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Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimate)

4.22%

2025 · up +0.05 pt from 2024

Covers
2025
Released
8 Oct 2026
Updates
a few times a year, when the World Bank refreshes its data

The share of people who want work and are looking for it but have none. This is the ILO's estimate, built to compare countries; India's own survey (PLFS) gives its own figure.

History

4%5%6%7%8%19952000200520102015202020254.22%
4%6%8%19952005201520254.22%

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  • This is the International Labour Organization's modelled estimate, published by the World Bank, built to compare countries. It differs from India's own Periodic Labour Force Survey.

Last 12 of 35 years, since 1991

PeriodValueReleasedSource link
20254.22%8 Oct 2026Source
20244.17%8 Oct 2026Source
20234.17%8 Oct 2026Source
20224.82%8 Oct 2026Source
20216.38%8 Oct 2026Source
20207.86%8 Oct 2026Source
20196.51%8 Oct 2026Source
20187.65%8 Oct 2026Source
20177.63%8 Oct 2026Source
20167.61%8 Oct 2026Source
20157.63%8 Oct 2026Source
20147.66%8 Oct 2026Source
All of Jobs
Indicator Latest Change Period Trend
Women in the labour force 2025 · up +0.01 pt 32.42% up +0.01 pt 2025
Unemployment rate (monthly) Sep 2026 · unchanged ±0.00 pt 5.00% unchanged ±0.00 pt Sep 2026

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