A relatively low proportion have skilled positions (17.7%).<\/p>\n
A higher proportion of employed youth in Gauteng (25.3%) and Western Cape (20.2%) have skilled positions while the lowest proportions with such positions are in Limpopo (10.6%) and North West (11%).<\/p>\n
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<\/a>Percentage of youth in skilled occupations<\/p><\/div>\n
Young people aged 15-34 years account for a larger share of the working – age population than adults with 4.5 – 5.2 million in each of the youngest age cohorts in 2015.<\/p>\n
Of the 31.5 million working age people aged 15 – 64 years in 2008, 18.2 million were youth aged 15 – 34 years while 13.3 million were adults aged 35 – 64 years.<\/p>\n
Population growth over the subsequent years, meant that by 2015 the working-age population stood at 35.8 million of which 19.7 million (55%) were youth and 16.1 million (45%) were adults.<\/p>\n
StatsSA found that as many as 32.9% of youth aged 15 – 24 are not in employment, education or training.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Percentage of youth who are not employed<\/p><\/div>\n
The data, rather obviously, found that the education level of employed youth has a direct influence on the types of jobs they are able to get.<\/p>\n
Moreover, between\u00a0 2008 – 2015, job losses among youth in SA occurred at every education level except among those with tertiary qualifications.<\/p>\n
And despite an improvement in the level of education between 2008 – 2015, as many as 44.5% of employed youth and 50.3% of employed adults have education levels below matric, today.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Long-term unemployment<\/p><\/div>\n
In 2015, one in every two black African (54%) and coloured (53.3%) youth aged 15-24\u00a0 years who had jobs, have education levels below the secondary level (matric), the report said.<\/p>\n
In contrast, the proportion of the Indian\/Asian and white population groups with that education level was substantially smaller at 17.3% and 12.4% respectively, StatsSA said.<\/p>\n
Among youth aged 25 – 34 years the pattern is similar but the percentages in the lowest education categories are smaller.<\/p>\n
In 2015, among employed black African and coloured youth aged 25-34 years, 48.4% and\u00a0 48.5% respectively had education below the secondary level, while an additional 16.5% and 10.2% had a tertiary qualification.<\/p>\n
Among the employed white and Indian\/Asian population groups aged 25 – 34 years, 40 – 52% had a tertiary qualification.<\/p>\n
Employment in SA<\/h3>\n
SA unemployment is the economy\u2019s fault: Zuma<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n