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Unemployment rate in India

How hard is it to have a job there?

India's unemployment rate is 4.22 % — #46 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

4.22%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt)

Unemployment rate in India over time

7.86 %6.02 %4.17 %7.86 % · 20204.17 % · 20232000: 7.59 %2001: 7.61 %2002: 7.68 %2003: 7.63 %2004: 7.60 %2005: 7.55 %2006: 7.55 %2007: 7.56 %2008: 7.63 %2009: 7.64 %2010: 7.63 %2011: 7.61 %2012: 7.64 %2013: 7.68 %2014: 7.66 %2015: 7.63 %2016: 7.61 %2017: 7.63 %2018: 7.65 %2019: 6.51 %2020: 7.86 %2021: 6.38 %2022: 4.82 %2023: 4.17 %2024: 4.17 %2025: 4.22 %2000201220254.22 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#46 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
63 %
78 of 124 countries
Latest move
▲ 0.05 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
3.64 pp
peak 7.86 % in 2020
Full series
▼ 3.37 pp
since 2000

In Asia: #21 of 36vs median 5.25 %: −1.04 pp (better)

Among 124 countries

6 of 124 countries between 0.78 % and 1.53 %6 of 124 countries between 1.53 % and 2.28 %12 of 124 countries between 2.28 % and 3.03 %16 of 124 countries between 3.03 % and 3.78 %7 of 124 countries between 3.78 % and 4.53 %15 of 124 countries between 4.53 % and 5.28 %14 of 124 countries between 5.28 % and 6.02 %7 of 124 countries between 6.02 % and 6.77 %6 of 124 countries between 6.77 % and 7.52 %2 of 124 countries between 7.52 % and 8.27 %10 of 124 countries between 8.27 % and 9.02 %3 of 124 countries between 9.02 % and 9.77 %3 of 124 countries between 9.77 % and 10.52 %2 of 124 countries between 10.52 % and 11.27 %3 of 124 countries between 11.27 % and 12.02 %1 of 124 countries between 12.02 % and 12.77 %1 of 124 countries between 12.77 % and 13.51 %2 of 124 countries between 13.51 % and 14.26 %1 of 124 countries between 14.26 % and 15.01 %2 of 124 countries between 15.01 % and 15.76 %1 of 124 countries between 16.51 % and 17.26 %4 of 124 countries between 18.01 % and 18.76 %median 5.23 %India: ahead of 63 % of the 124 countries with a published unemploymentIndia 4.22 %0.78 %18.76 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 3.30 % and 8.30 %. India is ahead of 63 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryUnemploymentvs India
44 Australia4.09 %−0.13 pp
45 United States4.20 %−0.02 pp
46 India4.22 %—
47 Hungary4.52 %+0.30 pp
48 China4.62 %+0.40 pp

Unemployment, share of the labour force (World Bank / ILO estimate).

How to read this figure

Share of the labour force without work but actively seeking it (World Bank / ILO harmonised estimate). People outside the labour force — students, carers, the discouraged — are not counted.

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