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Vulnerable Employment / South Africa
Labor Market

South Africa Vulnerable Employment

Current and historical vulnerable employment data for South Africa, including latest value (11.66), trend, international ranking, comparison and source notes.
COUNTRY: South Africa
UNIT: percent
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: live
UPDATED: 2026-06-11 04:02:08
Economy Data Rating
South Africa · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
BB
62 / 100
Moderate risk
Fiscal stability 15.6 / 25
Macroeconomic stability 11.2 / 20
External stability 14 / 15
Financial robustness 6.3 / 15
Structural stability 0 / 10
Future capacity 6.5 / 10
Demographic capacity 4.6 / 5
Method: Economy Data 7-pillar stability model with structural financial robustness adjustment. This is a transparent Economy Data heuristic, not an official sovereign credit rating. Data coverage: 93% of weighted inputs available.
Time range: 1991–2025 1991– 2025
1991 2025
Selected year: 2025 · Value: n/a 2025

South Africa · vulnerable employment as a percentage of total employment.

1991–2025
11.66 percent
11.7 percent
10.78 percent
37 selected year
max 8 6 4 2 0
1991 1998 2005 2012 2019 2025
vulnerable employment rate reference line

Countries by vulnerable employment

full ranking
Country Rate Class
Ethiopia 84.15
India 71.58
Nigeria 66.48
Kenya 63.83
Ghana 59.96
Bangladesh 57.35
Pakistan 55.51
Vietnam 51.4

Interpretation

short note

This labor market indicator helps assess employment conditions and economic participation.

Values should be interpreted together with country context, time range, source coverage and related macroeconomic indicators.

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Comparison

latest
Egypt 23.94
Morocco 35.54
Nigeria 66.48
United States 3.81
China 33.4

Related indicators

internal links
Unemployment SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS
Employment Rate SL.EMP.TOTL.SP.ZS
Youth Unemployment SL.UEM.1524.ZS
Labor Force Participation SL.TLF.CACT.ZS
GDP Growth NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG

Source layer

planned

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Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: SL.EMP.VULN.ZS

Cache: live · Updated: 2026-06-11 04:02:08

South Africa Snapshot

country profile
Population 64.01 m
GDP 401.14 bn
Debt/GDP 79.45%
Inflation 4.36%
Unemployment 32.39%
Currency n/a
Region Africa
Income group Upper middle income

South Africa Vulnerable Employment: data context and use

This page is part of the Economy Data indicator system. It provides structured country-level economic data, historical series, rankings and comparison views for researchers, students, journalists and decision makers. The page combines indicator metadata, country context, latest available values, ranking information and source notes.

The selected indicator is Vulnerable Employment for South Africa. The data are designed for quick comparison across countries and for deeper interpretation together with related macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, exports, imports, population and inequality.

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