In 2023, the youth unemployment rate in Afghanistan increased by 0.3 percentage points (+1.69 percent) compared to 2022. With 18.08 percent, the youth unemployment rate thereby reached its highest value in the observed period. The youth unemployment rate of a country or region refers to the share of the total workforce aged 15 to 24 that is currently without work, but actively searching for employment. It does not include economically inactive persons such as full-time students or the long-term unemployed.
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Afghanistan: Youth unemployment rate from 2013 to 2023
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World Bank. (September 19, 2024). Afghanistan: Youth unemployment rate from 2013 to 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 07, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/811598/youth-unemployment-rate-in-afghanistan/
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World Bank. (2024). Afghanistan: Youth unemployment rate from 2013 to 2023. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: October 07, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/811598/youth-unemployment-rate-in-afghanistan/
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