# Youth unemployment rate (under 25) in Zimbabwe

Youth unemployment rate (under 25) in Zimbabwe was 15.55% in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `youth_unemployment_rate`
- Place id: `zw`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Unemployed people under 25 as a percentage of the labour force under 25.
- Source: World Bank, Unemployment, youth total, % of total labor force ages 15-24, modeled ILO estimate (SL.UEM.1524.ZS) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.UEM.1524.ZS)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/world-bank
- Retrieved: 2026-10-11
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators, modelled estimate. Unemployment, youth total, % of total labor force ages 15-24, modeled ILO estimate (SL.UEM.1524.ZS). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.UEM.1524.ZS. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/youth-unemployment-rate/zimbabwe
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=youth_unemployment_rate&place=zw

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 15.55 |
| 2024 | 15.43 |
| 2023 | 15.33 |
| 2022 | 16.98 |
| 2021 | 15.21 |
| 2020 | 14.24 |
| 2019 | 11.72 |
| 2018 | 10.69 |
| 2017 | 9.83 |
| 2016 | 8.95 |
| 2015 | 8.02 |
| 2014 | 6.95 |
| 2013 | 7.61 |
| 2012 | 8.17 |
| 2011 | 8.96 |
| 2010 | 9.09 |
| 2009 | 9.11 |
| 2008 | 9.03 |
| 2007 | 8.53 |
| 2006 | 8.24 |
| 2005 | 8.1 |
| 2004 | 7.84 |
| 2003 | 8.95 |
| 2002 | 9.89 |
| 2001 | 10.86 |
| 2000 | 11.94 |
| 1999 | 12.89 |
| 1998 | 13.97 |
| 1997 | 15.34 |
| 1996 | 13.59 |
| 1995 | 12.24 |
| 1994 | 10.88 |
| 1993 | 10.99 |
| 1992 | 10.92 |
| 1991 | 10.63 |