Unemployment Rate in Afghanistan increased to 11.20 percent in 2020 from 11.10 percent in 2019. source: World Bank

Unemployment Rate in Afghanistan averaged 9.75 percent from 1991 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 12.40 percent in 1993 and a record low of 6.70 percent in 2009. This page provides - Afghanistan Unemployment Rate - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Afghanistan Unemployment Rate - values, historical data and charts - was last updated on February of 2021.

Unemployment Rate in Afghanistan is expected to reach 12.70 percent by the end of 2021, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Afghanistan Unemployment Rate is projected to trend around 12.70 percent in 2022, according to our econometric models.

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Afghanistan Unemployment Rate

Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
11.20 11.10 12.40 6.70 1991 - 2020 percent Yearly

Afghanistan Labour Last Previous Highest Lowest Unit
Unemployment Rate 11.20 11.10 12.40 6.70 percent [+]
Population 32.20 31.60 32.20 8.77 Million [+]


Afghanistan Unemployment Rate
In Afghanistan, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force.