Key data points
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Observation period
2021
Highest
8.30%Dec 31, 2003
Lowest
3.10%Dec 31, 1988
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 2021 Pakistan unemployment rate was 6.30%, and the previous year it amounted to 6.90%.