Unemployment rate during each prime minister's tenure

Every prime minister since 1991, ranked by how the unemployment rate changed from their first day in office. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.

#	Prime minister	In office	Total	Per year	Chart
1	Yusuf Raza Gilani	25 Mar 2008 – 22 Jun 2012	+0.7 pp 2008 → 2011	+0.2 pp/yr

Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last count complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that count had no data, or because the period cut it); Levels are per cent changes, rates are differences in pp; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. % of labour force, 15 and over · Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, Labour Force Survey, persons aged 15 and over (Employment Trends 2025, Table 3.1), eleven rounds from 2007-08, each over a fiscal year (July to June) and dated at its middle; no round in 2011-12, 2015-16, 2016-17 or 2019-20 to 2023-24 · Pakistan data · as of Oct 2026.