Zimbabwe — Unemployment rate
percent · Annual · 1982–2025 · 37 observations
About this series
The unemployment rate is the number of people without work who are available for and seeking work, divided by the labour force. It is expressed as a percentage.
In Zimbabwe, the unemployment rate reading was 9.29% in 2025, compared with 9.44% in 2024. The period change was −0.14 percentage points. The latest reading was above the selected 10-year average of 8.27%.
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Latest observations
2016–2025
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 9.29 % |
| 2024 | 9.44 % |
| 2023 | 9.35 % |
| 2022 | 10.1 % |
| 2021 | 9.54 % |
5 earlier values, back to 2016
| 2020 | 8.62 % |
| 2019 | 7.37 % |
| 2018 | 6.79 % |
| 2017 | 6.35 % |
| 2016 | 5.9 % |