Unemployment rate: Pakistan
5.42% 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 | 5.42 |
| 2024 | 5.492 |
| 2023 | 5.237 |
| 2022 | 5.291 |
| 2021 | 6.338 |
| 2020 | 5.994 |
| 2019 | 4.83 |
| 2018 | 4.083 |
| 2017 | 3.204 |
| 2016 | 2.285 |
| 2015 | 3.566 |
| 2014 | 1.827 |
| 2013 | 2.954 |
| 2012 | 3.667 |
| 2011 | 0.796 |
| 2010 | 0.653 |
| 2009 | 0.535 |
| 2008 | 0.423 |
| 2007 | 0.398 |
| 2006 | 0.582 |
| 2005 | 0.583 |
| 2004 | 0.598 |
| 2003 | 0.612 |
| 2002 | 0.615 |
| 2001 | 0.611 |
| 2000 | 0.614 |
| 1999 | 0.625 |
| 1998 | 0.62 |
| 1997 | 0.611 |
| 1996 | 0.6 |
| 1995 | 0.611 |
| 1994 | 0.601 |
| 1993 | 0.596 |
| 1992 | 0.587 |
| 1991 | 0.596 |