Unemployment Rate of Youth (15-29), KPK, Pakistan  (2001-02 to 2020-21)

PRIDE Consulting estimated the series of youth (ages 15-29) using microdata from various issues of the Labour Force Survey. The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) conducted 14 rounds of the Labour Force Survey (LFS) between 2001-02 and 2020-21. Values for six missing years, during which the LFS was not conducted, have been interpolated (indicated as underlined) to create a consistent time series.

• The youth unemployment rate in KP declined from 17.95% in 2001-02 to 14.25% in 2020-21, showing an overall decrease of 3.7 percentage points.
• However, there was a spike in 2018-19 (14.88%), which remained high in the following years.

Unemployment Rate of Youth (15-29), KP  (2001-02 to 2020-21)

	KP
Years	Overall	Female	Male	Rural	Urban
2001-02	17.95	30.22	16.7	17.74	19
2002-03	16.8	29.25	15.23	16.33	19.11
2003-04	15.65	28.27	13.75	14.92	19.22
2004-05	14.5	28.19	12.11	13.97	17.17
2005-06	13.35	28.1	10.47	13.02	15.12
2006-07	11.32	20.75	9.92	10.94	13.07
2007-08	11.71	19.07	9.82	11.52	12.63
2008-09	12.49	19.63	10.51	11.79	15.9
2009-10	11.85	19.96	9.73	11.6	13.05
2010-11	12.16	23.94	9.23	11.8	13.78
2011-12	12.65	23.85	9.86	12.04	15.36
2012-13	13.14	23.76	10.49	12.27	16.93
2013-14	12.19	25.26	8.67	11.24	16.05
2014-15	12.23	27.97	8.45	11.82	13.92
2015-16	11.36	22.92	8.61	10.91	13.28
2016-17	10.49	17.87	8.77	10	12.64
2017-18	9.61	12.83	8.94	9.09	12.00
2018-19	14.88	27.58	10.88	15.04	14.03
2019-20	14.57	26.54	10.87	14.50	14.98
2020-21	14.25	25.49	10.86	13.95	15.93
Difference/range*	-3.7	-4.73	-5.84	-3.79	-3.07

Source: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS), Labour Force Survey, various issues

*Difference/range between latest to oldest year (2020-21 to 2001-02)

PBS conducted 14 rounds of LFS during 2001-02 to 2020-21. Values of six missing years when LFS was not conducted have been interpolated (underlined) to make consistent time series.