+ 20% youths below 34 have no IDs

Zim Now Writer

The Zimbabwe Statistical Agency has said that about one-fifth of the country’s youths between 16 to 34 years of age do not have National Identity Documents.

Zimstat Director-General, Taguma Mahonde, said an estimated 21.1 percent, which translates to 951 994.653 of youths aged 16 to 34 from the total of 4 511 823 recorded during the 2022 National Population and Housing Census, do not have IDs.

This emerged at the launch of the latest Vital Statistics Report Volume 1, which is aimed at providing a comprehensive analysis of the civil registration and vital statistics situation in Zimbabwe.

Said Mahonde:

“Of the 8 721 947 persons aged 16 and above, 87.9 percent were ever issued with IDs.

“The proportion of the population aged 16 and above ever issued with IDs was 92.0 percent for urban areas compared to 84.9 percent for rural areas.

“In urban areas, the proportion was 91.1 percent for females compared to 93.1 percent for males.

“The total number of youths aged 16 to 34 was 4 511 823. Of these, 21.1 percent did not have IDs.”