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Unemployment rate, monthly (PLFS, age 15 and above, current weekly status)

5.00%

Sep 2026 · unchanged ±0.00 pt from Aug 2026

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Sep 2026
Released
15 Oct 2026
Next release
expected 15 Nov 2026

History

4.5%4.75%5%5.25%5.5%5.75%Jul 25Oct 25Jan 26Apr 26Jul 265.00%
4.5%5%5.5%6%Jul 25Jan 26Jul 265.00%

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  • From the Periodic Labour Force Survey's monthly bulletin, current weekly status, all India, rural and urban together. Monthly figures start in April 2025.
  • No figure here for Mar 2026, so the line breaks there.

Last 12 of 17 releases, since Apr 2025

PeriodValueReleasedSource link
Sep 20265.00%15 Oct 2026Source
Aug 20265.00%not recordedSource
Jul 20265.10%not recordedSource
Jun 20265.50%not recordedSource
May 20265.50%not recordedSource
Apr 20265.20%not recordedSource
Feb 20264.90%not recordedSource
Jan 20265.00%not recordedSource
Dec 20254.80%not recordedSource
Nov 20254.70%not recordedSource
Oct 20255.20%not recordedSource
Sep 20255.20%not recordedSource
All of Jobs
Indicator Latest Change Period Trend
Unemployment rate 2025 · up +0.05 pt 4.22% up +0.05 pt 2025
Women in the labour force 2025 · up +0.01 pt 32.42% up +0.01 pt 2025

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