Tlhalefo11/south-african-employment-structure-analysis

An analysis of South African industry employment trends (2015–2024) using Stats SA QLFS data. # south-african-employment-structure-analysis An analysis of South African industry employment trends (2015–2024) using Stats SA QLFS data. South African Industries Employment Analysis (2015–2024) ​This project analyzes employment trends across 10 major industries in South Africa using data from Statistics South Africa's Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS). ​Key Insights ​Leading Employer: Community and Social Services consistently accounts for approximately 23% of total employment. ​Major Sectors: Trade (20%) and Finance (17%) follow as significant contributors. ​Smallest Sector: The Utilities industry contributes the least, accounting for less than 1% of total employment. ​Trend: Employment distribution remained relatively stable throughout the decade. Methodology ​This analysis was conducted using R for data cleaning, statistical calculation, and visualization. ​Data Source: Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS). Tools: Data cleaning and statistical aggregation were handled in R using the tidyverse (dplyr, ggplot2, and tidyr) for a streamlined analysis workflow. ​Process: Raw quarterly data from 2015–2024 was aggregated to identify long-term employment trends and sectorial shares.