South African & Western Cape employment statistics

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G
1	Table: Employment by province, Q4 2019 - Q4 2023
2						Percentage distribution
3		Oct-Dec 2019 (Q4:2019)	Oct-Dec 2023 (Q4:2023)	Changes (Q4:2023 -Q4:2019)	%Changes	Oct-Dec 2019 (Q4:2019)	Oct-Dec 2023 (Q4:2023
4		Thousand			Per cent	% share
5	Western Cape	2,518	2,757	239	9.5	15.3	16.5
6	Eastern Cape	1,384	1,348	-37	-2.6	8.4	8.1
7	Northern Cape	335	327	-8	-2.5	2.0	2.0
8	Free State	785	742	-43	-5.5	4.8	4.4
9	KwaZulu-Natal	2,664	2,856	192	7.2	16.2	17.1
10	North West	992	912	-80	-8.1	6.0	5.5
11	Gauteng	5,098	5,034	-64	-1.3	31.0	30.1
12	Mpumalanga	1,244	1,250	6	0.5	7.6	7.5
13	Limpopo	1,400	1,498	99	7.0	8.5	90.0
14		16,420	16,723	303	1.8	100.0	100.0
15	Table provided by StatsSA in a response to Africa Check.
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