Work & Labour in Zambia 89 indicators covering work & labour for Zambia. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 34.4% 2025 down 2.1% 83rd Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 39.4% 2025 up 0.1% 125th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 61.9% 2025 up 5.4% 90th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 67.6% 2025 up 2.4% 114th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 83.4% 2025 up 6.4% 72nd Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 36.9% 2025 down 1.0% 106th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 56.7% 2025 up 9.6% 112th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 67.9% 2025 up 2.4% 153rd Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 62.2% 2025 up 5.7% 131st Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 56.4% 2025 up 9.0% 74th Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 35.5% 2025 up 4.8% 157th Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 32.4% 2025 up 10.3% 164th Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 38.4% 2025 up 35.2% 162nd Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 19.9% 2025 up 38.9% 156th Employment in industry (% of total employment) 10.3% 2025 up 5.6% 162nd Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 28.3% 2025 up 12.7% 157th Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 3.1% 2025 down 67.5% 101st Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 1.3% 2025 down 74.5% 109th Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 2.1% 2025 down 70.0% 104th Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 3.6% 2025 up 20.8% 174th Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 16.0% 2025 up 5.1% 156th Employment in services (% of total employment) 35.2% 2025 up 21.6% 164th Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 71.7% 2025 down 4.3% 30th Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 64.5% 2025 down 2.5% 30th Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 80.1% 2025 down 6.5% 31st Employers, total (% of total employment) 1.6% 2025 up 0.5% 152nd Employers, male (% of male employment) 2.0% 2025 down 12.0% 152nd Employers, female (% of female employment) 1.0% 2025 up 60.0% 140th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 10.1% 2025 down 15.6% 119th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 10.8% 2025 down 15.1% 103rd Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 10.5% 2025 down 15.3% 110th GDP per person employed 10,880 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 down 7.8% 151st Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 5.7% 2024 down 52.3% 86th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 5.2% 2024 down 16.5% 82nd Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 6.2% 2024 down 66.8% 88th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 57.4% 2024 up 28.8% 75th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 69.2% 2024 up 20.8% 116th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 63.2% 2024 up 24.6% 94th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 36.3% 2024 up 51.9% 72nd Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 41.4% 2024 up 64.2% 103rd Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 82.9% 2024 up 6.7% 82nd Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 38.9% 2024 up 58.3% 86th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 10.8% 2024 down 65.0% 100th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 10.5% 2024 down 61.5% 96th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 11.2% 2024 down 67.7% 102nd Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 32.5% 2025 down 13.8% 43rd Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 25.6% 2025 down 11.3% 26th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 29.1% 2025 down 12.7% 36th Productivity: output per hour worked 5.63 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour 2023 down 19.2% 113th Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 62.5% 2025 down 2.1% 27th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 30.9% 2025 down 0.0% 79th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 35.1% 2025 up 2.3% 112th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 33.0% 2025 up 1.2% 94th Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 70.2% 2025 down 4.4% 27th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 53.0% 2025 up 8.9% 71st Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 63.8% 2025 up 2.6% 108th Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 58.3% 2025 up 5.4% 89th Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 79.1% 2025 down 7.0% 31st Unemployment with basic education 3.6% 2024 down 74.6% 91st Unemployment with basic education, male 3.3% 2024 down 55.7% 89th Page 1 of 2 Next →