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Zambia unemployment rate

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Key data points


Last release
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Observation period
2023
Next release
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Forecast
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Highest
19.70 % on Dec 31, 1993
Lowest
5.00 % on Dec 31, 2018

About Zambia unemployment rate


Category
Labor
Source
Central Statistical Office
Frequency
Annual
Units
%
In Zambia, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force.

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Frequently Asked Questions


To calculate Zambia unemployment rate you need to take the number of the country residents without a job and looking for work divided by the total number of residents in the labor force.
The lowest ever Zambia unemployment rate is 5.00%.
The highest figure Zambia unemployment rate has ever reached is 19.70%.
In 2023 Zambia unemployment rate was 12.00%, and the year before it reached 12.60%.