Economy
The World Bank — World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · updated 2025-12-31
Pakistan's youth unemployment rate stands at 9.59% as of 2025-12-31, up from 9.52% in 2024. Historical data runs from 1991 to 2025 (35 observations).
In 2025, Pakistan's youth unemployment rate was 9.59%, up from 9.52% in 2024.
In 2024, Pakistan's youth unemployment rate was 9.52%, up from 9.42% in 2023.
In 2023, Pakistan's youth unemployment rate was 9.42%, down from 9.45% in 2022.
In 2022, Pakistan's youth unemployment rate was 9.45%, down from 11.05% in 2021.
In 2021, Pakistan's youth unemployment rate was 11.05%, up from 10.74% in 2020.
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9.59% | +0.073% |
| 2024 | 9.52% | +0.098% |
| 2023 | 9.42% | -0.025% |
| 2022 | 9.45% | -1.61% |
| 2021 | 11.05% | +0.314% |
| 2020 | 10.74% | +1.14% |
| 2019 | 9.6% | +1.74% |
| 2018 | 7.86% | +1.34% |
| 2017 | 6.52% | +1.35% |
| 2016 | 5.17% | -1.52% |
| 2015 | 6.68% | +2.63% |
| 2014 | 4.05% | -1.93% |
| 2013 | 5.98% | -1.58% |
| 2012 | 7.56% | +5.84% |
| 2011 | 1.72% | +0.432% |
| 2010 | 1.29% | +0.207% |
| 2009 | 1.08% | +0.09% |
| 2008 | 0.99% | +0.17% |
| 2007 | 0.82% | -0.119% |
| 2006 | 0.939% | +0.001% |
| 2005 | 0.938% | -0.005% |
| 2004 | 0.943% | -0.005% |
| 2003 | 0.948% | -0.002% |
| 2002 | 0.95% | -0.008% |
| 2001 | 0.958% | -0.009% |
| 2000 | 0.967% | -0.005% |
| 1999 | 0.972% | +0.002% |
| 1998 | 0.97% | +0.004% |
| 1997 | 0.966% | -0.001% |
| 1996 | 0.967% | -0.006% |
| 1995 | 0.973% | +0.001% |
| 1994 | 0.972% | +0.005% |
| 1993 | 0.967% | +0.009% |
| 1992 | 0.958% | -0.002% |
| 1991 | 0.96% | — |
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Pakistan's youth unemployment rate is 9.59% as of 2025-12-31, compared with 9.52% in 2024. The World Bank — World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
The highest recorded value is 11.05% (2021); the lowest is 0.82% (2007), across data from 1991 to 2025.
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