Labour Force (Total) rose 3.12% to 9.39 mil in Afghanistan in 2021, according to World Bank.
Historically, Labour Force (Total) in Afghanistan reached an all time high of 9.98 mil in 2019 and an all time low of 2.63 mil in 1990. When compared to Afghanistan's main peers, Labour Force (Total) in Iran amounted to 27.7 mil, 73.1 mil in Pakistan, 2.50 mil in Tajikistan and 2.00 mil in Turkmenistan in 2021.
Afghanistan has been ranked 55th within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of Labour Force (Total), 5 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Labour Force (Total) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Afghanistan | mil | 8.63 | 8.91 | 9.25 | 9.61 | 9.98 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | mil | 792 | 794 | 795 | 794 | 796 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | mil | 470 | 473 | 476 | 479 | 489 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iran | mil | 25.9 | 27.0 | 28.1 | 28.6 | 28.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iraq | mil | 9.71 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.4 | 10.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kazakhstan | mil | 9.08 | 9.03 | 8.99 | 9.16 | 9.23 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kyrgyzstan | mil | 2.51 | 2.51 | 2.48 | 2.46 | 2.49 | ||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | mil | 67.6 | 68.1 | 68.7 | 69.6 | 71.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Tajikistan | mil | 2.29 | 2.34 | 2.37 | 2.39 | 2.42 | ||||||||||||||||
| Turkmenistan | mil | 1.89 | 1.91 | 1.93 | 1.95 | 1.97 | ||||||||||||||||
| Uzbekistan | mil | 13.5 | 13.6 | 13.8 | 13.9 | 14.1 |
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