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South Africa
Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate)

Vulnerable employment is contributing family workers and own-account workers as a percentage of total employment.

Global rank#137out of 182 countries
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Historical trend

11.911.110.49.68.8199120082025South Africa · 2025: 11.66%South Africa

Analytical takeaways

  • South Africa records 11.66% for Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) in 2025, ranking #137 globally out of 182 countries.
  • Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) (modeled ILO estimate) declined from 11.87% in 1991 to 11.66% in 2025, a decrease of 0.21%.
  • The country sits in the bottom quartile of the global distribution for this metric, which also makes the page relevant for low-value and lagging-performance searches.

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