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India's unemployment rate at 5.1% in April 2025
May-16-2025

The Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation in its latest press release titled ‘Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) - Monthly Bulletin April 2025’ has said that Unemployment Rate (UR) for persons of age 15 years and above was 5.1% in April, 2025. The male UR was higher at 5.2% compared to the female UR of 5.0% at the country level.

This new monthly data, gathered through the Current Weekly Status (CWS) metric of the Periodic Labour Force Survey, aims to offer quicker and more detailed insights into India's job market. Previously, the labour force survey was only published on a quarterly and annual basis.

According to the report, unemployment among ages 15-29, was recorded at 13.8% nationwide. Urban areas reported an unemployment rate of 17.2%, while rural areas stood at 12.3%. Further, the unemployment rate for women aged 15-29 was 14.4% nationwide, with a rate of 23.7% in urban areas and 10.7% in rural areas.


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