List of states and union territories of India by unemployment rate

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This is a list of States and union territories of India ranked according to unemployment rate. The list is compiled from the Report on Periodic Labour Force Survey (2018–19) released by Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India.[1]

Chhattisgarh has the least unemployment rate among the Indian states, while Rajasthan has the highest unemployment rate. (Higher rank represents higher unemployment among the population). The national average stands at 6.4 percent.[1]

Unemployment rate by States and Union territory (CMIE Data)[2][edit]

(As of September 2022)
State or union territory Unemployment rate (%)
Andhra Pradesh 4.8
Arunachal Pradesh 18.3
Assam 0.4
Bihar 11.4
Chhattisgarh 0.1
Delhi 9.6
Goa 10.9
Gujarat 1.6
Haryana 22.9
Himachal Pradesh 9.2
Jammu and Kashmir 23.2
Jharkhand 12.2
Karnataka 3.8
Kerala 4.4
Madhya Pradesh 0.9
Maharashtra 4.0
Meghalaya 2.3
Mizoram NA
Nagaland NA
Odisha 5.9
Puducherry 7.3
Punjab 7.0
Rajasthan 23.8
Sikkim NA
Tamil Nadu 4.1
Telangana 8.3
Tripura 17.0
Uttar Pradesh 4.0
Uttarakhand 0.5
West Bengal 3.3

Unemployment rate every month[3][edit]

Month India Urban Rural
Feb 2023 7.45 7.93 7.23
Jan 2023 7.14 8.55 6.48
Dec 2022 8.30 8.96 7.61
Nov 2022 8.00 8.96 7.61
Oct 2022 7.92 7.34 8.19
Sept 2022 6.43 7.70 5.84
Aug 2022 8.28 9.57 7.68
July 2022 6.83 8.22 6.17
June 2022 7.83 7.32 8.07
May 2022 7.14 8.24 6.63
Apr 2022 7.83 9.22 7.18
Mar 2022 7.57 8.28 7.24
Feb 2022 8.11 7.57 8.37
Jan 2022 6.56 8.14 5.83
Dec 2021 7.91 9.30 7.23
Nov 2021 6.97 8.20 6.41
Oct 2021 7.74 7.37 7.91

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Unemployment in year 2020, November".
  2. ^ https://unemploymentinindia.cmie.com/
  3. ^ "Unemployment".