Unemployment Rate rose 6.83% to 11.7% in Afghanistan in 2020, according to .
Historically, Unemployment Rate in Afghanistan reached an all time high of 11.7% in 2020 and an all time low of 11.0% in 2019. When compared to Afghanistan's main peers, Unemployment Rate in Iran amounted to 11.0%, 4.65% in Pakistan, 7.50% in Tajikistan and 4.38% in Turkmenistan in 2020.
Afghanistan has been ranked 33rd within the group of 175 countries we follow in terms of Unemployment Rate, 5 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Unemployment Rate | Unit | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Afghanistan | % | 11.2% | 11.1% | 11.0% | 11.7% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| China | % | 4.40% | 4.30% | 4.60% | 5.00% | 4.00% | ||||||||||||||||
| India | % | 5.41% | 5.33% | 5.27% | 7.11% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Iran | % | 12.1% | 12.1% | 11.1% | 11.0% | 15.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Iraq | % | 13.0% | 12.9% | 12.8% | 13.7% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Kazakhstan | % | 4.90% | 4.85% | 4.80% | 6.05% | 4.95% | ||||||||||||||||
| Kyrgyzstan | % | 6.89% | 6.79% | 6.72% | 7.89% | 7.03% | ||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | % | 3.94% | 4.08% | 3.98% | 4.65% | 6.27% | ||||||||||||||||
| Tajikistan | % | 6.81% | 6.72% | 6.66% | 7.50% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Turkmenistan | % | 3.84% | 3.79% | 3.74% | 4.38% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Uzbekistan | % | 5.80% | 5.71% | 5.65% | 5.97% | ... | ... | ... |
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