11
2016 Q4	12
2017 Q1	15
2017 Q2	6
2017 Q3	14
2017 Q4	16
2018 Q1	12
2018 Q2	7
2018 Q3	13
2018 Q4	13
2019 Q1	16
2019 Q2	12
2019 Q3	11
2019 Q4	15
2020 Q1	20
2020 Q2	23
2020 Q3	33
2020 Q4	34
2021 Q1	40
2021 Q2	22
2021 Q3	9
2021 Q4	6
2022 Q1	4
2022 Q2	7
2022 Q3	9
2022 Q4	11
2023 Q1	5
2023 Q2	13
2023 Q3	8
2023 Q4	11
2024 Q1	5
2024 Q2	8
2024 Q3	8
2024 Q4	13
2025 Q1	11
2025 Q2	11
2025 Q3	17
1993 APR	85
1993 MAY	87
1993 JUN	88
1993 JUL	89
1993 AUG	87
1993 SEP	87
1993 OCT	83
1993 NOV	85
1993 DEC	84
1994 JAN	86
1994 FEB	88
1994 MAR	85
1994 APR	79
1994 MAY	76
1994 JUN	82
1994 JUL	82
1994 AUG	83
1994 SEP	79
1994 OCT	77
1994 NOV	74
1994 DEC	72
1995 JAN	73
1995 FEB	66
1995 MAR	64
1995 APR	61
1995 MAY	63
1995 JUN	62
1995 JUL	65
1995 AUG	63
1995 SEP	67
1995 OCT	63
1995 NOV	61
1995 DEC	60
1996 JAN	60
1996 FEB	60
1996 MAR	55
1996 APR	59
1996 MAY	59
1996 JUN	61
1996 JUL	54
1996 AUG	54
1996 SEP	53
1996 OCT	56
1996 NOV	52
1996 DEC	52
1997 JAN	48
1997 FEB	48
1997 MAR	50
1997 APR	51
1997 MAY	54
1997 JUN	48
1997 JUL	46
1997 AUG	39
1997 SEP	38
1997 OCT	40
1997 NOV	44
1997 DEC	42
1998 JAN	46
1998 FEB	41
1998 MAR	42
1998 APR	45
1998 MAY	44
1998 JUN	45
1998 JUL	42
1998 AUG	43
1998 SEP	41
1998 OCT	35
1998 NOV	35
1998 DEC	40
1999 JAN	43
1999 FEB	46
1999 MAR	44
1999 APR	41
1999 MAY	40
1999 JUN	38
1999 JUL	37
1999 AUG	37
1999 SEP	37
1999 OCT	37
1999 NOV	42
1999 DEC	43
2000 JAN	47
2000 FEB	44
2000 MAR	42
2000 APR	36
2000 MAY	38
2000 JUN	36
2000 JUL	37
2000 AUG	30
2000 SEP	30
2000 OCT	26
2000 NOV	25
2000 DEC	24
2001 JAN	24
2001 FEB	26
2001 MAR	22
2001 APR	24
2001 MAY	20
2001 JUN	20
2001 JUL	18
2001 AUG	20
2001 SEP	21
2001 OCT	20
2001 NOV	21
2001 DEC	23
2002 JAN	26
2002 FEB	26
2002 MAR	24
2002 APR	22
2002 MAY	21
2002 JUN	20
2002 JUL	21
2002 AUG	22
2002 SEP	24
2002 OCT	24
2002 NOV	24
2002 DEC	24
2003 JAN	20
2003 FEB	23
2003 MAR	22
2003 APR	21
2003 MAY	19
2003 JUN	19
2003 JUL	23
2003 AUG	20
2003 SEP	17
2003 OCT	17
2003 NOV	18
2003 DEC	20
2004 JAN	20
2004 FEB	21
2004 MAR	23
2004 APR	22
2004 MAY	22
2004 JUN	17
2004 JUL	19
2004 AUG	19
2004 SEP	22
2004 OCT	19
2004 NOV	21
2004 DEC	22
2005 JAN	23
2005 FEB	23
2005 MAR	21
2005 APR	16
2005 MAY	16
2005 JUN	15
2005 JUL	13
2005 AUG	13
2005 SEP	13
2005 OCT	16
2005 NOV	17
2005 DEC	18
2006 JAN	14
2006 FEB	15
2006 MAR	17
2006 APR	17
2006 MAY	18
2006 JUN	14
2006 JUL	14
2006 AUG	14
2006 SEP	14
2006 OCT	16
2006 NOV	17
2006 DEC	21
2007 JAN	16
2007 FEB	15
2007 MAR	14
2007 APR	16
2007 MAY	15
2007 JUN	14
2007 JUL	14
2007 AUG	15
2007 SEP	15
2007 OCT	15
2007 NOV	13
2007 DEC	15
2008 JAN	14
2008 FEB	17
2008 MAR	14
2008 APR	16
2008 MAY	17
2008 JUN	15
2008 JUL	15
2008 AUG	15
2008 SEP	20
2008 OCT	22
2008 NOV	25
2008 DEC	26
2009 JAN	25
2009 FEB	25
2009 MAR	26
2009 APR	26
2009 MAY	25
2009 JUN	25
2009 JUL	34
2009 AUG	38
2009 SEP	38
2009 OCT	39
2009 NOV	40
2009 DEC	41
2010 JAN	35
2010 FEB	32
2010 MAR	35
2010 APR	34
2010 MAY	32
2010 JUN	34
2010 JUL	34
2010 AUG	34
2010 SEP	30
2010 OCT	34
2010 NOV	38
2010 DEC	39
2011 JAN	45
2011 FEB	44
2011 MAR	40
2011 APR	35
2011 MAY	36
2011 JUN	39
2011 JUL	35
2011 AUG	31
2011 SEP	30
2011 OCT	29
2011 NOV	32
2011 DEC	37
2012 JAN	41
2012 FEB	38
2012 MAR	31
2012 APR	24
2012 MAY	26
2012 JUN	30
2012 JUL	33
2012 AUG	32
2012 SEP	26
2012 OCT	28
2012 NOV	26
2012 DEC	28
2013 JAN	29
2013 FEB	27
2013 MAR	26
2013 APR	25
2013 MAY	24
2013 JUN	23
2013 JUL	18
2013 AUG	20
2013 SEP	21
2013 OCT	21
2013 NOV	18
2013 DEC	16
2014 JAN	16
2014 FEB	14
2014 MAR	14
2014 APR	13
2014 MAY	14
2014 JUN	13
2014 JUL	16
2014 AUG	16
2014 SEP	18
2014 OCT	17
2014 NOV	18
2014 DEC	18
2015 JAN	14
2015 FEB	12
2015 MAR	10
2015 APR	12
2015 MAY	14
2015 JUN	14
2015 JUL	17
2015 AUG	15
2015 SEP	16
2015 OCT	13
2015 NOV	15
2015 DEC	15
2016 JAN	14
2016 FEB	13
2016 MAR	13
2016 APR	14
2016 MAY	13
2016 JUN	12
2016 JUL	10
2016 AUG	11
2016 SEP	10
2016 OCT	12
2016 NOV	12
2016 DEC	12
2017 JAN	15
2017 FEB	15
2017 MAR	12
2017 APR	10
2017 MAY	6
2017 JUN	10
2017 JUL	12
2017 AUG	14
2017 SEP	15
2017 OCT	14
2017 NOV	16
2017 DEC	16
2018 JAN	15
2018 FEB	12
2018 MAR	10
2018 APR	9
2018 MAY	7
2018 JUN	10
2018 JUL	12
2018 AUG	13
2018 SEP	14
2018 OCT	12
2018 NOV	13
2018 DEC	14
2019 JAN	14
2019 FEB	16
2019 MAR	11
2019 APR	10
2019 MAY	12
2019 JUN	14
2019 JUL	15
2019 AUG	11
2019 SEP	12
2019 OCT	11
2019 NOV	15
2019 DEC	17
2020 JAN	20
2020 FEB	20
2020 MAR	18
2020 APR	19
2020 MAY	23
2020 JUN	26
2020 JUL	30
2020 AUG	33
2020 SEP	32
2020 OCT	30
2020 NOV	34
2020 DEC	38
2021 JAN	46
2021 FEB	40
2021 MAR	36
2021 APR	29
2021 MAY	22
2021 JUN	15
2021 JUL	10
2021 AUG	9
2021 SEP	8
2021 OCT	7
2021 NOV	6
2021 DEC	4
2022 JAN	4
2022 FEB	4
2022 MAR	4
2022 APR	3
2022 MAY	7
2022 JUN	7
2022 JUL	7
2022 AUG	9
2022 SEP	11
2022 OCT	12
2022 NOV	11
2022 DEC	12
2023 JAN	10
2023 FEB	5
2023 MAR	6
2023 APR	8
2023 MAY	13
2023 JUN	11
2023 JUL	13
2023 AUG	8
2023 SEP	13
2023 OCT	13
2023 NOV	11
2023 DEC	6
2024 JAN	5
2024 FEB	5
2024 MAR	3
2024 APR	5
2024 MAY	8
2024 JUN	12
2024 JUL	8
2024 AUG	8
2024 SEP	8
2024 OCT	10
2024 NOV	13
2024 DEC	13
2025 JAN	14
2025 FEB	11
2025 MAR	12
2025 APR	9
2025 MAY	11
2025 JUN	10
2025 JUL	15
2025 AUG	17
2025 SEP	15
2025 OCT	15

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