Unemployment rate, April 2025
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Of people aged 15 and above who are working or looking for work, what share has no work?
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5.1%Of people aged 15 and above who were working or looking for work, this share had no work in Apr 2025. This is the first figure in the series.
Monthly figures count anyone who looked for work but had none in the 7 days before the survey (current weekly status). Yearly figures look at what people usually did over the year (usual status). The two measure different things and are never joined.
As printed
Unemployment Rate (UR) in CWS among persons of age 15 years and above has increased to 5.6% in May, 2025 from 5.1% in April, 2025.
From Press Note on Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) Monthly Bulletin, May 2025, published 16 Jun 2025.
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Apr 2025: 5.1%. First value in this series. Published.
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Selected period: Apr 2025Monthly (weekly status) · %. The monthly survey began in April 2025. The yearly line breaks after 2023-24: from 2025 the survey covers calendar years with a new design, and MoSPI says the figures may not be strictly comparable.
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Apr 2025
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What it means
The unemployment rate counts people aged 15 and above who had no work but were looking for it or available for it, as a share of everyone working or looking for work. People who are not looking, such as most students and homemakers, are not in it.
Monthly figures use current weekly status: what a person did in the 7 days before the survey. Yearly figures use usual status (ps+ss): what a person mostly did over the past year, plus any work for at least 30 days.
MoSPI redesigned the survey in January 2025. Monthly figures start in April 2025, and yearly figures moved from July–June years to calendar years. MoSPI says the 2025 figure may not be strictly comparable with earlier years, so the chart shows a break and no change is measured across it.
The July–June years from 2017-18 to 2023-24 all come from one table in the 2023-24 annual report, as that report prints them.
What this number is not
- Not the number of people without a job: it is a share of the labour force, people working or looking for work.
- Not the same as the yearly rate: the monthly and yearly figures measure different things.
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Where this comes from
Published
Monthly figures come from MoSPI’s Periodic Labour Force Survey monthly press notes; the April 2025 figure is from the May 2025 note. Yearly figures come from the annual report press notes for July 2023–June 2024 and for 2025.
How we check the numbers →- Published
- 15 Oct 2026
- Where in the file
- Press Note on Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) Monthly Bulletin, September 2026
Technical details
Values shown on this page: 26
Methodology segment: plfs-cws-monthly-2025
Selected value location: Press Note on Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) Monthly Bulletin, May 2025, page 2
Selected value, as printed: Unemployment Rate (UR) in CWS among persons of age 15 years and above has increased to 5.6% in May, 2025 from 5.1% in April, 2025.
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Latest release file: https://www.mospi.gov.in/uploads/latestreleasesfiles/1792060833524-Monthly_Press_note_PLFS_Sep_2026.pdf
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- Published
- 15 Sept 2026
- Where in the file
- Press Note on Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) Monthly Bulletin, August 2026
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- Published
- 17 Aug 2026
- Where in the file
- Press Note on Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) Monthly Bulletin, July 2026
- Published
- 15 Jul 2026
- Where in the file
- Press Note on Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) Monthly Bulletin, June 2026
- Published
- 15 Jun 2026
- Where in the file
- Press Note on Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) Monthly Bulletin, May 2026
- Published
- 15 May 2026
- Where in the file
- Press Note on Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) Monthly Bulletin, April 2026
- Published
- 15 Apr 2026
- Where in the file
- Press Note on Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) Monthly Bulletin, March 2026
- Published
- 16 Mar 2026
- Where in the file
- Press Note on Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) Monthly Bulletin, February 2026
- Published
- 16 Feb 2026
- Where in the file
- Press Note on Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) Monthly Bulletin, January 2026
- Published
- 15 Jan 2026
- Where in the file
- Press Note on Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) Monthly Bulletin, December 2025
- Published
- 15 Dec 2025
- Where in the file
- Press Note on Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) Monthly Bulletin, November 2025
- Published
- 17 Nov 2025
- Where in the file
- Press Note on Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) Monthly Bulletin, October 2025
- Published
- 15 Oct 2025
- Where in the file
- Press Note on Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) Monthly Bulletin, September 2025
- Published
- 15 Sept 2025
- Where in the file
- Press Note on Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) Monthly Bulletin, August 2025
- Published
- 18 Aug 2025
- Where in the file
- Press Note on PLFS Quarterly Bulletin April–June 2025 and Monthly Bulletin July 2025
- Published
- 15 Jul 2025
- Where in the file
- Press Note on Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) Monthly Bulletin, June 2025
- Published
- 16 Jun 2025
- Where in the file
- Press Note on Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) Monthly Bulletin, May 2025
Data table
Every value, as printed
Persons aged 15 and above, rural and urban together, current weekly status.
Show all 18 valuesEvery value, as published
| Period | Value | Change | Official release | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 | 5.0% | 0.0 percentage points | Press Note on Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) Monthly Bulletin, September 2026 | 15 Oct 2026 |
| Aug 2026 | 5.0% | −0.1 percentage points | Press Note on Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) Monthly Bulletin, August 2026 | 15 Sept 2026 |
| Jul 2026 | 5.1% | −0.4 percentage points | Press Note on Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) Monthly Bulletin, July 2026 | 17 Aug 2026 |
| Jun 2026 | 5.5% | 0.0 percentage points | Press Note on Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) Monthly Bulletin, June 2026 | 15 Jul 2026 |
| May 2026 | 5.5% | +0.3 percentage points | Press Note on Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) Monthly Bulletin, May 2026 | 15 Jun 2026 |
| Apr 2026 | 5.2% | +0.1 percentage points | Press Note on Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) Monthly Bulletin, April 2026 | 15 May 2026 |
| Mar 2026 | 5.1% | +0.2 percentage points | Press Note on Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) Monthly Bulletin, March 2026 | 15 Apr 2026 |
| Feb 2026 | 4.9% | −0.1 percentage points | Press Note on Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) Monthly Bulletin, February 2026 | 16 Mar 2026 |
| Jan 2026 | 5.0% | +0.2 percentage points | Press Note on Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) Monthly Bulletin, January 2026 | 16 Feb 2026 |
| Dec 2025 | 4.8% | +0.1 percentage points | Press Note on Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) Monthly Bulletin, December 2025 | 15 Jan 2026 |
| Nov 2025 | 4.7% | −0.5 percentage points | Press Note on Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) Monthly Bulletin, November 2025 | 15 Dec 2025 |
| Oct 2025 | 5.2% | 0.0 percentage points | Press Note on Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) Monthly Bulletin, October 2025 | 17 Nov 2025 |
| Sept 2025 | 5.2% | +0.1 percentage points | Press Note on Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) Monthly Bulletin, September 2025 | 15 Oct 2025 |
| Aug 2025 | 5.1% | −0.1 percentage points | Press Note on Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) Monthly Bulletin, August 2025 | 15 Sept 2025 |
| Jul 2025 | 5.2% | −0.4 percentage points | Press Note on PLFS Quarterly Bulletin April–June 2025 and Monthly Bulletin July 2025 | 18 Aug 2025 |
| Jun 2025 | 5.6% | 0.0 percentage points | Press Note on Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) Monthly Bulletin, June 2025 | 15 Jul 2025 |
| May 2025 | 5.6% | +0.5 percentage points | Press Note on Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) Monthly Bulletin, May 2025 | 16 Jun 2025 |
| Apr 2025 | 5.1% | — | Press Note on Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) Monthly Bulletin, May 2025 | 16 Jun 2025 |