What is Afghanistan’s unemployment rate?
World Bank Data displays a modeled ILO unemployment estimate of 13.4 percent for 2025.
What the figure or term means
Modeled unemployment is not the same as the share of people without adequate or stable work.
Informality, underemployment, unpaid family work, and labor-force exclusion are especially important in Afghanistan.
Restrictions on women’s participation affect who is counted in the labor force.
Use the indicator definition and do not call it a complete measure of livelihood insecurity.
How to use this information responsibly
Economic indicators describe different things: national output, prices, household deprivation, employment, public revenue, or access to services. Reading the definition and period is essential.
Economic series are revised and are not interchangeable. Growth in total GDP can coexist with falling income per person and worsening household hardship.
Check the underlying information.
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