Women's labour force participation in Zimbabwe

The ILO estimates that 62.2% of women aged 15 and over in Zimbabwe were in the labour force in 2025.

Measure: Labour force participation rate of women (ILO modelled estimates) Unit: % of women aged 15 and over Data: 1991 to 2025 Source: ILOSTAT
Zimbabwe, 2025 62.2% % of women aged 15 and over
Change from 2024 0percentage points 2024: 62.1%
World, 2025 48.7% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 35th of 181 See the full ranking

Women's labour force participation in Zimbabwe over time

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% of women aged 15 and over. Source: ILO, ILOSTAT (ILO Modelled Estimates). Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years. Dashed lines are projections.

Labour force participation rate of women (ILO modelled estimates) (% of women aged 15 and over), 2003 to 2027 – the last ten estimates and projections every five years; the CSV has every year
Period ZimbabweWorld
2025 62.2% 48.7%
2024 62.1% 48.9%
2023 62.2% 48.8%
2022 59.8% 48.3%
2021 60.1% 47.9%
2020 59.4% 47.0%
2019 60.7% 48.3%
2018 60.6% 48.3%
2017 60.5% 48.4%
2016 60.4% 48.5%

Flags: f Projection . A dash means no value was published.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 62.1% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 60.4%, the figure has changed by +1.8 percentage points.
  • Among the 181 countries with data for 2025, Zimbabwe has the 35th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 48.7%.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Labour Organization, ILO Modelled Estimates
Distributed by
International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT
Dataset or series code
ILO,DF_EAP_2WAP_SEX_AGE_RT,1.0 · dataset details · view at source
Selection
.A..SEX_F.AGE_YTHADULT_YGE15
Observation period
1991 to 2025 for Zimbabwe
Provider update
Not stated by the provider
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Attribution
Source: ILO, ILOSTAT (ILO Modelled Estimates), original data: International Labour Organization, ILO Modelled Estimates