Unemployment Rate (UR) — PLFS Annual
Labour & Employment · NSO Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) — mospi.gov.in · data as of 2026-09-30
Latest value
- Unemployment Rate (UR) — PLFS Annual: 5.0%
- As of: 2026-09-30
What it measures
The percentage of the labour force (persons aged 15+ who are working or seeking/available for work) that is unemployed, for the Rural+Urban combined, Person (both genders) population — PLFS's headline usual-status unemployment figure.
How it is calculated
NSO's Periodic Labour Force Survey samples ~1 lakh+ households across a full agricultural year (July-June) using the Usual Status approach, classifying each surveyed person as employed, unemployed or out of the labour force. UR = Unemployed ÷ Labour Force × 100.
Release and revisions
Published: Annual
Annual, typically released around June for the preceding July-June survey period
Revisions: Annual report published once a year (~June, for the July-June survey year that ended the previous year); quarterly urban-only bulletins released in between are not directly comparable due to different survey design (CWS-only).
Source: Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI), National Statistical Office (NSO)