Level of national compliance with labor rights in South Africa
South Africa: Level of national compliance with labor rights was 0.98 score in 2024. ▲ Rising
Level of national compliance with labor rights in South Africa, 2015–2024
Source: International Labour Organization – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in score.
Analysis
South Africa recorded 0.98 score for level of national compliance with labor rights in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 10 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, level of national compliance with labor rights in South Africa peaked at 1.34 score in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.98 score, in 2015.
That places South Africa 128th out of 187 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Level of national compliance with labor rights in South Africa, year by year
| Year | score | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 0.98 score | — |
| 2016 | 0.98 score | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.98 score | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.98 score | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.98 score | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.98 score | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.98 score | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 1.34 score | +36.7% |
| 2023 | 0.98 score | -26.9% |
| 2024 | 0.98 score | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.98 score | 0.98 score | 0.98 score | 5 |
| 2020s | 1.05 score | 0.98 score | 1.34 score | 5 |
Countries ranked near South Africa
- 125 Burkina Faso 1.07 score compare
- 125 Seychelles 1.07 score compare
- 127 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.03 score compare
- 128 Cook Islands 0.98 score compare
- 130 Poland 0.91 score compare
- 131 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.89 score compare
More work & labour data for South Africa
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual 0.2264 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth 0.242 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth 0.2122 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -1.23 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 0.8748 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 58,057 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 14,698 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 49,126 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 45,189 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 94,314 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is level of national compliance with labor rights in South Africa?
- Level of national compliance with labor rights in South Africa was 0.98 score in 2024, according to International Labour Organization – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest level of national compliance with labor rights recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1.34 score in 2022.
- What is the lowest level of national compliance with labor rights recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.98 score in 2015.
- How does South Africa rank for level of national compliance with labor rights?
- South Africa ranks 128th out of 187 countries with data for 2024.
- Is level of national compliance with labor rights rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South Africa data come from?
- The figures come from International Labour Organization – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Level of national compliance with labor rights. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Level of national compliance with fundamental rights at work (freedom of association and collective bargaining), in a scale from 0 to 10. Higher values indicate higher levels of compliance.