ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of in Zambia

Zambia: ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of was 87.4 % in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
87.4 %
Change on year
down 0.1%
World rank
3rd
of 72 countries
All-time high
90.2 %
in 2017
All-time low
87.4 %
in 2024
Years of data
8
2017–2024

ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of in Zambia, 2017–2024

0204060801002017202020242017: 90.2 %2018: 88.8 %2019: 88 %2020: 89.8 %2021: 89 %2022: 88.8 %2023: 87.5 %2024: 87.4 %

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.

Analysis

In 2024, ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of in Zambia stood at 87.4 %. That is the lowest value across all 8 years on record.

The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 3.1% over ten years.

Zambia ranks 3rd of 72 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of in Zambia, year by year

Annual values for ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of employment, self-employed, rural areas — Value in Zambia, 2017 to 2024.
Year % Change
2017 90.2 %
2018 88.8 % -1.6%
2019 88 % -0.9%
2020 89.8 % +2.0%
2021 89 % -0.9%
2022 88.8 % -0.2%
2023 87.5 % -1.5%
2024 87.4 % -0.1%

Zambia compared with similar countries

  • Zambia's 87.4 % is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 71.3 %, 1.2× the median. (12 countries reporting)
  • Zambia's 87.4 % is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 77.7 %, 1.1× the median. (8 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 89 % 88 % 90.2 % 3
2020s 88.5 % 87.4 % 89.8 % 5

Countries ranked near Zambia

  1. 1 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 85.2 % compare
  2. 1 Côte d'Ivoire 78.4 %
  3. 1 Mali 94.2 % compare
  4. 2 Mongolia 87.7 % compare
  5. 2 Republic of Moldova 67.2 % compare
  6. 3 Türkiye 64.9 %
  7. 4 Angola 84.8 % compare
  8. 4 Viet Nam 57 % compare
  9. 5 India 83.6 % compare
  10. 6 Senegal 80.2 % compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of in Zambia?
Ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of in Zambia was 87.4 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of recorded in Zambia?
The highest recorded value was 90.2 % in 2017.
What is the lowest ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of recorded in Zambia?
The lowest recorded value was 87.4 % in 2024.
How does Zambia rank for ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of?
Zambia ranks 3rd out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
Is ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of rising or falling in Zambia?
Over the last ten years it is down 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Zambia data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of employment, self-employed, rural areas — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of employment, self-employed, rural areas — Value
Unit
%
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
78 places, 1,460 data points, 1987–2025
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The FAOSTAT Employment indicators domain focuses on indicators related to employment in agrifood systems and rural areas. The update is performed yearly, using data from the International Labour Organization (ILO) database that contains a rich set of indicators from a wide range of topics related to labour statistics. The indicators published in FAOSTAT are derived from the labour force statistics (LFS) and rural and urban labour markets (RURURB) databases of the ILOSTAT database.