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Zimbabwe: Unemployment rate

Percent · 1982–2024 · 14 observations · unemp

2024
12.1%percent
Change on 2023
+2.8 pointsfrom 9.35%
Average, 2019–2024
9.67%5 years
Record high and low
12.1% (2024)low 4.39% (2004)

Unemployment rate

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Recent values

Percent

YearValue
202412.1
20239.35
202210.1
20219.46
20197.37
20144.77
201211.1
20115.37
20044.39
19996.00

Sources

  • IMF International Financial Statistics1982–2024
  • African Development Bank2004–2014
  • International Labour Organization2004–2023

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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