Afghanistan Youth Unemployment 2020s

Youth unemployment (ages 15-24) · World Bank
16.85% decade average (2020-2029)

Afghanistan's youth unemployment during the 2020s ranged from 16.01% (2021) to 17.54% (2022), averaging 16.85% over 6 years of data.

2020s Data
YearValueChangeRank
2020 16.05% +0.53pp 100th
2021 16.01% −0.04pp 100th
2022 17.54% +1.53pp 116th
2023 17.49% −0.05pp 123rd
2024 17.24% −0.26pp 119th
2025 16.79% −0.45pp 118th