Key data points
Last release
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Observation period
2022
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
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 2022 Zambia unemployment rate was 6.10%, and the previous year it amounted to 6.20%.