South Africa Vulnerable Employment
South Africa vulnerable employment data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 11.66%.
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South Africa · vulnerable employment data as percent of GDP.
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Growth & Output9
Public Finance8
Labor Market6
External Sector5
Monetary & Financial7
Population & Society7
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Interpretation
South Africa recorded 11.66% for Vulnerable Employment in 2025, the latest available observation in this dataset.
Compared with 2024, the indicator decreased by 0.03 percentage points, from 11.70% to 11.66%.
The latest observation is above the average of the last 10 available observations (10.78%).
Across the five latest available observations (2021–2025), the pattern is higher overall, but uneven.
Within the last 10 available observations, the low was 9.59% in 2016 and the high was 11.70% in 2024.