2,3million Unemployed Youths – Zimstat

The Zimbabwe Statistical Agency ( Zimstat) has revealed that 2,3 million youths are unemployed, on the streets, pointing toward the need for policies which will see the economy benefiting from this demographic dividend, the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency’s (ZIMSTAT) second quarter Labour Force Survey has established.

In the report, a whooping total of 2, 342, 630 young people between the ages 15 and 34 are Not in Employment Education and Training (NEET) and, therefore, just lying idle.

Youths in expanded/relaxed unemployment stands at 1, 86 million.The category falling under the unemployment bracket stands at 546,682.

“The national unemployment rate for youth (15-34) years was 29 percent. Unemployment rate was highest among those who had completed lower secondary at 23 percent followed by those with primary level education at 22%,” the report said.