Unemployment rate: Zimbabwe
9.293% 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 | 9.293 |
| 2024 | 9.435 |
| 2023 | 9.348 |
| 2022 | 10.087 |
| 2021 | 9.54 |
| 2020 | 8.617 |
| 2019 | 7.373 |
| 2018 | 6.788 |
| 2017 | 6.35 |
| 2016 | 5.896 |
| 2015 | 5.399 |
| 2014 | 4.774 |
| 2013 | 4.948 |
| 2012 | 5.057 |
| 2011 | 5.368 |
| 2010 | 5.469 |
| 2009 | 5.476 |
| 2008 | 5.401 |
| 2007 | 5.008 |
| 2006 | 4.767 |
| 2005 | 4.632 |
| 2004 | 4.39 |
| 2003 | 4.738 |
| 2002 | 5.005 |
| 2001 | 5.313 |
| 2000 | 5.685 |
| 1999 | 6 |
| 1998 | 6.381 |
| 1997 | 6.93 |
| 1996 | 6.151 |
| 1995 | 5.566 |
| 1994 | 4.96 |
| 1993 | 4.993 |
| 1992 | 4.933 |
| 1991 | 4.793 |