India Unemployment Rate
Latest
6.7%
+0.1pp vs prior
Jul 2026 · updated 2026-09-07
Unemployment Rate
Apr 2025 to Jul 2026
Source: MoSPI eSankhyiki API · PLFS, Current Weekly Status, monthly.
The share of people who want a job and are actively looking, but can't find one, per India's Periodic Labour Force Survey (Current Weekly Status). Only available from 2025 onwards, when MoSPI (the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation) moved to monthly publication; earlier data at this frequency doesn't exist.