{"id":838,"date":"2024-07-17T19:06:09","date_gmt":"2024-07-17T19:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bursariesafrica.co.za\/tvet\/?page_id=838"},"modified":"2026-09-17T08:52:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T08:52:14","slug":"how-many-electrical-engineers-are-there-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bursariesafrica.co.za\/tvet\/how-many-electrical-engineers-are-there-in-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"How Many Electrical Engineers Are There In South Africa?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There is no official published count of electrical engineers specifically. The Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) publishes totals for all registered engineering practitioners, but its ECSA’s 2024\/25 annual report<\/a> does not break them down by discipline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ECSA registrations at 31 March 2025 (all disciplines)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Category<\/th>Registrations<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Professional Engineers<\/td>15,467<\/td><\/tr>
Professional Engineering Technologists<\/td>6,778<\/td><\/tr>
Professional Engineering Technicians<\/td>4,316<\/td><\/tr>
Professional Certificated Engineers<\/td>745<\/td><\/tr>
Candidate Engineers<\/td>10,605<\/td><\/tr>
Candidate Engineering Technicians<\/td>7,292<\/td><\/tr>
Candidate Engineering Technologists<\/td>7,242<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In total, 50,782 people held 55,009 ECSA registrations, 8.74% more than a year earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why counts are hard<\/h2>\n\n\n\n