Key data points
Last release
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Observation period
2024
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
In Pakistan, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force.
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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 2024 Pakistan unemployment rate was 5.50%, and the year before it reached 5.40%.