Zambia Employed Persons
1991 - 2021 | Yearly | Person | CEIC Data
Key information about Zambia Employed Persons
- Zambia Employed Persons was reported at 3,164,748.000 Person in Dec 2021
- It recorded an increase from the previous number of 2,988,379.000 Person for Dec 2020
- Zambia Employed Persons data is updated yearly, averaging 2,773,448.286 Person from Dec 1991 to 2021, with 23 observations
- The data reached an all-time high of 5,859,225.000 Person in 2014 and a record low of 1,946,408.110 Person in 1991
- Zambia Employed Persons data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by CEIC Data
- The data is categorized under World Trend Plus’s Global Economic Monitor – Table: Employed Persons: Annual
CEIC extends history for annual Employed Persons. Zambia Statistics Agency provides Employed Persons. Prior to 2017, employed persons includes persons in own use production such as collecting firewood, growing crops and fishing for household consumption only). Prior to 2005, CEIC calculates annual Employed Persons from annual Unemployment and annual Labour Force provided by World Bank, based on the Modelled ILO estimates.
View Zambia's Employed Persons from 1991 to 2021 in the chart:
What was Zambia's Employed Persons in 2021?
Zambia Employed Persons was reported at 3,164,748.000 Person in Dec 2021 See the table below for more data.
| Last | Previous | Min | Max | Unit | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,164,748.000 2021 | 2,988,379.000 2020 | 1,946,408.110 1991 | 5,859,225.000 2014 | Person | yearly | 1991 - 2021 |
Employed Persons by Country Comparison
| country/region | Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albania (Person) | 1,323,460.000 Jun 2023 | quarterly | Jun 1996 - Jun 2023 |
| Algeria (Person) | 11,001,000.000 2018 | yearly | 2001 - 2018 |
| Argentina (Person) | 13,368,000.000 Sep 2024 | quarterly | Mar 2003 - Sep 2024 |
| Armenia (Person) | 1,228,000.000 Oct 2024 | monthly | Jan 2009 - Oct 2024 |
| Australia (Person) | 14,535,502.392 Nov 2024 | monthly | Feb 1978 - Nov 2024 |
| Austria (Person) | 3,932,100.000 Dec 2024 | monthly | Jan 1950 - Dec 2024 |
| Azerbaijan (Person) | 5,021,700.000 Sep 2024 | quarterly | Mar 2008 - Sep 2024 |
| Bahrain (Person) | 770,129.000 Jun 2023 | quarterly | Mar 2002 - Jun 2023 |
| Bangladesh (Person) | 70,470,000.000 2022 | yearly | 1996 - 2022 |
| Belarus (Person) | 4,334,800.000 Nov 2019 | monthly | Jan 2003 - Nov 2019 |
| Belgium (Person) | 5,103,400.000 Jun 2024 | quarterly | Sep 1980 - Jun 2024 |
| Bolivia (Person) | 6,883,010.962 Jun 2024 | quarterly | Dec 2015 - Jun 2024 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina (Person) | 858,598.000 Oct 2024 | monthly | Mar 2007 - Oct 2024 |
| Botswana (Person) | 486,432.000 Mar 2022 | quarterly | Sep 2007 - Mar 2022 |
| Brazil (Person) | 103,903,000.000 Nov 2024 | monthly | Mar 2012 - Nov 2024 |
| Brunei (Person) | 216,718.000 2023 | yearly | 1991 - 2023 |
| Bulgaria (Person) | 2,930,300.000 Jun 2024 | quarterly | Mar 1995 - Jun 2024 |
| Cambodia (Person) | 8,967,000.000 2021 | yearly | 2007 - 2021 |
| Canada (Person) | 20,596,900.000 Oct 2024 | monthly | Jan 1976 - Oct 2024 |
| Chile (Person) | 9,285,957.971 Nov 2024 | monthly | Jan 1986 - Nov 2024 |
| China (Person) | 740,410,000.000 2023 | yearly | 1949 - 2023 |
| Colombia (Person) | 23,233,832.890 Nov 2024 | monthly | Jan 2001 - Nov 2024 |
| Croatia (Person) | 1,712,179.000 Nov 2024 | monthly | Oct 1999 - Nov 2024 |
| Cyprus (Person) | 493,054.000 Sep 2024 | quarterly | Jun 2004 - Sep 2024 |
| Czech Republic (Person) | 5,435,778.834 Sep 2024 | quarterly | Mar 1995 - Sep 2024 |
| Denmark (Person) | 3,223,121.000 Sep 2024 | quarterly | Mar 1990 - Sep 2024 |
| Ecuador (Person) | 8,328,463.557 Sep 2024 | quarterly | Dec 2013 - Sep 2024 |
| Egypt (Person) | 30,059,000.000 Sep 2024 | quarterly | Mar 2003 - Sep 2024 |
| Estonia (Person) | 703,400.000 Sep 2024 | quarterly | Mar 1997 - Sep 2024 |
| European Union (Person) | 208,598,000.000 Sep 2024 | quarterly | Mar 2005 - Sep 2024 |
| Finland (Person) | 2,591,000.000 Nov 2024 | monthly | Jul 2003 - Nov 2024 |
| France (Person) | 30,707,700.000 Sep 2024 | quarterly | Mar 1978 - Sep 2024 |
| Georgia (Person) | 788,350.000 Sep 2024 | quarterly | Mar 2006 - Sep 2024 |
| Germany (Person) | 46,074,000.000 Nov 2024 | monthly | Jan 1992 - Nov 2024 |
| Ghana (Person) | 9,270,939.000 2015 | yearly | 2013 - 2015 |
| Greece (Person) | 4,286,500.000 Nov 2024 | monthly | Jan 2004 - Nov 2024 |
| Hong Kong SAR, China (Person) | 3,711,800.000 Nov 2024 | monthly | Oct 1981 - Nov 2024 |
| Hungary (Person) | 4,696,509.740 May 2022 | monthly | Jan 2015 - May 2022 |
| Iceland (Person) | 222,600.000 Nov 2024 | monthly | Jan 2003 - Nov 2024 |
| India (Person) | 470,495,536.230 2021 | yearly | 1970 - 2021 |
| Indonesia (Person) | 120,647,700.000 Feb 2016 | monthly | Feb 2012 - Feb 2016 |
| Ireland (Person) | 2,794,800.000 Sep 2024 | quarterly | Mar 1998 - Sep 2024 |
| Israel (Person) | 4,357,561.116 Nov 2024 | monthly | Jan 2012 - Nov 2024 |
| Italy (Person) | 24,092,064.000 Oct 2024 | monthly | Jan 2004 - Oct 2024 |
| Japan (Person) | 68,080,000.000 Nov 2024 | monthly | Jan 1953 - Nov 2024 |
| Jordan (Person) | 1,245,243.000 2021 | yearly | 2000 - 2021 |
| Kazakhstan (Person) | 9,215,500.000 Nov 2024 | monthly | Jan 2001 - Nov 2024 |
| Kenya (Person) | 19,996,300.000 2023 | yearly | 2008 - 2023 |
| South Korea (Person) | 28,604,000.000 Nov 2024 | monthly | Jan 1983 - Nov 2024 |
| Kosovo (Person) | 450,113.000 Dec 2023 | quarterly | Mar 2016 - Dec 2023 |
| Kuwait (Person) | 2,546,099.000 2021 | yearly | 1999 - 2021 |
| Kyrgyzstan (Person) | 609,500.000 Oct 2024 | monthly | Jan 1999 - Oct 2024 |
| Laos (Person) | 3,474,582.000 2014 | yearly | 1994 - 2014 |
| Latvia (Person) | 883,100.000 Nov 2024 | monthly | Jan 2002 - Nov 2024 |
| Lithuania (Person) | 1,481,600.000 Sep 2024 | quarterly | Mar 1995 - Sep 2024 |
| Luxembourg (Person) | 519,800.730 Nov 2024 | monthly | Jan 1995 - Nov 2024 |
| Macau SAR, China (Person) | 377,500.000 Oct 2024 | monthly | Sep 1996 - Oct 2024 |
| North Macedonia (Person) | 691,736.000 Jun 2024 | quarterly | Mar 2004 - Jun 2024 |
| Malaysia (Person) | 16,689,000.000 Sep 2024 | monthly | Jan 2009 - Sep 2024 |
| Malta (Person) | 371,074.000 Jul 2024 | monthly | Oct 2002 - Jul 2024 |
| Mauritius (Person) | 551,800.000 Mar 2023 | quarterly | Mar 2004 - Mar 2023 |
| Mexico (Person) | 59,528,249.000 Sep 2024 | quarterly | Jun 1995 - Sep 2024 |
| Moldova (Person) | 877,031.000 Sep 2024 | quarterly | Mar 2000 - Sep 2024 |
| Mongolia (Person) | 1,360,306.000 Sep 2024 | quarterly | Sep 2006 - Sep 2024 |
| Montenegro (Person) | 258,162.000 Nov 2024 | monthly | Jan 2004 - Nov 2024 |
| Morocco (Person) | 10,666,000.000 Sep 2024 | quarterly | Mar 1996 - Sep 2024 |
| Myanmar (Person) | 206,729.000 2022 | yearly | 1985 - 2022 |
| Nepal (Person) | 7,086,000.000 2018 | yearly | 1999 - 2018 |
| Netherlands (Person) | 9,793,000.000 Nov 2024 | monthly | Jan 2003 - Nov 2024 |
| New Zealand (Person) | 2,927,000.000 Sep 2024 | quarterly | Mar 1986 - Sep 2024 |
| Nigeria (Person) | 46,488,079.000 Dec 2020 | quarterly | Mar 2012 - Dec 2020 |
| Norway (Person) | 2,911,000.000 Oct 2024 | monthly | Jan 1989 - Oct 2024 |
| Oman (Person) | 2,275,007.000 2023 | yearly | 1986 - 2023 |
| Pakistan (Person) | 63,453,872.000 Jun 2021 | quarterly | Sep 2012 - Jun 2021 |
| Palestinian Territory (Person) | 1,136,000.000 2022 | yearly | 1995 - 2022 |
| Panama (Person) | 1,063,250.000 Aug 2017 | monthly | Mar 2008 - Aug 2017 |
| Paraguay (Person) | 2,906,475.105 Sep 2024 | quarterly | Mar 2017 - Sep 2024 |
| Peru (Person) | 5,564,200.000 Nov 2024 | monthly | Mar 2001 - Nov 2024 |
| Philippines (Person) | 48,157,000.000 Sep 2024 | quarterly | Jun 1982 - Sep 2024 |
| Poland (Person) | 17,277,000.000 Sep 2024 | quarterly | Jun 1992 - Sep 2024 |
| Portugal (Person) | 5,107,000.000 Nov 2024 | monthly | Feb 1998 - Nov 2024 |
| Qatar (Person) | 2,179,447.000 2023 | yearly | 2006 - 2023 |
| Romania (Person) | 8,520,000.000 Sep 2024 | quarterly | Mar 1995 - Sep 2024 |
| Russia (Person) | 74,800,000.000 Nov 2024 | monthly | Jan 1993 - Nov 2024 |
| Saudi Arabia (Person) | 17,181,335.000 Sep 2024 | quarterly | Mar 2015 - Sep 2024 |
| Serbia (Person) | 2,365,998.000 Sep 2024 | monthly | Dec 2014 - Sep 2024 |
| Singapore (Person) | 4,034,400.000 Sep 2024 | quarterly | Jun 1997 - Sep 2024 |
| Slovakia (Person) | 2,617,700.000 Jun 2024 | quarterly | Mar 1994 - Jun 2024 |
| Slovenia (Person) | 884,685.000 Feb 2019 | monthly | May 1997 - Feb 2019 |
| South Africa (Person) | 16,946,173.439 Sep 2024 | quarterly | Mar 2008 - Sep 2024 |
| Spain (Person) | 21,823,000.000 Sep 2024 | quarterly | Sep 1976 - Sep 2024 |
| Sri Lanka (Person) | 7,988,626.000 Jun 2024 | quarterly | Jun 2012 - Jun 2024 |
| Sudan (Person) | 9,900,000.000 2010 | yearly | 1993 - 2010 |
| Sweden (Person) | 5,201,900.000 Nov 2024 | monthly | Jan 2001 - Nov 2024 |
| Switzerland (Person) | 5,516,390.835 Sep 2024 | quarterly | Sep 1991 - Sep 2024 |
| Syria (Person) | 125,388.000 2020 | yearly | 1993 - 2020 |
| Taiwan (Person) | 11,594,000.000 Nov 2024 | monthly | Apr 1993 - Nov 2024 |
| Tajikistan (Person) | 2,463,400.000 2019 | yearly | 1990 - 2019 |
| Thailand (Person) | 40,420,900.000 Nov 2024 | monthly | Jan 2001 - Nov 2024 |
| Tunisia (Person) | 3,484,400.000 Jun 2024 | quarterly | Jun 2011 - Jun 2024 |
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| Government and Public Finance | Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consolidated Fiscal Balance: % of GDP (%) | -8.5 2021 | yearly | 2001 - 2021 |
| Consolidated Fiscal Balance (USD mn) | -694.117 Oct 2024 | monthly | Nov 2015 - Oct 2024 |
| Tax Revenue (USD mn) | 4,003.280 Oct 2024 | monthly | Nov 2015 - Oct 2024 |
| Government Debt: % of GDP (%) | 40.9 2023 | yearly | 2014 - 2023 |
| Forecast: Government Expenditure (ZMK bn) | 308.498 2029 | yearly | 2000 - 2029 |
| Forecast: Government Net Debt (ZMK bn) | 724.700 2023 | yearly | 2000 - 2023 |
| Forecast: Government Revenue (ZMK bn) | 285.228 2029 | yearly | 2000 - 2029 |
| Foreign Trade | Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forecast: Exports of Goods Growth (%) | 4.533 2028 | yearly | 2000 - 2028 |
| Trade Balance (USD mn) | 39.4 Nov 2024 | monthly | Jan 2003 - Nov 2024 |
| Total Exports (USD mn) | 1,151.5 Nov 2024 | monthly | Jan 2003 - Nov 2024 |
| Total Exports Growth (%) | 71.1 Nov 2024 | monthly | Jan 2004 - Nov 2024 |
| Aluminum: Exports (USD th) | 6,891.800 2023 | yearly | 1995 - 2023 |
| Exports: Medicament (USD th) | 1,322.180 2023 | yearly | 1995 - 2023 |
| Exports: Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Product (USD th) | 3,782.765 2023 | yearly | 1995 - 2023 |
| Total Imports (USD mn) | 1,112.2 Nov 2024 | monthly | Jan 2003 - Nov 2024 |
| Total Imports Growth (%) | 60.2 Nov 2024 | monthly | Jan 2004 - Nov 2024 |
| Imports: Medicament (USD th) | 206,384.748 2023 | yearly | 1995 - 2023 |
| Imports: Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Product (USD th) | 88,866.355 2023 | yearly | 1995 - 2023 |
| Total Exports to USA (USD mn) | 6.815 Jan 2022 | monthly | Jan 1981 - Jan 2022 |
| Total Imports from USA (USD mn) | 24.505 Sep 2024 | monthly | Jan 1981 - Sep 2024 |
| Total Exports to China (USD mn) | 205.861 Nov 2024 | monthly | Nov 1998 - Nov 2024 |
| Total Imports from China (USD mn) | 215.700 Nov 2024 | monthly | Jul 1992 - Nov 2024 |
| Export Value Index (2015=100) | 168.638 2021 | yearly | 1980 - 2021 |
| Import Volume Index (2015=100) | 69.648 2021 | yearly | 1980 - 2021 |
| Import Value Index (2015=100) | 89.425 2021 | yearly | 1980 - 2021 |
| Export Volume Index (2015=100) | 107.241 2021 | yearly | 1980 - 2021 |
| Balance of Payments | Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Direct Investment Abroad (USD mn) | -5.0 Jun 2024 | quarterly | Mar 1998 - Jun 2024 |
| Current Account Balance (USD mn) | 219.7 Jun 2024 | quarterly | Mar 1998 - Jun 2024 |
| Current Account Balance: % of GDP (%) | -2.0 2023 | yearly | 2010 - 2023 |
| Foreign Direct Investment (USD mn) | 58.1 Jun 2024 | quarterly | Mar 1998 - Jun 2024 |
| Foreign Direct Investment: % of GDP (%) | -3.9 2021 | yearly | 2010 - 2021 |
| Foreign Portfolio Investment (USD mn) | -87.272 Jun 2024 | quarterly | Mar 1998 - Jun 2024 |
| Foreign Portfolio Investment: % of GDP (%) | -1.3 2023 | yearly | 2010 - 2023 |
| Foreign Portfolio Investment: Equity Securities (USD mn) | -0.1 Jun 2024 | quarterly | Mar 1998 - Jun 2024 |
| Foreign Portfolio Investment: Debt Securities (USD mn) | -87.173 Jun 2024 | quarterly | Mar 1998 - Jun 2024 |
| External Debt (USD mn) | 22,984.6 Jun 2024 | quarterly | Mar 2011 - Jun 2024 |
| External Debt: % of GDP (%) | 84.2 2023 | yearly | 2011 - 2023 |
| Forecast: Current Account Balance (USD bn) | 2.969 2029 | yearly | 1980 - 2029 |
| Net International Investment Position (USD mn) | -28,516.183 2023 | yearly | 2006 - 2023 |
| Monetary | Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Non Performing Loans Ratio (%) | 4.8 Sep 2024 | monthly | Jan 2011 - Sep 2024 |
| Non-Performing Loans (USD mn) | 142.094 Sep 2024 | monthly | Jan 2011 - Sep 2024 |
| Money Supply M1 (USD mn) | 2,408.881 Oct 2024 | monthly | Jan 1997 - Oct 2024 |
| Money Supply M2 (USD mn) | 6,408.189 Oct 2024 | monthly | Jan 1997 - Oct 2024 |
| M2 Growth (%) | 23.5 Oct 2024 | monthly | Jan 1998 - Oct 2024 |
| Reserve Requirement Ratio (%) | 26.0 Nov 2024 | monthly | Jan 2004 - Nov 2024 |
| Foreign Exchange Reserves (USD mn) | 4,133.3 Sep 2024 | monthly | Jan 2010 - Sep 2024 |
| Foreign Exchange Reserves: Months of Import (NA) | 4.4 Sep 2024 | monthly | Jan 2010 - Sep 2024 |
| Total Deposits (USD mn) | 7,691.805 Sep 2024 | monthly | Jan 2001 - Sep 2024 |
| Total Deposits Growth (%) | 28.8 Sep 2024 | monthly | Jan 2002 - Sep 2024 |
| Domestic Credit (USD mn) | 5,449.6 Oct 2024 | monthly | Dec 2001 - Oct 2024 |
| Domestic Credit Growth (%) | 13.2 Oct 2024 | monthly | Dec 2002 - Oct 2024 |
| Total Loans (USD mn) | 2,979.745 Sep 2024 | monthly | Jan 2001 - Sep 2024 |
| Total Loans Growth (%) | 23.48 Sep 2024 | monthly | Jan 2002 - Sep 2024 |
| Private Debt: % of Nominal GDP (%) | 12.52 2023 | yearly | 1965 - 2023 |
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