Number of people employed in finance in South Africa 2022-2023, by province
In the third quarter of 2023, the Gauteng province in South Africa had the highest number of finance employees, with over 1.2 million. The Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal also concentrated high numbers of employees in the sector, with 474,000 and 437,000, respectively. Since the same quarter in 2022, each region in the country has made considerable employment growth in the finance industry.