Lok Sabha Question No. 4299 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-26
Subject: Unemployment Rate
Ministry: STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION
Asked by: Smt. Delkar Kalaben Mohanbhai

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4299

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.03.2025

## UNEMPLOYMENT RATE

4299. SMT. DELKAR KALABEN MOHANBHAI:

Will the Minister of STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is true that the unemployment rate of youth in the country  is  the  highest  in  the  world  and  if  so,  the  details
- thereof;
- (b) whether the  sample  designs  of  national  surveys  also  yielded the same figures and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the details of data regarding unemployment rate in the country including the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli during each of the last five years, State/UT-wise; and
- (d) whether concrete steps are being taken by the Government to reduce the unemployment rate and create/provide more employment opportunities in the country and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF STATISTICS  AND  PROGRAMME  IMPLEMENTATION;  MINISTER  OF STATE  (INDEPENDENT  CHARGE)  OF  THE  MINISTRY  OF  PLANNING AND  MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  CULTURE  [RAO INDERJIT SINGH]

- (a) and (b): The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation  (MoSPI)  has  been  conducting  Periodic  Labour  Force Survey  (PLFS)  since  2017  to  estimate  various  indicators  related  to employment  and  unemployment  situation  in  the  country.  In  this survey, persons of age 15-29 years are considered as youth. From this survey,  the  estimates  of  Unemployment  rate  in  usual  status  (ps+ss) for persons of age 15-29 years at all-India level for the last five years is given below:

| Unemployment Rate (UR) (in per cent) according to usual status (ps+ss) for persons of age 15-29 years during 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23 and 2023-24 all-India Unemployment Rate (UR) (in per cent) according to usual status   | Unemployment Rate (UR) (in per cent) according to usual status (ps+ss) for persons of age 15-29 years during 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23 and 2023-24 all-India Unemployment Rate (UR) (in per cent) according to usual status   |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| survey (period)                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | (ps+ss) for persons of age 15-29 years                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| PLFS, 2019-20                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | 15.0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| PLFS, 2020-21                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | 12.9                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| PLFS, 2021-22                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | 12.4                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| PLFS, 2022-23                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | 10.0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| PLFS, 2023-24                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | 10.2                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| Note:2023-24 refers to the period July 2023-June 2024 and for 2022-23, 2021-22, 2020-21,                                                                                                                                               | likewise 2019-20.                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |

However, the unemployment rate of India as compared to the other countries is not estimated in PLFS.

(c) and (d): From the PLFS being conducted by MoSPI, the Statewise  estimates  of  Unemployment  Rate  according  to  usual  status (ps+ss)  for  the  persons  of  all  ages  in  India  during  last  five  years  ie 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24 is given in the Statement at Annexure I.

## Annexure I

## Statement referred to in reply to part (c) and (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4299 for reply on 26.03.2025

| State/UT             | UR (in percent) according to usual status (ps+ss) for   | UR (in percent) according to usual status (ps+ss) for   | UR (in percent) according to usual status (ps+ss) for   | UR (in percent) according to usual status (ps+ss) for   | UR (in percent) according to usual status (ps+ss) for   |
|----------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
| State/UT             | PLFS, 2019-20                                           | PLFS, 2020-21                                           | PLFS, 2021-22                                           | PLFS, 2022-23                                           | PLFS, 2023-24                                           |
| (1)                  | (2)                                                     | (3)                                                     | (4)                                                     | (5)                                                     | (6)                                                     |
| Andhra Pradesh       | 4.7                                                     | 4.1                                                     | 4.2                                                     | 4.1                                                     | 4.1                                                     |
| Arunachal Pradesh    | 6.7                                                     | 5.7                                                     | 7.7                                                     | 4.8                                                     | 6.1                                                     |
| Assam                | 7.9                                                     | 4.1                                                     | 3.8                                                     | 1.7                                                     | 3.9                                                     |
| Bihar                | 5.3                                                     | 4.7                                                     | 6.0                                                     | 3.9                                                     | 3.0                                                     |
| Chhattisgarh         | 3.3                                                     | 2.5                                                     | 2.5                                                     | 2.5                                                     | 2.5                                                     |
| Delhi                | 8.7                                                     | 6.3                                                     | 5.3                                                     | 1.9                                                     | 2.1                                                     |
| Goa                  | 8.1                                                     | 10.5                                                    | 12.0                                                    | 9.7                                                     | 8.5                                                     |
| Gujarat              | 2.0                                                     | 2.2                                                     | 2.0                                                     | 1.7                                                     | 1.1                                                     |
| Haryana              | 6.5                                                     | 6.3                                                     | 9.0                                                     | 6.1                                                     | 3.4                                                     |
| Himachal Pradesh     | 3.7                                                     | 3.3                                                     | 4.0                                                     | 4.4                                                     | 5.4                                                     |
| Jharkhand            | 4.2                                                     | 3.1                                                     | 2.0                                                     | 1.7                                                     | 1.3                                                     |
| Karnataka            | 4.2                                                     | 2.7                                                     | 3.2                                                     | 2.4                                                     | 2.7                                                     |
| Kerala               | 10.0                                                    | 10.1                                                    | 9.6                                                     | 7.0                                                     | 7.2                                                     |
| Madhya Pradesh       | 3.0                                                     | 1.9                                                     | 2.1                                                     | 1.6                                                     | 0.9                                                     |
| Maharashtra          | 3.2                                                     | 3.7                                                     | 3.5                                                     | 3.1                                                     | 3.3                                                     |
| Manipur              | 9.7                                                     | 5.6                                                     | 9.0                                                     | 4.7                                                     | 6.1                                                     |
| Meghalaya            | 2.7                                                     | 1.7                                                     | 2.6                                                     | 6.0                                                     | 6.2                                                     |
| Mizoram              | 5.7                                                     | 3.5                                                     | 5.4                                                     | 2.2                                                     | 2.3                                                     |
| Nagaland             | 25.8                                                    | 19.3                                                    | 9.1                                                     | 4.3                                                     | 7.1                                                     |
| Odisha               | 6.3                                                     | 5.4                                                     | 6.0                                                     | 3.9                                                     | 3.1                                                     |
| Punjab               | 7.4                                                     | 6.2                                                     | 6.4                                                     | 6.1                                                     | 5.5                                                     |
| Rajasthan            | 4.5                                                     | 4.8                                                     | 4.7                                                     | 4.4                                                     | 4.2                                                     |
| Sikkim               | 2.2                                                     | 1.1                                                     | 1.6                                                     | 2.2                                                     | 2.3                                                     |
| Tamil Nadu           | 5.3                                                     | 5.2                                                     | 4.8                                                     | 4.3                                                     | 3.5                                                     |
| Telangana            | 7.0                                                     | 4.9                                                     | 4.2                                                     | 4.4                                                     | 4.8                                                     |
| Tripura              | 3.2                                                     | 3.2                                                     | 3.3                                                     | 1.4                                                     | 1.7                                                     |
| Uttarakhand          | 7.1                                                     | 6.9                                                     | 7.8                                                     | 4.5                                                     | 4.3                                                     |
| Uttar Pradesh        | 4.5                                                     | 4.2                                                     | 2.9                                                     | 2.4                                                     | 3.0                                                     |
| West Bengal          | 4.6                                                     | 3.5                                                     | 3.5                                                     | 2.2                                                     | 2.6                                                     |
| A & N Island         | 12.6                                                    | 9.1                                                     | 7.8                                                     | 9.7                                                     | 11.8                                                    |
| Chandigarh           | 6.3                                                     | 7.5                                                     | 6.3                                                     | 4.0                                                     | 7.1                                                     |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 3.0                                                     |                                                         |                                                         | 2.5                                                     | 2.3                                                     |
| Daman & Diu          | 2.9                                                     | 4.2                                                     | 5.2                                                     |                                                         |                                                         |
| Jammu & Kashmir      | 6.7                                                     | 5.9                                                     | 5.2                                                     | 4.4                                                     | 6.1                                                     |
| Ladakh               | 0.1                                                     | 2.9                                                     | 3.3                                                     | 6.1                                                     | 5.1                                                     |

| Lakshadweep   |   13.7 |   13.4 |   17.2 |   11.1 |   11.9 |
|---------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| Puducherry    |    7.6 |    6.7 |    5.8 |    5.6 |    4.6 |
| All India     |    4.8 |    4.2 |    4.1 |    3.2 |    3.2 |

Note:2023-24 refers to the period July 2023-June 2024 and likewise for 202223, 2021-22, 2020-21, 2019-20.

Source:

Annual Report, PLFS, 2019-20

Annual Report, PLFS, 2020-21

Annual Report, PLFS, 2021-22

Annual Report, PLFS, 2022-23

Annual Report, PLFS, 2023-24