Afghanistan Unemployment Rate 2020s

Unemployment as % of total labor force · World Bank
13.14% decade average (2020-2029)

Afghanistan's unemployment rate during the 2020s ranged from 11.71% (2020) to 14.10% (2022), averaging 13.14% over 6 years of data.

2020s Data
YearValueChangeRank
2020 11.71% +0.52pp 147th
2021 12.01% +0.30pp 153rd
2022 14.10% +2.09pp 168th
2023 14.01% −0.09pp 171st
2024 13.69% −0.32pp 170th
2025 13.35% −0.34pp 162nd