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India vs Pakistan: Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate)

Side-by-side comparison from World Bank Open Data.

In , India's Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) was 4.22, compared to Pakistan's 5.42. That makes India's value 22.2% lower than Pakistan's.

India

Rank #112 of 182 globally

India trend
Latest (2025)
4.22
Year-over-year
+1.1%
10-year change
-44.7%
Peak
7.86 (2020)
Trough
4.17 (2023)

Pakistan

Rank #83 of 182 globally

Pakistan trend
Latest (2025)
5.42
Year-over-year
-1.3%
10-year change
+52.0%
Peak
6.34 (2021)
Trough
0.40 (2007)

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Source: World Bank Open Data (SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS), CC BY 4.0.