Work & Labour in Zimbabwe 89 indicators covering work & labour for Zimbabwe. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 43.1% 2025 down 3.9% 58th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 53.3% 2025 down 11.3% 54th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 67.7% 2025 up 2.4% 41st Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 74.3% 2025 up 1.5% 54th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 83.7% 2025 up 1.4% 68th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 48.2% 2025 down 7.6% 58th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 62.9% 2025 up 2.1% 85th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 75.0% 2025 up 1.1% 115th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 68.5% 2025 up 1.8% 100th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 62.2% 2025 up 2.9% 36th Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 36.7% 2025 up 2.5% 153rd Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 32.9% 2025 up 35.5% 163rd Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 35.4% 2025 up 31.2% 164th Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 21.6% 2025 up 1.5% 152nd Employment in industry (% of total employment) 11.5% 2025 up 8.6% 158th Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 29.2% 2025 up 2.4% 155th Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 0.8% 2025 down 77.0% 137th Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 0.6% 2025 down 76.2% 130th Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 0.7% 2025 down 76.7% 132nd Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 3.5% 2025 down 17.8% 176th Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 19.4% 2025 up 14.3% 136th Employment in services (% of total employment) 34.2% 2025 up 33.2% 167th Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 70.8% 2025 down 1.0% 32nd Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 63.3% 2025 down 1.4% 34th Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 78.4% 2025 down 0.4% 35th Employers, total (% of total employment) 2.6% 2025 down 9.6% 128th Employers, male (% of male employment) 3.4% 2025 down 12.1% 121st Employers, female (% of female employment) 1.7% 2025 down 5.4% 109th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 16.2% 2025 up 78.6% 82nd Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 15.0% 2025 up 109.9% 75th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 15.5% 2025 up 94.0% 76th GDP per person employed 15,074 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 up 3.8% 141st Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 12.1% 2024 up 154.1% 17th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 11.7% 2024 up 168.2% 19th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 12.6% 2024 up 143.4% 25th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 56.6% 2024 down 29.4% 87th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 71.5% 2024 down 20.1% 89th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 63.4% 2024 down 24.9% 93rd Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 37.1% 2024 down 47.7% 69th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 50.2% 2024 down 37.3% 71st Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 79.2% 2024 down 11.7% 99th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 43.5% 2024 down 42.3% 68th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 22.4% 2024 up 227.4% 28th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 20.4% 2024 up 244.7% 29th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 24.9% 2024 up 218.1% 34th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 36.2% 2025 up 50.2% 30th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 23.9% 2025 up 85.9% 37th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 30.1% 2025 up 60.5% 30th Productivity: output per hour worked 3.97 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour 2023 down 8.9% 120th Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 59.9% 2025 down 0.7% 32nd Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 36.1% 2025 down 11.5% 60th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 45.3% 2025 down 18.8% 63rd Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 40.7% 2025 down 15.1% 62nd Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 68.2% 2025 down 0.6% 31st Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 56.3% 2025 down 1.1% 48th Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 67.4% 2025 down 2.8% 77th Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 61.4% 2025 down 1.8% 64th Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 76.6% 2025 down 0.3% 35th Unemployment with basic education 11.3% 2024 up 156.8% 31st Unemployment with basic education, male 10.5% 2024 up 168.9% 34th Page 1 of 2 Next →