The working age population was estimated at 9 million constituting 59 percent of the total population.
The total labour force obtained from the survey was 3.8 million giving a total
Labour Force Participation Rate of 44 percent.
Around 3.2 million of the working age population were currently employed.
The national Employment to Population Ratio (EPR) stood at 35 percent. Harare had the highest proportion of the employed population at around 25 percent followed by Mashonaland West at 14 percent.
Matabeleland North with 3 percent had the least proportion.
Twenty-eight percent of the employed population was in the formal sector while forty-five percent were in the informal sector. Of those in employment 24 percent and 4 percent were in the agriculture and household sectors, respectively.
Eighty-eight percent of the employed population were informally employed.
The wholesale trade; retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motor cycles industry had the largest proportion of the employed population at 26 percent followed by agriculture, forestry and fishing with 24 percent.
Seventy-seven percent of the employed persons earned income of RTGS$20,000 and below during the month of January 2022.
Nineteen percent of persons 15 years and above were unemployed. Among males the rate was 18 percent while for females it was 21 percent. Matabeleland North province had the highest unemployment rate of 37 percent.
The age groups (15-19) years had the highest unemployment rate of 39 percent followed by those aged (20-24) years at 34 percent.
Youth (15-24) years had a national unemployment rate of 35 percent. The national
unemployment rate for youth (15-34) years was 27 percent.
Unemployment rate was highest among those who had completed upper secondary at 28 percent followed by those with lower secondary at 22 percent.
The expanded national unemployment rate for persons 15 years and above was 47 percent.
It was higher for females at 52 percent than males with 43 percent.
Matabeleland North had the highest expanded unemployment rate of 65 percent.
The age group (15-19) years had the highest expanded unemployment rate of 72 percent.
Youths (15-24) years had a national expanded unemployment rate of 66 percent while the national expanded unemployment rate for youths (15-34) years was 57 percent
