Work & Labour in Zimbabwe 430 indicators covering work & labour for Zimbabwe. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Employment rate 61.4% 2025 down 1.8% 64th Youth unemployment rate 15.5% 2025 up 94.0% 76th Population by labor force status 6.83 million people 2025 up 8.2% 58th Employee compensation as share of government spending 36.6% 2018 down 35.0% 41st CPI: National consumer price index, country weights 31.31 2023 down 6.6% 75th LU4: Composite measure of labour underutilization 1,657 2024 up 104.8% 22nd Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 32 - Employment by 56.26 Persons 2022 up 127.8% 109th Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 32 - Employment by 110.24 Persons 2022 up 65.1% 92nd Armed forces personnel as a share of the total labor force 0.9% 2020 down 13.3% 81st Female labor force by age 184,292 people 2024 up 75.7% 44th Labor force participation rate by age 48.2% 2024 down 7.8% 56th Female labor force participation rate by age 43.1% 2024 down 4.3% 55th Jobs gap 1,445 2024 up 2.3% 18th Jobs gap rate 22.5 2024 up 1.4% 8th Potential labour force and willing non-jobseekers 757.19 2024 down 25.7% 18th Potential labour force and willing non-jobseekers rate 11.8 2024 down 26.7% 8th Unemployment rate: young vs. older adults 15.4% 2024 up 122.2% 77th NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (ILO modelled) 0.0026 units per square kilometre 2023 up 126.8% 79th Time-related underemployment (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), per 0.0007 units per square kilometre 2023 down 58.6% 113th Total weekly hours worked of employed persons (ILO modelled) 0.6769 units per square kilometre 2023 up 44.1% 128th Employment 4,983 2024 down 20.5% 68th Cases of fatal occupational injury 106 2014 up 29.3% 40th Annual growth of GDP per employed person 2.9% 2025 up 206.4% 50th Unemployment with basic education 11.3% 2024 up 156.8% 33rd Unemployment with basic education, male 10.5% 2024 up 168.9% 36th Unemployment with intermediate education 14.3% 2024 up 54.0% 12th Unemployment with basic education, female 12.0% 2024 up 146.5% 36th Unemployment with advanced education 7.7% 2024 down 17.6% 28th Unemployment with intermediate education, female 15.2% 2024 up 41.4% 22nd SDG indicator 8.8.2: Level of national compliance with labour rights 5.8 2024 up 2.8% 24th Level of national compliance with labor rights 5.8 score 2024 up 2.8% 24th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total 36.0% 2024 up 117.3% 5th Unemployment with intermediate education, male 13.6% 2024 up 65.5% 11th Labor force with basic education, female 54.7% 2024 down 32.2% 21st Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female 43.0% 2024 up 97.4% 6th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male 28.7% 2024 up 157.2% 10th Labor force with basic education, male 63.3% 2024 down 29.9% 59th Labor force with basic education 58.5% 2024 down 31.3% 35th Labor force with intermediate education, female (% of female) 58.0% 2024 down 22.5% 55th Labor force with intermediate education, male 76.7% 2024 down 9.1% 44th Labor force with intermediate education (% of total working-age) 67.1% 2024 down 16.2% 50th Unemployment with advanced education, male 7.5% 2024 up 28.9% 21st Labor force with advanced education, male 73.9% 2024 down 21.9% 113th Labor force with advanced education 67.3% 2024 down 28.5% 116th Labor force with advanced education, female 61.8% 2024 down 33.5% 106th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 49.5% 2024 down 34.9% 94th Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 63.1% 2024 down 26.2% 117th Unemployment with advanced education, female 8.0% 2024 down 49.6% 41st Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 55.7% 2024 down 30.7% 112th Cases of non-fatal occupational injury 4,596 2018 down 15.7% 64th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 33.8% 2024 down 51.9% 76th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 40.0% 2024 down 47.0% 73rd Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 27.8% 2024 down 57.4% 80th Part time employment, female 62.6% 2024 up 8.9% 9th Part time employment, male 40.9% 2024 up 5.1% 8th Part time employment, total 51.3% 2024 up 6.2% 7th Labor share of gross domestic product (GDP) 61.8% 2025 up 13.8% 7th Annual working hours per worker 2,311 hours per worker 2023 up 22.7% 17th Annual working hours per worker vs. GDP per capita 2,311 hours per worker 2023 up 22.7% 17th Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th 5.2% 2024 up 28.3% 141st ← Previous Page 4 of 8 Next →