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Afghanistan: Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate)

38.45percent · 2025-20.5% since 2015

Labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 15-64 that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period. Reported as: modeled ILO estimate. Annual figures for Afghanistan from 1990 to 2025.

19902025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202538.448
202438.533
202338.567
202238.612
202141.751
202042.596
201944.982
201846.758
201748.521
201648.429
201548.339
201448.248
201348.154
201248.056
201147.969
201047.885
200947.804
200847.729
200747.66
200647.601
200547.557
200447.528
200347.517
200247.525
200147.548
200047.588
199947.641
199847.705
199747.777
199647.855
199547.933
199448.013
199348.091
199248.158
199148.217
199048.268

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Labour Organization. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-labor-force-participation-rate-total (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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