Unemployment rate,Percent in Pakistan
Pakistan: Unemployment rate,Percent was 6.9% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Unemployment rate,Percent in Pakistan, 1990–2025
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for unemployment rate,percent in Pakistan is 6.9%, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 16.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unemployment rate,percent in Pakistan peaked at 8.3% in 2002 and was at its lowest, 3.1%, in 1990.
Pakistan ranks 22nd of 71 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.
Unemployment rate,Percent in Pakistan, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 3.1% | — |
| 1991 | 6.3% | +100.6% |
| 1992 | 5.8% | -6.8% |
| 1993 | 4.7% | -19.1% |
| 1994 | 4.8% | +2.3% |
| 1995 | 5.4% | +11.0% |
| 1996 | 5.4% | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 6.1% | +14.0% |
| 1998 | 5.9% | -3.8% |
| 1999 | 5.9% | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 7.8% | +32.8% |
| 2001 | 7.8% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 8.3% | +5.8% |
| 2003 | 8.3% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 7.7% | -7.0% |
| 2005 | 7.7% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 6.2% | -19.4% |
| 2007 | 5.2% | -16.1% |
| 2008 | 5.2% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 5.5% | +5.0% |
| 2010 | 5.5% | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 6.0% | +7.2% |
| 2012 | 6.0% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 6.2% | +4.9% |
| 2014 | 6.0% | -3.8% |
| 2015 | 5.9% | -1.7% |
| 2018 | 5.8% | -1.7% |
| 2019 | 6.9% | +19.0% |
| 2021 | 6.3% | -8.7% |
| 2025 | 6.9% | +9.5% |
Pakistan compared with similar countries
- Pakistan's 6.9% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 6.9%, 100% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
- Pakistan's 6.9% is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 6.6%, 1.0× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Unemployment rate,Percent in Pakistan changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +100.6% | 3.1% | 6.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5.3% | 3.1% | 6.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 7.0% | 5.2% | 8.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.0% | 5.5% | 6.9% | 8 |
| 2020s | 6.6% | 6.3% | 6.9% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Pakistan
More reference data data for Pakistan
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 6.05 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 20.96 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 61.26 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 1.98 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 61.26 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 20.3 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 5.75 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 91.27 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 260 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 10.79 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is unemployment rate,percent in Pakistan?
- Unemployment rate,percent in Pakistan was 6.9% in 2025, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest unemployment rate,percent recorded in Pakistan?
- The highest recorded value was 8.3% in 2002.
- What is the lowest unemployment rate,percent recorded in Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.1% in 1990.
- How does Pakistan rank for unemployment rate,percent?
- Pakistan ranks 22nd out of 71 countries with data for 2025.
- Is unemployment rate,percent rising or falling in Pakistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Pakistan data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Unemployment rate,Percent,,,. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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