# Unemployment rate: South Asia (WB)

4.2432046% 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](/sources/unemployment) · [All countries and regions](/unemployment).

## Every year

| Year | Value (%) |
| ---: | ---: |
| 2025 | 4.2432046 |
| 2024 | 4.192147 |
| 2023 | 4.162201 |
| 2022 | 4.8663173 |
| 2021 | 6.330489 |
| 2020 | 7.625612 |
| 2019 | 6.3064494 |
| 2018 | 7.281404 |
| 2017 | 7.249696 |
| 2016 | 7.250803 |
| 2015 | 7.273493 |
| 2014 | 7.2941985 |
| 2013 | 7.3137264 |
| 2012 | 7.2372036 |
| 2011 | 7.174581 |
| 2010 | 7.1632886 |
| 2009 | 7.3628078 |
| 2008 | 7.2950406 |
| 2007 | 7.2019978 |
| 2006 | 7.1608934 |
| 2005 | 7.248019 |
| 2004 | 7.306321 |
| 2003 | 7.3333035 |
| 2002 | 7.3458066 |
| 2001 | 7.232459 |
| 2000 | 7.1764746 |
| 1999 | 7.171952 |
| 1998 | 7.168747 |
| 1997 | 7.1515365 |
| 1996 | 7.112796 |
| 1995 | 7.150137 |
| 1994 | 7.180079 |
| 1993 | 7.2498007 |
| 1992 | 7.2387166 |
| 1991 | 7.2431555 |

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