Unemployment rate: Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan and Pakistan (WB)
7.782055% 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 | 7.782055 |
| 2024 | 7.8401875 |
| 2023 | 7.7927217 |
| 2022 | 8.238988 |
| 2021 | 9.003666 |
| 2020 | 9.148193 |
| 2019 | 8.33083 |
| 2018 | 8.5353565 |
| 2017 | 8.519843 |
| 2016 | 8.075114 |
| 2015 | 8.364989 |
| 2014 | 7.645199 |
| 2013 | 7.92975 |
| 2012 | 8.347669 |
| 2011 | 7.234521 |
| 2010 | 6.8567505 |
| 2009 | 6.7140484 |
| 2008 | 6.5838656 |
| 2007 | 6.820704 |
| 2006 | 7.221088 |
| 2005 | 7.657603 |
| 2004 | 7.547763 |
| 2003 | 8.303 |
| 2002 | 8.489142 |
| 2001 | 8.429437 |
| 2000 | 8.416939 |
| 1999 | 8.104732 |
| 1998 | 7.862151 |
| 1997 | 7.7768197 |
| 1996 | 7.9665713 |
| 1995 | 8.746232 |
| 1994 | 8.521598 |
| 1993 | 8.528749 |
| 1992 | 8.071964 |
| 1991 | 7.9632587 |