South Africa vs World excluding BRICS: SDG indicator 8.3.1: Proportion of informal employment in total
SDG indicator 8.3.1: Proportion of informal employment in total over time
- South Africa
- World excluding BRICS
How they compare
World excluding BRICS currently reports 51.65 against 34.81 in South Africa, a difference of 16.84.
That makes World excluding BRICS's figure about 1.5 times South Africa's.
Across all 21 years both countries report, World excluding BRICS has been ahead every year.
South Africa ranks 44th and World excluding BRICS ranks 42nd of 83 countries.
World excluding BRICS has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | South Africa | World excluding BRICS | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 43.58 | 49.51 | 5.93 | World excluding BRICS |
| 2010s | 33.46 | 49.97 | 16.51 | World excluding BRICS |
| 2020s | 33.41 | 50.48 | 17.07 | World excluding BRICS |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sdg indicator 8.3.1: proportion of informal employment in total, South Africa or World excluding BRICS?
- World excluding BRICS, at 51.65 against 34.81 in South Africa as of 2027.
- What is the difference in sdg indicator 8.3.1: proportion of informal employment in total between South Africa and World excluding BRICS?
- 16.84, with World excluding BRICS ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for South Africa and World excluding BRICS?
- 21 years are reported by both, from 2004 to 2024.
- How do South Africa and World excluding BRICS rank globally for sdg indicator 8.3.1: proportion of informal employment in total?
- South Africa ranks 44th and World excluding BRICS ranks 42nd of 83 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- International Labour Organization, published as SDG indicator 8.3.1: Proportion of informal employment in total employment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Data may differ from nationally reported figures and the Global SDG Indicators Database due to differences in sources and/or reference years. This indicator conveys the share of informal employment in total employment. Employment comprises all persons of working age who, during a specified brief period, were either in paid employment (whether at work or with a job but not at work) or in self-employment (whether at work or with an enterprise but not at work). Informal employment comprises persons who in their main or secondary jobs were (a) own-account workers, employers and members of producers' cooperatives employed in their own informal sector enterprises; (b) own-account workers engaged in the production of goods exclusively for own final use by their household (e.g. subsistence farming); (c) contributing family workers, regardless of whether they work in formal or informal sector enterprises; or (d) employees holding informal jobs, whether employed by formal sector enterprises, informal sector enterprises, or as paid domestic workers by households. Data disaggregated by economic activity are provided according to the latest version of the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC) available for that year. Data may have been regrouped from national classifications, which may not be strictly compatible with ISIC. For more information, refer to the Labour Market-related SDG Indicators (ILOSDG) database description.