South Africa July 2025
Emerging
Benchmark status
We consider this an emerging benchmark: it has enough data available for us to use bootstrapping to create a representative sample. As the sample grows in size, some scores may slightly change. Our research has shown that our bootstrapped scores are consistent with our standard benchmarks. Read more about the methodology.
Data provided by Culture Amp
Most represented industries in this benchmark
Computer Software, Financial Services, Information Technology & Services, Internet, Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing, Human Resources, Nonprofit Organization Management, Wholesale
Reported gender breakdown
Male
51%
Female
49%
Non-Binary
0.21%
Are employees committed to their organizations?
Engaged people are emotionally committed to their organization. These people stay at their organizations longer and are more productive and effective. Successful organizations have more engaged employees.
70% of South Africa employees are engaged
This is in the bottom 49% compared with other regions.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 16 and is in the top 31% compared with other countries.
How does South Africa compare?
People in South Africa were much more positive than average regarding Company Performance.
On the lower side, people in South Africa had much lower favorable scores than average in Equity, Wellbeing Culture, and Collaboration & Communication.
People working in South Africa are more engaged than Hungary, Turkey, Belgium, and Netherlands. People working in South Africa are less engaged than Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and Kenya.
The highest scoring question for South Africa had 93% of people agreeing that they know how their work contributes to the goals of %[Company]% (+4% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Work & Life Blend.
People in South Africa were generally least favourable about Equity, and were most negative towards 'I believe my total compensation (base salary+any bonuses+benefits+equity) is fair, relative to similar roles at other companies' with 27% of people disagreeing (+4% above average).
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 22% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (+2% compared to overall) while on a longer time frame, 10% of people see themselves leaving within two years (+0% compared to overall).
Understanding Tenure distributions
Tenure describes how long an employee has worked for their company: we know through our research that newly hired employees tend to be more positive than their tenured counterparts. Positivity declines sharply before bottoming out between two to six years, then rises slightly for those that remain.
The tenure composition of a benchmark can influence overall scores.
Tenure distributions
Less than 3 months
0.99%
3 months to 6 months
3%
6 months to less than 1 year
6%
1 to less than 2 years
16%
2 to less than 4 years
22%
4 to less than 6 years
12%
6 to less than 10 years
17%
Greater than 10 years
23%