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Pakistan unemployment rate

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Key data points


Last release
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Observation period
2023
Next release
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Forecast
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Highest
8.30 % on Dec 31, 2004
Lowest
3.10 % on Dec 31, 1991

About Pakistan unemployment rate


Category
Labor
Source
Bureau of Statistics
Frequency
Annual
Units
%
In Pakistan, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force.

Pakistan in figures — see more economic indicators tied to PKUR.
PKEMP
Employed Persons
PKLWF
Living Wage Family
PKLWI
Living Wage Individual
PKPOP
Population
PKUP
Unemployed Persons
PKUR
Unemployment Rate
PKWHS
Wages High Skilled
PKWLS
Wages Low Skilled

Frequently Asked Questions


To calculate Pakistan unemployment rate you need to take the number of the country residents without a job and looking for work divided by the total number of residents in the labor force.
The lowest ever Pakistan unemployment rate is 3.10%.
The highest figure Pakistan unemployment rate has ever reached is 8.30%.
In 2023 Pakistan unemployment rate was 5.70%, and the year before it reached 5.60%.