Unemployment rate: India
4.219% in 2025, the latest year published. Figures for 35 years from 1991 to 2025 are below.
Share of the labor force without work, but actively looking for a job and available to start soon.
Source: ILO Modelled Estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.219 |
| 2024 | 4.173 |
| 2023 | 4.172 |
| 2022 | 4.822 |
| 2021 | 6.38 |
| 2020 | 7.859 |
| 2019 | 6.51 |
| 2018 | 7.652 |
| 2017 | 7.626 |
| 2016 | 7.611 |
| 2015 | 7.629 |
| 2014 | 7.656 |
| 2013 | 7.678 |
| 2012 | 7.645 |
| 2011 | 7.609 |
| 2010 | 7.631 |
| 2009 | 7.636 |
| 2008 | 7.629 |
| 2007 | 7.562 |
| 2006 | 7.553 |
| 2005 | 7.551 |
| 2004 | 7.598 |
| 2003 | 7.633 |
| 2002 | 7.681 |
| 2001 | 7.611 |
| 2000 | 7.589 |
| 1999 | 7.583 |
| 1998 | 7.596 |
| 1997 | 7.574 |
| 1996 | 7.537 |
| 1995 | 7.57 |
| 1994 | 7.593 |
| 1993 | 7.662 |
| 1992 | 7.649 |
| 1991 | 7.641 |