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Zambia: Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate)

62.25percent · 2025+5.7% since 2015

Labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 15-64 that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period. Reported as: modeled ILO estimate. Annual figures for Zambia from 1990 to 2025.

19902025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202562.247
202462.208
202362.239
202259.872
202160.514
202061.184
201959.87
201858.648
201758.741
201658.831
201558.913
201458.99
201359.053
201259.102
201159.134
201059.167
200959.194
200859.224
200759.256
200659.283
200559.311
200459.337
200359.365
200259.396
200159.441
200059.481
199959.501
199859.505
199759.524
199659.521
199559.496
199459.488
199359.538
199259.535
199159.573
199059.61

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Labour Organization. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-labor-force-participation-rate-total (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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