The report is based on the latest data available and following. This page provides zambia unemployment rate actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and. A number of horticultural and floricultural crops, with export markets in europe. Tourism development potential of the northern province of. Living conditions in zambia 1998 between 1996 and 1998, poverty levels rose for all groups except the largescale farmers for whom there was a major decline. This paper is therefore intended to highlight the performance of the youth policies in delivering youth employment in zambia. The working poverty rate indicated that two thirds of zambian workers in. However, the mediumterm economic outlook appears favourable, underpinned by sustained expansion in agriculture, construction, manufacturing, transport and communications, and by a rebound in mining. The privatisation of the mines in the late 1990s led to a large inflow of foreign capital investment and coupled with a. Economic growth and labour demand in zambia over the past twenty years real per capita incomes in zambia have been steadily rising. Youth unemployment in zambia partners guide zambia.
Informal sector, panacea to the high unemployment in. The project development objective is to enable zambia railways zr, through restructuring and privatization, to substantially increase its operating efficiency, reduce its cost of operations, and configure its freight services and tariffs to meet customers requirements and expectations, and consequently, to increase its share of the local, international, and transit freight traffic. The threats of climate impacts to sustainable development are critical and these have to be addressed if zambia is to move towards. Zambia decent work country profile snapshot summary. The unemployment rate in zambia faces the insufferable irony of being a macroeconomic metric of the highest priority but the least effort in measurement for policy, analysis or implementation. The latest jctr 2001 monthly food basket survey shows that it is becoming more and more.
Despite the growth in gdp, poverty levels remain stubbornly high. At the time of independence from britain in 1964, the educational system in zambia was, as elsewhere in africa, racially segregated and heavily biased against africans. Implementing educational policies in zambia english. A study on the causes of unemployment among university. Zambia country analysis summary united nations in zambia. Harare has a population of 2,123,2 and is zimbabwes biggest settlement and the most populous of the ten provinces zimstat, 2012. The smallscale farmers remain one of the poorest groups in zambia. The youth unemployment rate in zambia strict definition was high at 15. Unemployment levels in zambia in 2014 gozambiajobs. Policy, which defines youth as individuals between the ages of 15 and 35. New farming blocks have recently been made available for use by both local and international investors for cultivation and agrobusiness purposes.
Zambia has 752,000 square kilometres of landmass, 58 per cent of which is arable. According to data from zambias most recent living onditions monitoring survey lcms the urban unemployment rate in 2010 was over 25 percent, even after jobs in the large urban informal sector had been accounted for. It explains indications that the membership of the two trade union. An overview of womens work and employment in zambia. High level policy dialogue on youth unemployment lusaka. Disabled persons often have to resort to street begging as a means of survival. Zambia had one of the worlds fastest growing economies for the ten years up to 2014, with real gdp growth averaging roughly 6. Employment creation policies and strategies in zambia. An overview of zambias economic and poverty situation introduction poverty is the most profound challenge that zambia faces today. Drawing on official statistics and data from the latest afrobarometer survey 20, the. Northern province of zambia and applies some of the principles and characteristics enshrined in both the rural and ecotourism concepts in evolving a strategic rural development framework for the promotion of sustainable region of northern pr ovince of zambia. While the early childhood care and education program may have an important role to fulfill in.
Trade and industrialisation policies experienced from zambia. Unemployment rate for zambia from the world bank for the world development indicators wdi release. Zambia labour market profile 2014 this labour market profile is a yearly updated report that provides a broad overview of the labour markets situation and development. Tavonga njaya informal sector, panacea to the high unemployment in zimbabwe. This briefing paper focuses on unemployment in zambia. First, the author wishes to remind all country folks that a decision to leave zambia and find employment or establish a business in the diaspora is a decision to run away from poverty. In 2015, unicef zambias programme of support reinforced four lessons in relation to. For zambia, existing low levels of human capital develop ment represent. Cumulatively, close to 90% of all the respondents rated the level of unemployment to be either high or very high.
Extreme poverty is four times higher in rural areas 57. The central statistical office csoa says 16 percent of the 4. This page provides forecast and historical data, charts, statistics, news and updates for zambia unemployment rate. An exploration of the perceptions of young unemployed.
Csos have similarly attributed the high levels of unemployment to. Zambia particularly in the field of gemstone and industrial mineral, which offer great potential. Drawing on official statistics and data from the latest afrobarometer survey 20, the paper begins by clarifying the concept of unemployment in as far as it is used in zambia. Promoting jobrich urbanisation in zambia o p e n d o c s. While zambia has been experiencing rapid economic growth, hovering around 6. The high unemployment problem among educated youths in zimbabwe. Agriculture, fishery and forestry, which account for 20 per cent of zambian gdp, shrunk by 2. Structural, frictional and seasonal unemployment together comprise what rather contradictorily is called the full employment level of unemployment. Zambia must reduce the deforestation rate to ensure a green economy and sustianbale development. Excellencies, honorable ministers, distinguished participants, ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of the president of the african development bank and on my own behalf, let me welcome you to this important and timely high level policy dialogue. High level policy dialogue on youth unemployment lusaka, zambia, 9th july 2012. Since 2010, monetary policy in zambia has focused on sustaining macroeconomic stability and restricting inflation to single digits, while ensuring adequate levels of liquidity for the growing economy. Data sources for the global forest resources assessment 2010 report. In addition, zambia also has a strong legal framework for youth participation in the economic, social, and civic life within zambia.
Youth employment challenges in zambia idrc international. Much of this high growth performance is attributed to the expansion in the mining sector. But the implication is if all the zambians in the diaspora were in zambia, zambias pace of economic development would be faster. Zambia is among the top five performers in business competitiveness, but it is one of the five worst performers on human development indicators, along with the democratic republic of congo, malawi, mozambique and zimbabwe. This page provides zambia unemployment rate actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Wages high skilled in zambia increased to 8810 zmkmonth in 2017 from 8750 zmkmonth in 2016. According to local government association of zambia lgaz executive secretary maurice mbolela, decentralisation is the only optimistic way to put to rest the problems being faced by the local authorities. Compared to many other southern african countries, zambia has relatively abundant land and water. Regionally, africa is experiencing a youth bulge, and like other subsaharan countries. The first part of the paper provides some of the definitions of concepts.
In zambia there are a number of legislative instruments and policies that address unemployment. There has been little change in their condition of poverty. Zambias lack of economic diversification and dependency on. In the 2000s zambia experienced strong growth, though the country remains one of the worlds poorest. It is a social crisis with the majority of people denied a minimum decent living standard. The high unemployment problem among educated youths in.
Its human rights record, by contrast, remains rather poor. The main objective of this study was to find out the major causes of unemployment among youths in the city of harare. Youth and urban unemployment rates were found to be high at 14 % and 18 %. Pdf unemployment in zambia nairu, trends and solutions. Environment and peoples livelihoods in zambia in zambia, agricultural production is the main source of livelihood in rural areas, where 96% of households are involved in crop production cso, 1994. Employment creation policies and strategies in zambia, prospects, challenges and future outlook a presentation made at the grziloimf national conference on economic growth strategy for employment, decent work and development in zambia 21st may 2012, lusaka, zambia.
Only 1% rated the level of unemployment to be very low while 4% said its low. A statistical profile, current policy frameworks and existing interventions haroon bhorat, aalia cassim, gibson masumbu, karmen naidoo, and francois steenkamp. Since 1991 zambias political record has been rather stable. Implementing educational policies in zambia english abstract. Extreme poverty declined from 58% in 1991 to 51% in 2006. Indeed, coordination and collaboration across all levels and ministries in the government is essential for a strong and cohesive ecce policy aidoo, 2006. Zambias strategy has continued to be a mix of innovative support to service delivery while, concurrently, supporting actions to ensure national and subnational level capacity to provide and monitor service delivery for children. Zambia is one of the countries most affected by drought in southern africa and flooding is an uncommon occurrence in the country. Especially wome n and children trafficking is a major.