Work & Labour in Pakistan

108 indicators covering work & labour for Pakistan.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Unemployment with intermediate education 9.9% 2025 up 61.5% 27th
Unemployment with basic education, female 9.8% 2025 up 146.8% 42nd
Unemployment with advanced education 11.1% 2025 down 33.8% 17th
Unemployment with intermediate education, female 19.1% 2025 down 10.8% 11th
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total 28.5% 2025 down 6.2% 14th
Unemployment with intermediate education, male 8.1% 2025 up 79.3% 30th
Labor force with basic education, female 23.4% 2025 up 56.6% 94th
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female 45.4% 2025 down 15.3% 3rd
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male 13.1% 2025 up 77.3% 53rd
Labor force with basic education, male 81.9% 2025 up 8.0% 8th
Labor force with basic education 58.3% 2025 up 12.1% 37th
Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 25.4% 2025 up 11.6% 160th
Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 76.6% 2025 down 1.1% 31st
Labor force with intermediate education, female (% of female working-a 22.2% 2025 up 94.6% 118th
Labor force with intermediate education, male 74.9% 2025 up 4.9% 57th
Labor force with intermediate education (% of total working-age popula 53.7% 2025 up 13.4% 112th
Unemployment with advanced education, male 6.8% 2025 down 29.8% 25th
Labor force with advanced education, male 87.0% 2025 down 3.4% 28th
Labor force with advanced education 68.4% 2025 down 0.9% 110th
Labor force with advanced education, female 42.1% 2025 up 7.6% 120th
Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 51.5% 2025 up 2.6% 135th
Unemployment with advanced education, female 23.9% 2025 down 40.6% 8th
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 39.8% 2025 up 5.8% 58th
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 57.6% 2025 up 2.2% 18th
Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 20.2% 2025 up 8.2% 113th
Part time employment, female 68.8% 2021 down 2.2% 4th
Part time employment, male 13.2% 2021 down 18.5% 60th
Part time employment, total 25.7% 2021 down 8.4% 40th
Female share of employment in senior and middle management 9.6% 2025 up 142.5% 97th
Coverage of social protection and labor programs 22.1% 2018 up 137.7% 37th
Coverage of social safety net programs 10.3% 2018 up 295.0% 33rd
Coverage of social safety net programs in poorest quintile 20.6% 2018 up 1,705.3% 33rd
Coverage of social safety net programs in 2nd quintile 15.0% 2018 up 503.8% 33rd
Coverage of social safety net programs in 3rd quintile 9.7% 2018 up 270.2% 33rd
Coverage of social safety net programs in 4th quintile 4.4% 2018 up 33.0% 36th
Coverage of social safety net programs in richest quintile 1.5% 2018 down 55.3% 37th
Adequacy of social protection and labor programs 24.9% 2018 up 3.4% 24th
Benefit incidence of social protection and labor programs to poorest q 4.6% 2018 up 38.2% 32nd
Coverage of social insurance programs 6.4% 2018 down 5.4% 29th
Coverage of social insurance programs in poorest quintile 1.9% 2018 down 36.5% 27th
Coverage of social insurance programs in 2nd quintile 3.9% 2018 down 8.3% 26th
Coverage of social insurance programs in 3rd quintile 5.5% 2018 down 20.0% 28th
Coverage of social insurance programs in 4th quintile 8.6% 2018 up 14.0% 27th
Coverage of social insurance programs in richest quintile 12.3% 2018 down 0.7% 30th
Adequacy of social safety net programs 4.9% 2018 down 72.4% 27th
Benefit incidence of social safety net programs to poorest quintile 31.6% 2018 up 721.7% 6th
Adequacy of social insurance programs 39.0% 2018 up 51.0% 19th
Benefit incidence of social insurance programs to poorest quintile 2.0% 2018 down 36.4% 18th