SDG indicator 8.8.2: Level of national compliance with labour rights in South Africa
South Africa: SDG indicator 8.8.2: Level of national compliance with labour rights was 0.98 in 2024. ▲ Rising
SDG indicator 8.8.2: Level of national compliance with labour rights in South Africa, 2015–2024
Source: International Labour Organization.
Analysis
In 2024, sdg indicator 8.8.2: level of national compliance with labour rights in South Africa stood at 0.98. That is the lowest value across all 10 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, sdg indicator 8.8.2: level of national compliance with labour rights in South Africa peaked at 1.34 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.98, in 2015.
That places South Africa 127th out of 186 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
SDG indicator 8.8.2: Level of national compliance with labour rights in South Africa, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 0.98 | — |
| 2016 | 0.98 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.98 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.98 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.98 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.98 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.98 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 1.34 | +36.7% |
| 2023 | 0.98 | -26.9% |
| 2024 | 0.98 | +0.0% |
South Africa compared with similar countries
- South Africa's 0.98 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1.8, 54% of the median. (57 countries reporting)
- South Africa's 0.98 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1.64, 60% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.98 | 0.98 | 0.98 | 5 |
| 2020s | 1.05 | 0.98 | 1.34 | 5 |
Countries ranked near South Africa
- 124 Burkina Faso 1.07 compare
- 124 Seychelles 1.07 compare
- 126 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.03 compare
- 127 Cook Islands 0.98 compare
- 129 Poland 0.91 compare
- 130 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.89 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 sdg indicator 8.8.2: level of national compliance with labour rights in South Africa?
- Sdg indicator 8.8.2: level of national compliance with labour rights in South Africa was 0.98 in 2024, according to International Labour Organization.
- What is the highest sdg indicator 8.8.2: level of national compliance with labour rights recorded in South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1.34 in 2022.
- What is the lowest sdg indicator 8.8.2: level of national compliance with labour rights recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.98 in 2015.
- How does South Africa rank for sdg indicator 8.8.2: level of national compliance with labour rights?
- South Africa ranks 127th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sdg indicator 8.8.2: level of national compliance with labour 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, published as part of SDG indicator 8.8.2: Level of national compliance with labour rights, freedom of association and collective bargaining. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The indicator measures the level of national compliance with fundamental rights at work (freedom of association and collective bargaining, FACB) for all ILO member states based on six international ILO supervisory body textual sources and also on national legislation. It is based on the coding of textual sources against a list of evaluation criteria and then converting the coding into indicators. The indicator has a range from 0 to 10, with 0 being the best possible score (indicating higher levels of compliance with FACB rights) and 10 the worst (indicating lower levels of compliance with FACB rights). This indicator is not intended as a tool to compare compliance among ILO member States. It should specifically be noted that reporting obligations of an ILO member State to the ILO's supervisory system and thus ILO textual sources are different for ratifying and non‐ratifying ILO member States.