Youth Unemployment / Afghanistan
Afghanistan Youth Unemployment
Afghanistan youth unemployment data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 16.79%.
COUNTRY: Afghanistan
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
UPDATED: 2026-09-16 12:39:31
ECONOMY DATA RATING
Afghanistan · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
CCC
30 / 100
High vulnerability
Fiscal stability
7.0 / 25
Macroeconomic stability
8.0 / 20
External stability
1.2 / 15
Financial robustness
n/a
Structural stability
6.8 / 15
Future capacity
3.8 / 10
Demographic capacity
0.4 / 5
Method: Economy Data multi-pillar stability model with structural and financial robustness adjustment. Coverage: 86% of weighted inputs available.
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Afghanistan · youth unemployment data as percent of GDP.
Latest
16.79%
Previous
17.24%
Range avg.
16.53%
Rank
36
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CountryAfghanistan
IndicatorYouth Unemployment
16.79%2024 · Rank 36
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Interpretation
This labor market indicator helps assess employment conditions and economic participation.
Values should be interpreted together with country context, time range, source coverage and related macroeconomic indicators.
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