Unemployment rate: Afghanistan
13.351% in 2025, the latest year published. Figures for 35 years from 1991 to 2025 are below.
Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon.
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 13.351 |
| 2024 | 13.687 |
| 2023 | 14.008 |
| 2022 | 14.1 |
| 2021 | 12.006 |
| 2020 | 11.71 |
| 2019 | 11.187 |
| 2018 | 11.192 |
| 2017 | 11.184 |
| 2016 | 10.116 |
| 2015 | 9.032 |
| 2014 | 7.915 |
| 2013 | 7.921 |
| 2012 | 7.875 |
| 2011 | 7.83 |
| 2010 | 7.809 |
| 2009 | 7.808 |
| 2008 | 7.879 |
| 2007 | 7.841 |
| 2006 | 7.897 |
| 2005 | 7.878 |
| 2004 | 7.794 |
| 2003 | 7.844 |
| 2002 | 7.867 |
| 2001 | 7.973 |
| 2000 | 7.897 |
| 1999 | 7.877 |
| 1998 | 7.869 |
| 1997 | 7.863 |
| 1996 | 7.878 |
| 1995 | 7.868 |
| 1994 | 7.883 |
| 1993 | 7.908 |
| 1992 | 7.958 |
| 1991 | 7.972 |