Zambia Unemployment Rate

Unemployment Rate in Zambia increased to 7.79 percent in 2017 from 7.78 percent in 2016. Unemployment Rate in Zambia averaged 12.88 percent from 1986 until 2017, reaching an all time high of 19.70 percent in 1993 and a record low of 7.75 percent in 2015.

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Zambia Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	7.79	7.78	19.70	7.75	percent	[+]
Population	17.20	16.59	17.20	3.04	million	[+]
Living Wage Family	4090.00	4090.00	4090.00	4090.00	ZMK/Month	[+]
Living Wage Individual	2230.00	2230.00	2230.00	2230.00	ZMK/Month	[+]
Wages High Skilled	8810.00	8750.00	8970.00	8680.00	ZMK/Month	[+]
Wages Low Skilled	1760.00	1300.00	1860.00	1300.00	ZMK/Month	[+]

In Zambia, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force. This page provides - Zambia Unemployment Rate - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Zambia Unemployment Rate - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on July of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	7.79	7.78	19.70	7.75	1986 - 2017	percent	Yearly

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
South Africa	27.60	Mar/19	27.1	31.2 : 21.5	%
Spain	14.70	Mar/19	14.45	26.94 : 4.41	%
Turkey	14.10	Mar/19	14.7	14.8 : 7.3	%
Brazil	12.30	May/19	12.5	13.7 : 6.2	%
Argentina	10.10	Mar/19	9.1	20.8 : 5.9	%
Italy	9.90	May/19	10.1	13.1 : 5.8	%
France	8.70	Mar/19	8.8	10.7 : 7.2	%
Euro Area	7.50	May/19	7.6	12.1 : 7.3	%
India	6.00	Dec/18	5	8.3 : 3.53	%
Saudi Arabia	5.70	Mar/19	6	6.3 : 4.35	%
Canada	5.50	Jun/19	5.4	13.1 : 2.9	%
Australia	5.20	May/19	5.2	11.2 : 4	%
Indonesia	5.01	Mar/19	5.34	11.24 : 2	%
Russia	4.50	May/19	4.7	14.1 : 4.5	%
South Korea	4.00	Jun/19	4	7.1 : 3	%
United Kingdom	3.80	Apr/19	3.8	12 : 3.4	%
United States	3.70	Jun/19	3.6	10.8 : 2.5	%
China	3.67	Mar/19	3.8	4.3 : 3.67	%
Mexico	3.50	May/19	3.5	6.42 : 2.22	%
Netherlands	3.30	May/19	3.3	7.9 : 3.3	%
Germany	3.10	May/19	3.1	11.5 : 0.4	%
Japan	2.40	May/19	2.4	5.5 : 1	%
Singapore	2.20	Mar/19	2.2	6 : 1.4	%
Switzerland	2.10	Jun/19	2.3	5.7 : 1.5	%