This report on inequality trends in South Africa is a joint publication produced by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) in partnership with the Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU) based in the School of Economics at the University of Cape Town and the Agence Francaise de Développement (AFD) with partial funding support from the European Union (EU). The report presents a broad overview of various dimensions of inequality over the recent past, using a wide range of data sources.

The primary data inputs sourced from data that were collected and released officially by Stats SA were the Income and Expenditure Survey (IES), Living Conditions Survey (LCS), General Household Survey (GHS), and Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS). In addition to these official data sources, the report also utilized data from the National Income Dynamics Study (NIDS) and the Post-Apartheid Labour Market Series (PALMS) which is a harmonized data series of labour data based on several household surveys.

Report by StatsSA