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Zambia Unemployment Rate 2000s

Unemployment as % of total labor force · World Bank
12.87% decade average (2000-2009)

Zambia's unemployment rate during the 2000s ranged from 7.93% (2008) to 15.90% (2005), averaging 12.87% over 10 years of data.

2000s Data
YearValueChangeRank
2000 12.93% +0.43pp 153rd
2001 13.40% +0.47pp 157th
2002 14.13% +0.73pp 159th
2003 14.70% +0.57pp 163rd
2004 15.33% +0.63pp 165th
2005 15.90% +0.57pp 168th
2006 13.23% −2.67pp 162nd
2007 10.56% −2.67pp 152nd
2008 7.93% −2.63pp 132nd
2009 10.58% +2.65pp 143rd