India Labor Force Participation Rate

The Labour Force Participation Rate in India stood at 49.8 percent in the 2017-18 fiscal year, the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) of the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO), showed. Labor Force Participation Rate in India averaged 53.90 percent from 2005 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 63.70 percent in 2005 and a record low of 49.80 percent in 2018.

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India Labour	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Unemployment Rate	6.00	5.00	8.30	3.53	percent	[+]
Employed Persons	29579.00	28999.00	29579.00	17491.00	Thousand	[+]
Unemployed Persons	44.85	48.26	48.26	5.10	Million	[+]
Labor Force Participation Rate	49.80	50.40	63.70	49.80	percent	[+]
Population	1283.60	1268.96	1283.60	359.00	Million	[+]
Retirement Age Women	60.00	60.00	60.00	60.00		[+]
Retirement Age Men	60.00	60.00	60.00	60.00		[+]
Living Wage Family	19400.00	19200.00	19400.00	19200.00	INR/Month	[+]
Living Wage Individual	10300.00	10100.00	10300.00	10100.00	INR/Month	[+]
Minimum Wages	176.00	160.00	176.00	137.00	INR/Day	[+]
Wages	272.19	255.65	272.19	3.87	INR/Day	[+]
Wages High Skilled	43200.00	46200.00	47300.00	43200.00	INR/Month	[+]
Wages In Manufacturing	347.30	322.07	347.30	4.86	INR/Day	[+]
Wages Low Skilled	10900.00	11300.00	13500.00	10900.00	INR/Month	[+]
Youth Unemployment Rate	23.70	23.10	23.70	22.90	percent	[+]
Employment Rate	46.80	47.80	50.80	46.80	percent	[+]

The Labour Force Participation Rate measures the number of persons aged 15 and over who are employed and unemployed but looking for a job divided by the total working-age population. This page provides - India Labor Force Participation Rate - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. India Labor Force Participation Rate - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on July of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	49.80	50.40	63.70	49.80	2005 - 2018	percent	Yearly

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
United Kingdom	79.10	Apr/19	79.2	79.3 : 74.1	%
France	72.30	Mar/19	72.3	72.3 : 69.5	%
Netherlands	71.20	Jun/19	71.1	71.2 : 67.4	%
Indonesia	69.20	Dec/18	69.02	69.21 : 57.14	%
Switzerland	68.30	Mar/19	68.7	68.8 : 66.8	%
Russia	67.70	Mar/19	62.1	70.3 : 61.9	%
Singapore	67.70	Dec/18	67.7	68.3 : 55.3	%
Australia	66.00	Jun/19	66	66 : 60.1	%
Canada	65.70	Jun/19	65.7	67.7 : 61.4	%
Italy	65.70	May/19	65.7	65.9 : 61.6	%
South Korea	64.20	Jun/19	64	64.2 : 48.5	%
United States	62.90	Jun/19	62.8	67.3 : 58.1	%
Japan	62.20	May/19	62.1	74 : 58.5	%
Brazil	62.10	May/19	61.9	62.1 : 60.8	%
Germany	61.80	Dec/18	61.5	61.8 : 56.9	%
Mexico	60.20	May/19	59.7	61.47 : 58.18	%
South Africa	58.80	Mar/19	59.4	60.8 : 53.6	%
Spain	58.35	Mar/19	58.61	60.55 : 48.88	%
Euro Area	57.40	Dec/18	57.3	57.4 : 55	%
Saudi Arabia	56.40	Mar/19	55.9	56.5 : 47.8	%
Turkey	53.10	Apr/19	53.3	53.5 : 43.9	%
India	49.80	Dec/18	50.4	63.7 : 49.8	%
Argentina	47.00	Mar/19	46.5	47 : 44.5	%