South Africa
ZA desk: South Africa first; United States, United Kingdom, euro area, Australia and New Zealand alongside.
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As of 2025 | % of total employment
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 82.73% |
| 2024 | 82.71% |
| 2023 | 83.69% |
| 2022 | 83.06% |
| 2021 | 83.03% |
| 2020 | 83.28% |
| 2019 | 83.66% |
| 2018 | 84.43% |
| 2017 | 84.53% |
| 2016 | 84.88% |
| 2015 | 85.41% |
| 2014 | 85.87% |
| 2013 | 85.14% |
| 2012 | 84.58% |
| 2011 | 84.31% |
| 2010 | 84.30% |
| 2009 | 84.48% |
| 2008 | 84.11% |
| 2007 | 83.92% |
| 2006 | 82.02% |
| 2005 | 82.48% |
| 2004 | 83.24% |
| 2003 | 83.06% |
| 2002 | 82.98% |
Wage and salaried workers (SL.EMP.WORK.ZS, modelled ILO estimate) are employees as a share of total employment — people who work for a wage or salary. Latest: 82.73% in 2025.
The complement is mostly self-employment and contributing family work. It says nothing about the size of the pay packet. From 1991 to 2025 (35 years): latest 82.73% (2025), previous year 82.71% (2024); low 82.02% (2006), high 85.87% (2014).
Source: World Bank Open Data. Licence: CC BY 4.0 (terms).