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Afghanistan: Unemployment rate

Percent · 2001–2021 · 12 observations · unemp

2021
5.68%percent
Change on 2020
−6.0 pointsfrom 11.7%
Average, 2012–2021
10.1%6 years
Record high and low
22.6% (2013)low 1.69% (2012)

Unemployment rate

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Recent values

Percent

YearValue
20215.68
202011.7
201711.2
20147.92
201322.6
20121.69
20118.23
20082.49
20043.37
20033.37

Sources

  • Asian Development Bank (archive)2001–2020
  • Asian Development Bank2001–2020
  • International Labour Organization2008–2021
  • IMF International Financial Statistics2008–2021

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Afghanistan documentation (PDF)

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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