Contributing family workers and own-account workers as a share of total employment (ILO modelled estimate). Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators. Retrieved 15 Oct 2026.
| Period | Vulnerable Employment |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 11.7% |
| 2024 | 11.7% |
| 2023 | 10.9% |
| 2022 | 11.3% |
| 2021 | 11% |
| 2020 | 10.7% |
| 2019 | 10.7% |
| 2018 | 10.3% |
| 2017 | 9.9% |
| 2016 | 9.6% |
| 2015 | 9.4% |
| 2014 | 8.8% |
52 countries carry a recent vulnerable employment as a share of total employment figure. Each opens its own page with the history, the source and the API request.
170 of 207 indicators carry a figure for South Africa, grouped by topic.