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Zimbabwe — Labor participation
Labor Force Participation Rate for Zimbabwe, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
67.72%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · +1.1% since 1990
Labor participation for Zimbabwe was 67.72% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 67.79% in 2023. The lowest was 64.67% in 2020 (about 1.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.03% per year.
Zimbabwe ranks 41 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 22%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 64.31%, so Zimbabwe sits above it. It peaked in 2023 and has fallen 0% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 2%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
67.72%
First (1990)
66.99%
Change
+1.1%
Highest
67.79%
in 2023
Lowest
64.67%
in 2020
Average
66.13%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.03%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 67.72% |
| 2024 | 67.72% |
| 2023 | 67.79% |
| 2022 | 65.21% |
| 2021 | 65.4% |
| 2020 | 64.67% |
| 2019 | 65.8% |
| 2018 | 65.89% |
| 2017 | 65.99% |
| 2016 | 66.07% |
| 2015 | 66.13% |
| 2014 | 66.16% |
Reading this correctly. Proportion of the population aged 15 and above that is economically active: supplying labor for the production of goods and services. Figures are in % of population ages 15+. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.TLF.CACT.ZS — Labor Force Participation Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.