Work & Labour in Afghanistan 63 indicators covering work & labour for Afghanistan. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 5.9% 2025 down 67.0% 184th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 68.1% 2025 up 14.8% 16th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 37.5% 2025 down 20.6% 181st Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 69.8% 2025 down 7.4% 95th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 37.8% 2025 down 3.4% 97th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 5.3% 2025 down 73.3% 185th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 71.1% 2025 down 7.2% 144th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 38.4% 2025 down 20.5% 181st Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 5.1% 2025 down 73.4% 185th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 7.3% 2025 down 71.3% 186th Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 16.6% 2025 up 15.5% 175th Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 6.5% 2025 up 4.1% 183rd Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 17.2% 2025 up 5.2% 181st Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 31.1% 2025 down 16.2% 170th Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 68.8% 2025 up 6.6% 2nd Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 18.9% 2025 up 53.4% 15th Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 21.9% 2025 down 3.4% 18th Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 21.6% 2025 down 34.6% 13th Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 18.7% 2025 down 6.6% 141st Employment in industry (% of total employment) 18.9% 2025 down 16.4% 94th Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 3.7% 2025 down 81.3% 186th Employment in services (% of total employment) 29.5% 2025 down 12.6% 173rd Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 83.4% 2025 down 2.6% 12th Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 82.8% 2025 down 1.0% 6th Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 93.5% 2025 down 0.3% 4th Employers, total (% of total employment) 1.6% 2025 up 9.1% 146th Employers, male (% of male employment) 1.7% 2025 down 2.2% 162nd Employers, female (% of female employment) 0.6% 2025 up 11.4% 168th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 28.5% 2025 up 77.8% 35th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 15.8% 2025 up 37.3% 66th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 16.8% 2025 up 33.9% 68th GDP per person employed 10,614 constant 2021 PPP $ 2024 down 18.7% 153rd Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 5.7% 2021 up 235.6% 85th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 5.7% 2021 up 321.2% 75th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 5.5% 2021 up 65.6% 100th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 77.0% 2021 down 0.1% 45th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 23.3% 2021 up 45.5% 184th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 49.7% 2021 up 5.9% 171st Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 19.8% 2021 up 32.5% 150th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 61.2% 2021 down 2.6% 28th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 30.3% 2021 up 45.6% 185th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 39.2% 2021 up 1.1% 84th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 8.8% 2021 up 199.5% 114th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 8.5% 2021 up 235.0% 109th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 9.4% 2021 up 108.7% 114th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 84.1% 2025 up 24.7% 1st Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 28.7% 2025 up 64.3% 14th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 55.7% 2025 up 33.0% 1st Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 4.2% 2025 down 71.9% 181st Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 57.4% 2025 up 9.3% 26th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 31.4% 2025 down 8.1% 101st Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 81.8% 2025 down 2.8% 9th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 3.8% 2025 down 77.4% 185th Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 61.0% 2025 down 11.5% 131st Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 32.5% 2025 down 24.4% 181st Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 92.9% 2025 down 0.3% 3rd Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 81.1% 2025 down 1.0% 3rd Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 22.0% 2021 up 42.2% 162nd Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 72.6% 2021 down 4.5% 48th Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 46.9% 2021 up 1.6% 147th Page 1 of 2 Next →