Afghanistan's unemployment rose from 7.9 % in 1996 to 13.4 % in 2025.
Afghanistan · Employment & wages
Unemployment, participation, employment, youth, wages and hours.
19 indicators · 12 with data
Unemployment
Afghanistan's youth unemployment rose from 10.2 % in 1996 to 16.8 % in 2025.
Participation
Afghanistan's participation fell from 46.8 % in 1996 to 37.5 % in 2025.
Labour force participation rate, female (ages 15+)
% of female population ages 15+
181st of 182 · 20th in MENA+
Afghanistan's labour force participation rate, female (ages 15+) fell from 15.0 % in 1996 to 5.1 % in 2025.
Employment
Afghanistan's employment to population ratio (ages 15+) fell from 43.1 % in 1996 to 32.5 % in 2025.
Afghanistan's labour force, total rose from 4.24M in 1996 to 9.43M in 2025.
Afghanistan's self-employed (% of total employment) fell from 95.5 % in 1996 to 83.4 % in 2025.
Afghanistan's vulnerable employment (% of total employment) fell from 95.4 % in 1996 to 81.8 % in 2025.
Structure
Afghanistan's employment in agriculture (% of total employment) fell from 64.5 % in 1996 to 51.6 % in 2025.
Afghanistan's employment in industry (% of total employment) rose from 13.3 % in 1996 to 18.9 % in 2025.
Afghanistan's employment in services (% of total employment) rose from 22.2 % in 1996 to 29.5 % in 2025.
Productivity
Afghanistan's gdp per person employed (constant 2021 ppp $) rose from intl $7,549 in 2000 to intl $10.6k in 2024.
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These indicators exist in the registry but no source reports a value for Afghanistan.
- Long-term unemployment (% of unemployed)No data
- Employment rate (ages 15–64)No data
- Part-time employment (% of employment)No data
- Average wageNo data
- Hours workedNo data
- Minimum wage relative to median wageNo data
- ProductivityNo data