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Unemployment / Afghanistan
Labor Market

Afghanistan Unemployment

Afghanistan unemployment data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 13.35%. Global rank.
COUNTRY: Afghanistan
UNIT: percent
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: live
UPDATED: 2026-08-31 05:08:45
Economy Data Rating
Afghanistan · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
B
52 / 100
Elevated risk
Fiscal stability 20.5 / 25
Macroeconomic stability 7.6 / 20
External stability 8.8 / 15
Financial robustness 4.5 / 15
Structural stability 0 / 10
Future capacity 5.7 / 10
Demographic capacity 5 / 5
Method: Economy Data 7-pillar stability model with structural financial robustness adjustment. This is a transparent Economy Data heuristic, not an official sovereign credit rating. Data coverage: 77% of weighted inputs available.
Time range: 1991–2025 1991– 2025
1991 2025
Selected year: 2025 · Value: n/a 2025

Afghanistan · unemployment rate as a percentage of the total labor force.

1991–2025
13.35 percent
13.69 percent
12.25 percent
8 selected year
max 8 6 4 2 0
1991 1998 2005 2012 2019 2025
unemployment rate reference line

Countries by unemployment

full ranking
Country Rate Class
South Africa 32.39
West Bank and Gaza 24.42
Yemen 17.32
Jordan 16.54
Iraq 15.49
Tunisia 15.11
Syria 13.57
Afghanistan 13.35

Interpretation

short note

This labor market indicator helps assess employment conditions and economic participation.

Values should be interpreted together with country context, time range, source coverage and related macroeconomic indicators.

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Comparison

latest
China 4.62
India 4.22
Japan 2.45
United States 4.2
Germany 3.71

Related indicators

internal links
Employment Rate SL.EMP.TOTL.SP.ZS
Youth Unemployment SL.UEM.1524.ZS
Labor Force Participation SL.TLF.CACT.ZS
GDP Growth NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG
Inflation FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG

Source layer

planned

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Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS

Cache: live · Updated: 2026-08-31 05:08:45

Afghanistan Snapshot

country profile
Population n/a
GDP 17.78 bn
Debt/GDP n/a
Inflation -6.6%
Unemployment 13.35%
Currency n/a
Region Asia
Income group Low income

Afghanistan Unemployment: data context and use

This page is part of the Economy Data indicator system. It provides structured country-level economic data, historical series, rankings and comparison views for researchers, students, journalists and decision makers. The page combines indicator metadata, country context, latest available values, ranking information and source notes.

The selected indicator is Unemployment for Afghanistan. The data are designed for quick comparison across countries and for deeper interpretation together with related macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, exports, imports, population and inequality.

Keyphrase synonyms: afghanistan unemployment rate, unemployment data afghanistan, afghanistan unemployment statistics, afghanistan percent, unemployment rate as a percentage of the total labor force..