Afghanistan
Labor force participation rate
Labor-force participation measures the share of people working or actively looking for work. It helps distinguish weak employment from people leaving the labor force.
Labor force participation rate - Afghanistan
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The reading right now
As of January 2025, Labor force participation rate for Afghanistan stood at 37.5%. That is down 0.09 percentage points from the prior year. Over the trailing five years, the series has averaged 38.2%, ranging from a low of 37.5% in January 2025 to a high of 40.7% in January 2021. The current reading sits 4.2 percentage points below its trailing ten-year mean of 41.6%.
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