Unemployment rate: Zambia
5.918% in 2025, the latest year published. Figures for 35 years from 1991 to 2025 are below.
Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon.
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.918 |
| 2024 | 5.898 |
| 2023 | 5.861 |
| 2022 | 5.993 |
| 2021 | 5.197 |
| 2020 | 6.032 |
| 2019 | 5.538 |
| 2018 | 5.032 |
| 2017 | 4.529 |
| 2016 | 5.244 |
| 2015 | 5.951 |
| 2014 | 6.576 |
| 2013 | 7.272 |
| 2012 | 7.85 |
| 2011 | 10.548 |
| 2010 | 13.19 |
| 2009 | 10.583 |
| 2008 | 7.93 |
| 2007 | 10.559 |
| 2006 | 13.229 |
| 2005 | 15.9 |
| 2004 | 15.332 |
| 2003 | 14.704 |
| 2002 | 14.131 |
| 2001 | 13.404 |
| 2000 | 12.93 |
| 1999 | 12.498 |
| 1998 | 12 |
| 1997 | 13.273 |
| 1996 | 15.3 |
| 1995 | 16.834 |
| 1994 | 18.689 |
| 1993 | 19.7 |
| 1992 | 19.568 |
| 1991 | 18.9 |