Key data points
Last release
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Observation period
2024
Next release
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Forecast
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Highest
10.80 % on Dec 31, 1982
Lowest
4.40 % on Dec 31, 2004
About Zimbabwe unemployment rate
In Zimbabwe, 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 Zimbabwe 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 Zimbabwe unemployment rate is 4.40%.
The highest figure Zimbabwe unemployment rate has ever reached is 10.80%.
In 2024 Zimbabwe unemployment rate was 8.60%, and the year before it reached 8.80%.