Pakistan Unemployment Rate

Unemployment Rate in Pakistan remained unchanged at 5.90 percent in 2017 from 5.90 percent in 2016. Unemployment Rate in Pakistan averaged 5.49 percent from 1985 until 2017, reaching an all time high of 7.80 percent in 2002 and a record low of 3.10 percent in 1987.

Unemployment Rate in Pakistan is expected to be 6.00 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Pakistan Unemployment Rate is projected to trend around 5.70 percent in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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Pakistan Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	5.90	5.90	7.80	3.10	percent	[+]
Unemployed Persons	3620.00	3580.00	3730.00	903.00	Thousand	[+]
Employed Persons	62230.00	58530.00	62230.00	5580.00	Thousand	[+]
Population	200.16	207.77	207.77	45.85	Million	[+]
Living Wage Family	29700.00	29500.00	29700.00	26000.00	PKR/Month	[+]
Living Wage Individual	13500.00	13400.00	13500.00	11200.00	PKR/Month	[+]
Wages High Skilled	51400.00	49200.00	51400.00	41000.00	PKR/Month	[+]
Wages Low Skilled	28700.00	21700.00	28700.00	21700.00	PKR/Month	[+]

In Pakistan, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force. This page provides - Pakistan Unemployment Rate - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Pakistan Unemployment Rate - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on November of 2018.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	5.90	5.90	7.80	3.10	1985 - 2017	percent	Yearly

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Country	Last		Previous	Highest	Lowest
South Africa	27.50	Sep/18	27.2	31.2	21.5	%	Quarterly
Spain	14.55	Sep/18	15.28	26.94	4.41	%	Quarterly
Brazil	11.90	Sep/18	12.1	13.7	6.2	%	Monthly
Turkey	11.10	Aug/18	10.8	14.8	7.3	%	Monthly
Italy	10.10	Sep/18	9.8	13.1	5.8	%	Monthly
Argentina	9.60	Jun/18	9.1	20.8	5.9	%	Quarterly
France	9.10	Sep/18	9.1	10.7	7.2	%	Quarterly
Euro Area	8.10	Sep/18	8.1	12.1	7.3	%	Monthly
Saudi Arabia	6.00	Jun/18	6.1	6.3	4.35	%	Quarterly
Canada	5.80	Oct/18	5.9	13.1	2.9	%	Monthly
Indonesia	5.34	Jun/18	5.13	11.24	2	%	Quarterly
Australia	5.00	Oct/18	5	11.2	4	%	Monthly
Russia	4.70	Oct/18	4.5	14.1	4.5	%	Monthly
United Kingdom	4.10	Sep/18	4	12	3.4	%	Monthly
South Korea	3.90	Oct/18	4.2	7.1	3	%	Monthly
China	3.82	Sep/18	3.83	4.3	3.82	%	Quarterly
Netherlands	3.70	Oct/18	3.7	7.9	3.6	%	Monthly
United States	3.70	Oct/18	3.7	10.8	2.5	%	Monthly
Mexico	3.60	Sep/18	3.5	6.42	2.22	%	Monthly
India	3.52	Dec/17	3.51	8.3	3.41	%	Yearly
Germany	3.40	Sep/18	3.4	11.5	0.4	%	Monthly
Switzerland	2.40	Oct/18	2.4	5.7	1.5	%	Monthly
Japan	2.30	Sep/18	2.4	5.5	1	%	Monthly
Singapore	2.10	Sep/18	2	6	1.4	%	Quarterly