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Work: ILOSTAT, the ILO's labour statistics

How India works, by the world's yardstick.

The International Labour Organization counts work in every country on the same definitions, so India can be read beside China or Bangladesh, and back to 1990. Its numbers are clean and long. Many of them are also a model's estimates, not a survey's measurements, and this guide keeps the two apart.

Source ILO, ILOSTAT Instruments ILO modelled estimates; PLFS, NSS and Census as processed by the ILO Frequency Annual, calendar years Edition ILO modelled estimates, Nov. 2025 Latest estimate 2024 Population Age 15 and above
Indians at work, ILO estimate
583.1 million
291.7 million in 1991
In the labour force, everyone 15+
55.6%
60.1% in 2000
Women in the labour force
32.4%
30.3% in 1990; men 77.6%
Young women not in work or study
39.4%
young women aged 15 to 24; 24.2% of all youth
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The current reading

ILO modelled estimates, 2024
People at work, aged 15+
583.1 million

Everyone who did at least an hour's work for pay, profit or family gain in a reference week, as the ILO's model estimates it for 2024. A farmer, a street vendor and a software engineer count the same.

In the labour force
55.6%
What the estimates say

In 2024 the ILO's model puts India's labour force participation rate at 55.6% for everyone aged 15 and over, up 0.9 points on 2023 and a fourth straight annual rise since 2020. Women's rate is 32.4%, up 1.4 points; men's is 77.6%, up 0.5 points. The largest change in the set is among women aged 25 to 54, at 42.8%, up 1.7 points; the smallest is among men aged 25 and over, at 87.8%, up 0.2 points. Young people aged 15 to 24 sit at 31.2%, up 0.8 points, against 70.8% for those aged 25 to 54. The rise is real, and it starts from a low base: 51.5% in 2020, still short of the 60.1% of 2000. These are the ILO's modelled estimates, drawn from India's surveys where they exist and filled in by the model where they do not, not a count from any survey. Also in 2024, the model puts employment at 36.5% for women aged 25 and over, unemployment at 17.1% for women aged 15 to 24 against 2.4% for those 25 and over, 10.4% of young men outside employment, education and training, the labour income share at 61.9% of GDP, and average weekly hours at 49.7 for employed men against 35.6 for women.

What they do not say

The ILO's line for 2024 puts India's labour force participation rate for women aged 15 and over at 32.4%, up 1.4 points from 31.0% in 2023. For most years that figure is the model's estimate, not a survey's count. India did run surveys across much of the span, the NSS rounds and then the PLFS, but the ILO marks only a few years as taken straight from one and fills the rest with its model. Each annual edition redraws the whole history, and the ILO counts over a calendar year while MoSPI counts from July to June, so the two never agree and are never joined. The widest move in the model for 2024 is women aged 25 to 54, at 42.8%, up 1.7 points; the narrowest is men aged 25 and over, at 87.8%, up 0.2 points. How much of women's work is counted depends on what the survey calls work, and we do not know how much of the climb since 2020 is paid work and how much is unpaid help on a family farm.

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How to read the ILO's numbers

ILOSTAT holds two kinds of figure for India, and they answer different questions. The first is the ILO's modelled estimates. Every November the ILO runs a statistical model over every country's surveys, fills the years no survey covered, and projects a few years ahead. The result is a smooth annual line from 1990, on one definition, for every country. It is how the ILO can say anything about the world as a whole. But for most years the line is not a measurement of India. The ILO marks each figure: a handful are "real values" taken from Indian surveys; the rest are imputed, and the ILO itself says imputed figures carry high uncertainty and should not be used to rank countries.

The second kind is the ILO's own processing of Indian survey data. The ILO takes the unit-level files of the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS), the older National Sample Survey (NSS) rounds and the Census, and recomputes the standard indicators on its own definitions. These are measurements, but not MoSPI's: the ILO uses calendar years and the current weekly status, where MoSPI's headline uses July to June years and the usual status. The numbers differ, and both are right about what they measure.

This guide draws the two kinds apart, in different marks, and never joins them. A modelled year the ILO flags as real is a solid dot on the line; a projection is dashed. Every survey series carries the ILO's own flag where it calls a figure unreliable.

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How many Indians work

Labour force participation, ILO modelled estimates

Women's participation fell from 34.9% in 2005 to 26.0% and has climbed back to 32.4%

Share of people aged 15 and over who work or are looking for work, by sex, 1990 to 2024, with the ILO's projections dashed. Dots mark years the ILO flags as taken from a survey.
32.4%
women, 2024
Source: ILO, ILOSTAT, ILO modelled estimates, Nov. 2025, DF_EAP_2WAP_SEX_AGE_RT. Thirteenth ICLS definitions. Source
How to read this

Participation counts everyone who has work or wants it, out of everyone of working age. A woman who spends her days on her family's fields counts if the work is for the market or for the family's own farm produce; a woman who cooks, cleans and looks after children at home does not, however long her day.

The smoothness is the model's. Between surveys the ILO draws the line itself, so a gentle slope across several years says less than it seems to.

As of 2024

Women's participation stands at 32.4%, up from a low of 26.0% in 2020, but still below 34.9% in 2005. Of the years from 1990, the ILO flags only 2010 as taken directly from a survey; every other point is the model's.

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One question, five rulers

Labour force participation, everyone 15+

Ask about the whole year and more Indians count as working than if you ask about last week

Labour force participation, everyone aged 15 and over: the ILO's model, the ILO's processing of PLFS, NSS and Census data, and MoSPI's own PLFS figures on two definitions. Each instrument drawn separately, never joined.
3.7 pt
usual status above weekly status, MoSPI 2023-24
Source: ILO, ILOSTAT (modelled estimates; PLFS, NSS and Census unit data processed by the ILO, DF_EAP_DWAP_SEX_AGE_RT); MoSPI, PLFS annual reports. MoSPI's July-June years are plotted at the January in their middle. Source
How to read this

MoSPI's headline asks what a person did for most of the past year, and counts a second, smaller activity too. That catches the woman who works the harvest for three months and the man between jobs for a few weeks. The weekly question asks only about the past seven days, so it counts fewer. The ILO recomputes the weekly measure from the same survey files, on calendar years.

The NSS rounds and the Census used different questions and samples again. The 1971 Census asked about work in a way that left most women out, which is why its point sits so low.

As of 2025

For 2023-24, MoSPI's usual-status participation is 60.1% and its weekly-status figure 56.4%. For calendar 2024 the ILO's processing of the same survey gives 55.8% and its model 55.6%. None of these is wrong; each answers a different question.

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A model is not a measurement

Unemployment rate, ILO modelled estimates

Before 2018, the ILO's unemployment rate for India is the model's guess, inside a wide band

Unemployment rate, everyone 15+ and young people 15 to 24, ILO modelled estimates, with the ILO's uncertainty band for everyone 15+. Dots on the lines mark years the ILO took from a survey; free dots are the ILO's own processing of PLFS (filled) and NSS (hollow).
4.2%
everyone 15+, 2024
Source: ILO, ILOSTAT, ILO modelled estimates, Nov. 2025, DF_UNE_2EAP_SEX_AGE_RT, with the ILO's published lower and upper bounds; survey points from DF_UNE_DEAP_SEX_AGE_RT. Source
How to read this

The flat stretch is not a stable job market. India did run surveys in those years, the NSS rounds drawn as hollow dots, but the ILO's model did not take them as its unemployment figure. It imputed one, and its own band around those years runs from a few per cent to the mid-teens, so any value inside it is as defensible as the line. From 2018 the band closes because the model takes the PLFS figure directly.

Unemployment in India is a narrow measure. Most people who need work cannot afford to be without it for long, so they take whatever there is. A low rate says little about how good the work is.

As of 2024

The model holds unemployment at about 7.6% through the 2000s, with a band of 1.9% to 13.3% in 2000. The NSS rounds of those years, as the ILO itself processed them, measured between 2.1% and 3.8%. From 2018 it follows the survey: 4.2% for everyone 15+ and 15.7% for those aged 15 to 24 in 2024.

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Why so few women are counted at work

PLFS as processed by the ILO, 2018 and 2025

Women's participation rose at every age between 2018 and 2025

Women in the labour force by five-year age band, per cent, calendar 2025 (bars) and 2018 (hollow dots). Current weekly status.
51.4%
the highest band, 2025
Source: ILO, ILOSTAT, PLFS unit data processed by the ILO, DF_EAP_DWAP_SEX_AGE_RT (5-year bands). Source
How to read this

Participation climbs through a woman's twenties and peaks in her forties, after marriage and young children. Young women aged 20 to 24 are often in college or newly married, which keeps their figure low.

As of 2025

The highest band is 40 to 44, 51.4%. Among women aged 20 to 24, 25.3% are in the labour force, against 15.7% in 2018.

Women who finish school but not college are the least likely to be at work

Women aged 15+ in the labour force by level of education, per cent, calendar 2025 (bars) and 2018 (hollow dots).
22.8%
upper secondary, 2025
Source: ILO, ILOSTAT, PLFS unit data processed by the ILO, DF_EAP_DWAP_SEX_EDU_RT (aggregate levels). Source
How to read this

The shape is a U. Women with little schooling work because their families need the income, mostly on farms. Women with some secondary schooling often leave farm work but find few jobs they or their families consider suitable nearby. Graduates find office, teaching and health jobs, and come back.

As of 2025

Women with less than basic schooling: 41.0% in the labour force. Upper secondary: 22.8%. Graduates and above: 38.4%.

The rise in women's work is a village story

Labour force participation, aged 15+, by sex and rural or urban area, per cent, calendar years 2018 to 2025.
38.0%
rural women, 2025
Source: ILO, ILOSTAT, PLFS unit data processed by the ILO, DF_EAP_DWAP_SEX_GEO_RT. Source
How to read this

Much of the rise is women on family farms and in small household enterprises, counted as unpaid helpers or working on their own account. Whether it reflects new opportunity or families needing more hands after hard years, the survey cannot say.

As of 2025

Rural women's participation went from 21.2% to 38.0%; urban women's from 19.7% to 25.6%.

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Young people neither working nor studying

Aged 15 to 24

39.4% of young women are neither working nor studying, against 10.4% of young men

Share of people aged 15 to 24 not in employment, education or training, by sex, ILO modelled estimates, with the ILO's processing of PLFS (hollow blue) and NSS (hollow grey) for young women.
39.4%
young women, 2024
Source: ILO, ILOSTAT, ILO modelled estimates, Nov. 2025, DF_EIP_2EET_SEX_RT; SDG indicator 8.6.1 from PLFS and NSS unit data, DF_SDG_0861_SEX_RT. Source
How to read this

NEET is wider than unemployment. It counts the young man looking for work, and also the young woman at home who is not looking at all. In India most young people counted as NEET are women whose days go to housework, care or waiting to marry.

As of 2024

The model puts young women's NEET rate at 39.4%, down from 51.7%; young men's at 10.4%. In all, 62.3 million young Indians were neither working nor studying. The ILO's processing of PLFS puts young women at 39.7% in 2025.

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What kind of work

Status, sector and informality

Most Indians who work still work for themselves or their family, not for a wage

Share of everyone employed by status in employment, ILO modelled estimates, 1991 to 2024.
24.6%
employees, 2024
Source: ILO, ILOSTAT, ILO modelled estimates, Nov. 2025, DF_EMP_2EMP_SEX_STE_NB, ICSE-93. Shares computed from the ILO's counts. Source
How to read this

An own-account worker runs a one-person business: a farmer on her own plot, an autorickshaw driver, a tailor. A contributing family worker helps in a family business without a wage of their own. An employee works for someone else, for a wage or salary, though most Indian employees still have no written contract.

As of 2024

Employees are 24.6% of everyone at work, up from 13.0% in 1991. Own-account workers are 55.9% and family workers 16.1%.

Farming's share of work fell for three decades, then rose again after 2019

Share of everyone employed by broad sector, ILO modelled estimates, 1991 to 2024.
42.4%
in agriculture, 2024
Source: ILO, ILOSTAT, ILO modelled estimates, Nov. 2025, DF_EMP_2EMP_SEX_ECO_NB, broad sectors. Industry includes construction. Source
How to read this

As economies grow, work usually moves off the farm into factories and offices. India's move was slow and went mostly into construction and small services. The pandemic sent many back to the village, and the farm's share rose.

As of 2024

Agriculture employs 42.4% of workers, against 63.1% in 1991 and a low of 40.7% in 2019.

87.2% of workers are informal; outside farming, 79.1%

Share of employment that is informal (no social security through the job, or work in an unregistered enterprise), by sector, PLFS as processed by the ILO, calendar 2025 (bars) and 2018 (hollow dots).
87.2%
all work, 2025
Source: ILO, ILOSTAT, SDG indicator 8.3.1 from PLFS unit data, DF_SDG_0831_SEX_ECO_RT. The ILO publishes no modelled informality series for India. Source
How to read this

Informal work is work without the protections a formal job carries: no provident fund, no paid leave, no written contract, or a business that is not registered. A salaried driver paid in cash with no provident fund is informal, even though he has a wage.

As of 2025

Informal work is 87.2% of all employment, against 88.5% in 2018. In agriculture it is 98.6%; in services 75.8%.

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Working, and still poor

Working poverty, labour's share, hours and pay

Workers in households living on under $3 a day: 136 million in 1991, 26 million in 2024

Employed people by their household's income or spending per person a day, in 2021 international (PPP) dollars, ILO modelled estimates, millions.
25.8 mn
under $3 a day, 2024
Source: ILO, ILOSTAT, ILO modelled estimates, Nov. 2025, DF_EMP_2EMP_SEX_AGE_CLA_NB. Lines at the World Bank's 2021 PPP poverty lines. Source
How to read this

A worker is "working poor" when the household they live in falls below a poverty line, however hard they work. Three dollars a day at purchasing power parity is the money that buys in India what three dollars buys in the United States: a very low bar. The ILO models these numbers from household surveys of spending, and India ran none between 2011-12 and 2022-23, so the years between rest on the model.

As of 2024

In 1991, 136 million workers, 46.7% of all, lived in households under $3 a day. In 2024 the ILO estimates 26 million, 4.4%, with another 79 million between $3 and $4.20.

Labour is paid 61.9% of India's income

Labour income share of GDP: wages of employees plus the estimated labour part of what the self-employed earn, ILO modelled estimates.
61.9%
2024
Source: ILO, ILOSTAT, ILO modelled estimates, Nov. 2025, DF_LAP_2GDP_NOC_RT. The self-employed's labour income is imputed from employees with similar characteristics. Source
How to read this

Every rupee of national income goes either to work or to capital: wages and the earnings of the self-employed on one side, profits, rent and interest on the other. In India most workers are self-employed, so the ILO has to split a farmer's or shopkeeper's income into a "wage" for her work and a return on her land or shop. That split is an estimate.

As of 2024

Labour's share is 61.9% of GDP, against 59.1% in 2004.

The best-paid tenth of workers earn 50.4% of all labour income

Share of all labour income earned by each tenth of workers, from the lowest-paid to the highest-paid, ILO modelled estimates, 2024 (bars) and 2004 (hollow dots).
50.4%
the top tenth, 2024
Source: ILO, ILOSTAT, ILO modelled estimates, Sept. 2025, DF_LAP_2LID_QTL_RT. The ILO flags its India deciles as model-based extrapolations for most years. Source
How to read this

Line every worker up from the lowest-paid to the highest-paid and cut the line into ten equal groups. If pay were equal, each group would earn a tenth of the total. The bars show how far India is from that.

As of 2024

The top tenth earn 50.4% of labour income, against 68.3% in 2004. The bottom half together earn 9.4%.

Indians in work put in long weeks, women fewer paid hours than men

Average hours actually worked in a week per employed person, by sex, ILO modelled estimates.
45.7 h
everyone, 2024
Source: ILO, ILOSTAT, ILO modelled estimates, Nov. 2025, DF_HOW_2EMP_SEX_NB. Source
How to read this

These are hours of work for pay or profit, not housework or care. Women's lower average partly reflects the many women newly counted in part-time farm and family work, and leaves out the unpaid hours they put in at home.

As of 2024

Women in work average 35.6 hours a week and men 49.7. Women averaged 42.2 hours in 2019.

A woman employee earns ₹73 for every ₹100 a man earns

Average monthly earnings of employees aged 15+, by sex, rupees at current prices, PLFS as processed by the ILO, calendar years. Not adjusted for inflation.
₹22,220
all employees, 2025
Source: ILO, ILOSTAT, PLFS unit data processed by the ILO, DF_EAR_EMTA_SEX_AGE_NB and DF_EAR_GGAP_OCU_RT. Employees only: the self-employed are not covered. Source
How to read this

Only employees report earnings in the survey; the farmer and the shopkeeper do not, and they are most of India's workers. The figures are in rupees of each year, so part of the rise is prices, not pay.

As of 2025

The average employee earned ₹22,220 a month, against ₹15,679 in 2018. A woman's average was 72.8% of a man's; on the ILO's hourly measure the gender pay gap is 19.5%.

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India beside its neighbours

China, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Vietnam, ILO modelled estimates

On the ILO's common yardstick, Indian women are the least likely of the five to be at work

Four measures, 1991 to 2024, per cent: women's labour force participation; unemployment among 15 to 24 year olds; young people not in employment, education or training; own-account and family workers as a share of employment. India in blue, the four peers in grey.
32.4%
Indian women in the labour force
Source: ILO, ILOSTAT, ILO modelled estimates, Nov. 2025 for each country. Most of these are imputed for most years; the ILO advises against ranking countries on imputed figures. Source
How to read this

The four peers are a fixed list: China, the neighbour every comparison starts with; Bangladesh, the neighbour where women went into garment factories; Indonesia, a large, mostly rural Asian economy; and Vietnam, which moved workers off farms fastest. Each line is the ILO's model on the same definitions, which is the point of comparing them, and also the limit.

As of 2024

Women's participation: India 32.4%, Bangladesh 38.7%, Indonesia 53.6%, China 59.4%, Vietnam 68.9%.

An Indian worker produces 54% of what a Chinese worker does

GDP per employed person, constant 2021 international dollars at purchasing power parity, ILO modelled estimates.
$24,430
India, 2024
Source: ILO, ILOSTAT, ILO modelled estimates, Nov. 2025, DF_GDP_211P_NOC_NB. Source
How to read this

Output per worker is the whole economy's production divided by everyone employed. It rises when workers move from low-output farms to factories and offices, and when each job uses more machines and skill. It is the root of what wages can be.

As of 2024

India's output per worker is $24,430, up from $6,601 in 1991. China's is $45,486, up from $3,224.

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What this measures

The ILO is the United Nations agency for work. Its statistical database, ILOSTAT, collects labour statistics from national agencies, reprocesses survey files where it can get them, and publishes everything on the standards agreed at the International Conference of Labour Statisticians (ICLS). Indian data reaches ILOSTAT from MoSPI's surveys and from the Labour Bureau and other offices.

The modelled estimates follow the thirteenth ICLS definition of work, which counts producing goods for the family's own use, such as grain grown for the household. The newer nineteenth ICLS definition does not; the ILO's survey series name the definition they use. Most of the ILO's India survey series are on the older definition.

Each ILO edition re-estimates the whole history: the 2010 figure in the November 2025 edition may differ from the 2010 figure in the 2024 edition. This guide keeps the edition with the data and archives the previous one when a new edition lands. The ILO publishes about 2.5 million figures for India across 693 tables; this guide carries every modelled series and every survey table cut by sex and one other characteristic, and lists the rest with links in the coverage ledger.

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How to misread these numbers

  • 1

    "The ILO says India's unemployment was steady through the 2000s."

    For those years the ILO's model did not take an Indian survey figure as its own; it imputed one and drew a flat line inside a wide band. Only from 2018 does the line follow measured data.

  • 2

    "The ILO and MoSPI disagree, so one of them is wrong."

    They ask different questions of the same survey: work last week against work over the year, calendar years against July to June. Compare like with like, and never join one to the other.

  • 3

    "Women's participation has risen, so women have found jobs."

    Much of the rise is women counted in unpaid family farm and household work. That is real work, but not the salaried job the phrase suggests.

  • 4

    "India ranks below Bangladesh on women at work."

    The ILO itself warns that imputed estimates should not be used to rank countries. The comparison shows a gap on common definitions; it is not a league table.

  • 5

    "The ILO's projection for 2027 tells us what will happen."

    It tells us what the model expects if recent trends hold. No survey stands behind it.

Every series, every cut

All 41,656 series behind this guide, from 69 files, at every level the source publishes them, including the ones no chart above draws. Find a state, an item or a sector, sort by the latest value or by the change on a year earlier, and download any file whole. A dash means no published figure for that cut, no figure for a year earlier, or a change that would mean nothing. Where a source explicitly leaves a survey cut unpublished, its known period and reason stay visible.

Finer detail than these files carry is in Measure of India data archive, as Parquet and CSV:

  • Finer detail: 18 tables in the archive under Labour force participation rate by sex and age; Labour force participation rate by sex and education; Labour force participation rate by sex and rural / urban areas; Labour force participation rate by sex and marital status; Labour force by sex and age; Labour force by sex and education; Labour force by sex and rural / urban areas; Labour force by sex and marital status. LFS - Periodic Labour Force Survey, annual
  • Finer detail: 18 tables in the archive under Labour force participation rate by sex and age; Labour force participation rate by sex and education; Labour force participation rate by sex and rural / urban areas; Labour force participation rate by sex and marital status; Labour force by sex and age; Labour force by sex and education; Labour force by sex and rural / urban areas; Labour force by sex and marital status. HS - National Sample Survey, annual
  • Finer detail: 21 tables in the archive under Unemployment rate by sex and age; Unemployment rate by sex and education; Unemployment rate by sex and rural / urban areas; Unemployment rate by sex and marital status; Unemployment by sex and age; Unemployment by sex and education; Unemployment by sex and rural / urban areas; Unemployment by sex and marital status. LFS - Periodic Labour Force Survey, annual
  • Finer detail: 22 tables in the archive under Unemployment rate by sex and age; Unemployment rate by sex and education; Unemployment rate by sex and rural / urban areas; Unemployment rate by sex and marital status; Unemployment by sex and age; Unemployment by sex and education; Unemployment by sex and rural / urban areas; Unemployment by sex and marital status. HS - National Sample Survey, annual
  • Finer detail: 8 tables in the archive under Labour force participation rate for persons ages 25 to 54 by sex and household type; Population ages 25 to 54 by household type; SDG indicator 5.5.2: Proportion of women in senior and middle management positions; SDG indicator 8.3.1: Proportion of informal employment in total employment by sex and economic activity; SDG indicator 8.5.2: Unemployment rate by sex and age; SDG indicator 8.6.1: Proportion of youth aged 15 to 24 years not in education, employment or training by sex; SDG indicator 9.2.2: Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment; SDG indicator 5.5.2: Proportion of women in managerial positions. HS - National Sample Survey, annual
  • Finer detail: 25 tables in the archive under Employees by age and economic activity - ISIC level 2; Employees by age and occupation - ISCO level 2; Employees by economic activity and occupation; Employees by sex and age; Employees by sex and economic activity - ISIC level 2; Employees by sex and economic activity; Employees by sex and education; Employees by sex and rural / urban areas; Employees by sex and public/private sector; Employees by sex and multiple-job holding; Employees by sex and marital status; Employees by sex and occupation - ISCO level 2; Employees by sex and occupation; Share of employees with access to parental leave by sex. HS - National Sample Survey, annual
  • Finer detail: 18 tables in the archive under NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training by sex and age; NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training by sex and age; Inactivity rate by sex and age; Inactivity rate by sex and education; Inactivity rate by sex and rural / urban areas; Inactivity rate by sex and marital status; NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training by sex and education; NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training by sex and education; NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training by sex and rural / urban areas; NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training by sex and rural / urban areas; NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training by sex and marital status; NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training by sex and marital status; NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training by sex; NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training by sex; Persons outside the labour force by sex and age; Persons outside the labour force by sex and education; Persons outside the labour force by sex and rural / urban areas; Persons outside the labour force by sex and marital status. HS - National Sample Survey, annual
  • Finer detail: 134 tables in the archive under Youth informal employment rate by sex and age; Employment-to-population ratio by sex and age; Employment-to-population ratio by sex and education; Employment-to-population ratio by sex and rural / urban areas; Employment-to-population ratio by sex and marital status; Informal employment by age and economic activity - ISIC level 2; Informal employment rate by age and economic activity - ISIC level 2; Informal employment by age and occupation - ISCO level 2; Informal employment rate by age and occupation - ISCO level 2; Informal employment by economic activity and occupation; Informal employment rate by economic activity and occupation; Informal employment by sex and age; Informal employment rate by sex and age; Informal employment by sex and economic activity - ISIC level 2; Informal employment rate by sex and economic activity - ISIC level 2; Informal employment by sex and economic activity; Informal employment rate by sex and economic activity; Informal employment by sex and education; Informal employment rate by sex and education; Informal employment by sex and rural / urban areas; Informal employment rate by sex and rural / urban areas; Informal employment by ILO sector and sex; Informal employment rate by ILO sector and sex; Informal employment by sex and marital status; Informal employment rate by sex and marital status; Informal employment by sex; Informal employment by sex and occupation - ISCO level 2; Informal employment rate by sex and occupation - ISCO level 2; Informal employment by sex and occupation; Informal employment rate by sex and occupation; Informal employment rate by sex; Informal employment by sex and status in employment; Informal employment rate by status in employment (by sex); Employment outside the formal sector by age and economic activity - ISIC level 2; Share of employment outside the formal sector by age and economic activity - ISIC level 2; Employment outside the formal sector by age and occupation - ISCO level 2; Share of employment outside the formal sector by age and occupation - ISCO level 2; Employment outside the formal sector by economic activity and occupation; Share of employment outside the formal sector by economic activity and occupation; Employment outside the formal sector by sex and age; Share of employment outside the formal sector by sex and age; Employment outside the formal sector by sex and economic activity - ISIC level 2; Share of employment outside the formal sector by sex and economic activity - ISIC level 2; Employment outside the formal sector by sex and economic activity; Share of employment outside the formal sector by sex and economic activity; Employment outside the formal sector by sex and education; Share of employment outside the formal sector by sex and education; Employment outside the formal sector by sex and rural / urban areas; Share of employment outside the formal sector by sex and rural / urban areas; Employment outside the formal sector by sex and marital status; Share of employment outside the formal sector by sex and marital status; Employment outside the formal sector by sex; Employment outside the formal sector by sex and occupation - ISCO level 2; Share of employment outside the formal sector by sex and occupation - ISCO level 2; Employment outside the formal sector by sex and occupation; Share of employment outside the formal sector by sex and occupation; Share of employment outside the formal sector by sex; Employment outside the formal sector by sex and status in employment; Share of employment outside the formal sector by status in employment (by sex); Incidence of part-time employment by sex; Public sector employment by sex and age; Public sector employment by sex and economic activity - ISIC level 2; Public sector employment by sex and economic activity; Public sector employment by sex and education; Public sector employment by sex and rural / urban areas; Public sector employment by sex and marital status; Public sector employment by sex and status in employment; Employment by age and economic activity - ISIC level 2; Employment by age and occupation - ISCO level 2; Employment by age and status in employment; Employment by economic activity and occupation; Employment by sex and age; Employment by sex and economic activity - ISIC level 2; Employment by sex and economic activity; Employment by sex and education; Employment by sex and rural / urban areas; Employment by ILO sector and sex; Employment by sex and public/private sector; Employment by sex and multiple-job holding; Employment by sex and marital status; Employment by sex and occupation - ISCO level 2; Employment by sex and occupation; Employment by sex and status in employment; Informal tourism sector employment; Informal tourism sector employment rate; Tourism sector employment by sex and age; Tourism sector employment by sex and economic activity - ISIC level 2; Tourism sector employment by sex and economic activity; Tourism sector employment by sex and education; Tourism sector employment by sex and rural / urban areas; Tourism sector employment by sex and working time arrangement; Tourism sector employment by sex and marital status; Tourism sector employment by sex and occupation - ISCO level 2; Tourism sector employment by sex and occupation; Tourism sector employment by sex and status in employment; Tourism sector employment outside the formal sector; Share of tourism sector employment outside the formal sector. HS - National Sample Survey, annual
  • Finer detail: 14 tables in the archive under Youth working-age population with vocational education or training by sex and age; Working-age population with vocational education or training by sex and age; Working-age population with vocational education or training by sex and education; Working-age population by sex and age; Working-age population by sex and education; Working-age population by sex and rural / urban areas; Working-age population by sex and labour market status; Working-age population by sex and marital status. HS - National Sample Survey, annual
  • Finer detail: 23 tables in the archive under Care employees by sex and type of contract; Employees in STEM occupations by sex and type of job contract; Employees by age and economic activity - ISIC level 2; Employees by age and occupation - ISCO level 2; Employees by economic activity and occupation; Employees by sex and age; Employees by sex and economic activity - ISIC level 2; Employees by sex and economic activity; Employees by sex and education; Employees by sex and rural / urban areas; Employees by sex and weekly hours actually worked; Employees by sex and marital status; Employees by sex and occupation - ISCO level 2; Employees by sex and occupation; Share of employees with access to parental leave by sex; Share of temporary employees by sex. LFS - Periodic Labour Force Survey, annual
  • Finer detail: 18 tables in the archive under NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training by sex and age; NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training by sex and age; Inactivity rate by sex and age; Inactivity rate by sex and education; Inactivity rate by sex and rural / urban areas; Inactivity rate by sex and marital status; NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training by sex and education; NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training by sex and education; NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training by sex and rural / urban areas; NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training by sex and rural / urban areas; NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training by sex and marital status; NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training by sex and marital status; NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training by sex; NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training by sex; Share of persons outside the labour force due to care responsibilities by sex and age; Share of persons outside the labour force due to care responsibilities by sex and education; Share of persons outside the labour force due to care responsibilities by sex and rural / urban areas; Share of persons outside the labour force due to care responsibilities by sex; Persons outside the labour force by sex and age; Persons outside the labour force by sex and education; Persons outside the labour force by sex and rural / urban areas; Persons outside the labour force by sex and marital status. LFS - Periodic Labour Force Survey, annual
  • Finer detail: 126 tables in the archive under Youth informal employment rate by sex and age; Care employment by sex and age; Care employment by sex and economic activity - ISIC level 2; Care employment by sex and economic activity; Care employment by sex and education; Care employment by sex and rural / urban areas; Care employment by sex and weekly hours actually worked; Care employment by sex and working time arrangement; Care employment by sex and marital status; Care employment by sex and occupation - ISCO level 2; Care employment by sex and occupation; Care employment by sex and status in employment; Informal care employment by sex; Informal care employment rate by sex; Care employment outside the formal sector by sex; Share of care employment outside the formal sector by sex; Employment-to-population ratio by sex and age; Employment-to-population ratio by sex and education; Employment-to-population ratio by sex and rural / urban areas; Employment-to-population ratio by sex and marital status; Informal employment by age and economic activity - ISIC level 2; Informal employment rate by age and economic activity - ISIC level 2; Informal employment by age and occupation - ISCO level 2; Informal employment rate by age and occupation - ISCO level 2; Informal employment by economic activity and occupation; Informal employment rate by economic activity and occupation; Informal employment by sex and age; Informal employment rate by sex and age; Informal employment by sex and economic activity - ISIC level 2; Informal employment rate by sex and economic activity - ISIC level 2; Informal employment by sex and economic activity; Informal employment rate by sex and economic activity; Informal employment by sex and education; Informal employment rate by sex and education; Informal employment by sex and rural / urban areas; Informal employment rate by sex and rural / urban areas; Informal employment by sex and weekly hours actually worked; Informal employment rate by sex and weekly hours actually worked; Informal employment by ILO sector and sex; Informal employment rate by ILO sector and sex; Informal employment by sex and marital status; Informal employment rate by sex and marital status; Informal employment by sex; Informal employment by sex and occupation - ISCO level 2; Informal employment rate by sex and occupation - ISCO level 2; Informal employment by sex and occupation; Informal employment rate by sex and occupation; Informal employment rate by sex; Informal employment by sex and status in employment; Informal employment rate by status in employment (by sex); Employment outside the formal sector by age and economic activity - ISIC level 2; Share of employment outside the formal sector by age and economic activity - ISIC level 2; Employment outside the formal sector by age and occupation - ISCO level 2; Share of employment outside the formal sector by age and occupation - ISCO level 2; Employment outside the formal sector by economic activity and occupation; Share of employment outside the formal sector by economic activity and occupation; Employment outside the formal sector by sex and age; Share of employment outside the formal sector by sex and age; Employment outside the formal sector by sex and economic activity - ISIC level 2; Share of employment outside the formal sector by sex and economic activity - ISIC level 2; Employment outside the formal sector by sex and economic activity; Share of employment outside the formal sector by sex and economic activity; Employment outside the formal sector by sex and education; Share of employment outside the formal sector by sex and education; Employment outside the formal sector by sex and rural / urban areas; Share of employment outside the formal sector by sex and rural / urban areas; Employment outside the formal sector by sex and weekly hours actually worked; Share of employment outside the formal sector by sex and weekly hours actually worked; Employment outside the formal sector by sex and marital status; Share of employment outside the formal sector by sex and marital status; Employment outside the formal sector by sex; Employment outside the formal sector by sex and occupation - ISCO level 2; Share of employment outside the formal sector by sex and occupation - ISCO level 2; Employment outside the formal sector by sex and occupation; Share of employment outside the formal sector by sex and occupation; Share of employment outside the formal sector by sex; Employment outside the formal sector by sex and status in employment; Share of employment outside the formal sector by status in employment (by sex); Incidence of part-time employment by sex; Informal employment in STEM occupations; Informal employment rate in STEM occupations; Employment in STEM occupations outside the formal sector; Share of employment in STEM occupations outside the formal sector; Employment in STEM occupations by sex and age; Employment in STEM occupations by sex and economic activity - ISIC level 2; Employment in STEM occupations by sex and economic activity; Employment in STEM occupations by sex and education; Employment in STEM occupations by sex and rural / urban areas; Employment in STEM occupations by sex and weekly hours actually worked; Employment in STEM occupations by sex and working time arrangement; Employment in STEM occupations by sex and marital status; Employment in STEM occupations by sex and occupation - ISCO level 2; Employment in STEM occupations by sex and occupation; Employment in STEM occupations by sex and status in employment; Employment by age and economic activity - ISIC level 2; Employment by age and occupation - ISCO level 2; Employment by age and status in employment; Employment by economic activity and occupation; Employment by sex and age; Employment by sex and care worker type; Employment by sex and economic activity - ISIC level 2; Employment by sex and economic activity; Employment by sex and education; Employment by sex and rural / urban areas; Employment by sex and weekly hours actually worked; Employment by ILO sector and sex; Employment by sex and marital status; Employment by sex and occupation - ISCO level 2; Employment by sex and occupation; Employment by sex and status in employment. LFS - Periodic Labour Force Survey, annual
  • Finer detail: 18 tables in the archive under Average weekly hours actually worked per person in care employment by sex; Average weekly hours actually worked per employee in care employment by sex; Average weekly hours actually worked per employee in a STEM occupation; Average weekly hours actually worked per person in in a STEM occupation; Average weekly hours actually worked per employed person by age and economic activity - ISIC level 2; Average weekly hours actually worked per employed person by age and occupation - ISCO level 2; Average weekly hours actually worked per employed person by economic activity and occupation; Average weekly hours actually worked per employed person by sex and age; Average weekly hours actually worked per employed person by sex and economic activity - ISIC level 2; Average weekly hours actually worked per employed person by sex and economic activity; Average weekly hours actually worked per employed person by ILO sector and sex; Average weekly hours actually worked per employed person by sex; Average weekly hours actually worked per employed person by sex and occupation - ISCO level 2; Average weekly hours actually worked per employed person by sex and occupation; Average weekly hours actually worked per employee by age and economic activity - ISIC level 2; Average weekly hours actually worked per employee by age and occupation - ISCO level 2; Average weekly hours actually worked per employee by economic activity and occupation; Average weekly hours actually worked per employee by sex and age; Average weekly hours actually worked per employee by sex and economic activity - ISIC level 2; Average weekly hours actually worked per employee by sex and economic activity; Average weekly hours actually worked per employee by sex and education; Average weekly hours actually worked per employee by sex and rural / urban areas; Average weekly hours actually worked per employee by sex and marital status; Average weekly hours actually worked per employee by sex; Average weekly hours actually worked per employee by sex and occupation - ISCO level 2; Average weekly hours actually worked per employee by sex and occupation. LFS - Periodic Labour Force Survey, annual
  • Finer detail: 32 tables in the archive under Child population by sex and age; Children in child labour by sex and age; Share of children in child labour by sex and age; Share of children in child labour; Children in hazardous work by sex and age; Share of children in hazardous work by sex and age; Children in employment by sex and age; Share of children engaged in economic activity by sex and age; Labour force participation rate for persons ages 25 to 54 by sex and household type; Population ages 25 to 54 by household type. LFS - Periodic Labour Force Survey, annual
  • Finer detail: 14 tables in the archive under Youth working-age population with vocational education or training by sex and age; Working-age population with vocational education or training by sex and age; Working-age population with vocational education or training by sex and education; Working-age population by sex and age; Working-age population by sex and education; Working-age population by sex and rural / urban areas; Working-age population by sex and labour market status; Working-age population by sex and marital status. LFS - Periodic Labour Force Survey, annual
  • Finer detail: 263 tables in the archive under Labour force participation rate by sex and age; Labour force participation rate by sex and rural / urban areas; Average hourly earnings of employees by sex; Average monthly earnings of employees by sex; Inactivity rate by sex and age; NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training by sex; NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training by sex; Employment-to-population ratio by sex and age; Employment-to-population ratio by sex and rural / urban areas; Informal employment by sex; Informal employment rate by sex; Employment outside the formal sector by sex; Share of employment outside the formal sector by sex; Average weekly hours actually worked per employed person by sex; Average weekly hours actually worked per employee by sex; Unemployment rate by sex and age; Unemployment rate by sex and rural / urban areas. LFS - Periodic Labour Force Survey, quarterly
540 series
Trend Data
Labour force participation rate: Total, 15+ (youth and adults)Sex and ageAll India55.6%2024+0.9 ptSeries data
Labour force participation rate: Total, 15-64 (youth and adults)Sex and ageAll India59.0%2024+1.1 ptSeries data
Labour force participation rate: Total, 15-24 (youth and adults)Sex and ageAll India31.2%2024+0.8 ptSeries data
Labour force participation rate: Total, 25+ (youth and adults)Sex and ageAll India63.2%2024+0.8 ptSeries data
Labour force participation rate: Total, 15+ (broad age bands)Sex and ageAll India55.6%2024+0.9 ptSeries data
Labour force participation rate: Total, 15-24 (broad age bands)Sex and ageAll India31.2%2024+0.8 ptSeries data
Labour force participation rate: Total, 25-54 (broad age bands)Sex and ageAll India70.8%2024+1.0 ptSeries data
Labour force participation rate: Total, 55-64 (broad age bands)Sex and ageAll India57.7%2024+1.2 ptSeries data
Labour force participation rate: Total, 65+ (broad age bands)Sex and ageAll India23.6%2024+0.7 ptSeries data
Labour force participation rate: Male, 15+ (youth and adults)Sex and ageAll India77.6%2024+0.5 ptSeries data
Labour force participation rate: Male, 15-64 (youth and adults)Sex and ageAll India81.5%2024+0.6 ptSeries data
Labour force participation rate: Male, 15-24 (youth and adults)Sex and ageAll India45.2%2024+0.7 ptSeries data
Labour force participation rate: Male, 25+ (youth and adults)Sex and ageAll India87.8%2024+0.2 ptSeries data
Labour force participation rate: Male, 15+ (broad age bands)Sex and ageAll India77.6%2024+0.5 ptSeries data
Labour force participation rate: Male, 15-24 (broad age bands)Sex and ageAll India45.2%2024+0.7 ptSeries data
Labour force participation rate: Male, 25-54 (broad age bands)Sex and ageAll India96.9%2024+0.3 ptSeries data
Labour force participation rate: Male, 55-64 (broad age bands)Sex and ageAll India80.9%2024+0.6 ptSeries data
Labour force participation rate: Male, 65+ (broad age bands)Sex and ageAll India37.1%2024+0.6 ptSeries data
Labour force participation rate: Female, 15+ (youth and adults)Sex and ageAll India32.4%2024+1.4 ptSeries data
Labour force participation rate: Female, 15-64 (youth and adults)Sex and ageAll India34.8%2024+1.6 ptSeries data
Labour force participation rate: Female, 15-24 (youth and adults)Sex and ageAll India15.8%2024+0.9 ptSeries data
Labour force participation rate: Female, 25+ (youth and adults)Sex and ageAll India37.4%2024+1.5 ptSeries data
Labour force participation rate: Female, 15+ (broad age bands)Sex and ageAll India32.4%2024+1.4 ptSeries data
Labour force participation rate: Female, 15-24 (broad age bands)Sex and ageAll India15.8%2024+0.9 ptSeries data
Labour force participation rate: Female, 25-54 (broad age bands)Sex and ageAll India42.8%2024+1.7 ptSeries data
Labour force participation rate: Female, 55-64 (broad age bands)Sex and ageAll India34.2%2024+1.8 ptSeries data
Labour force participation rate: Female, 65+ (broad age bands)Sex and ageAll India11.4%2024+0.7 ptSeries data
Employment-to-population ratio: Total, 15+Sex and ageAll India53.3%2024+0.9 ptSeries data
Employment-to-population ratio: Total, 15-24Sex and ageAll India26.3%2024+0.6 ptSeries data
Employment-to-population ratio: Total, 25+Sex and ageAll India61.6%2024+0.8 ptSeries data
Employment-to-population ratio: Male, 15+Sex and ageAll India74.3%2024+0.5 ptSeries data
Employment-to-population ratio: Male, 15-24Sex and ageAll India38.3%2024+0.7 ptSeries data
Employment-to-population ratio: Male, 25+Sex and ageAll India85.7%2024+0.1 ptSeries data
Employment-to-population ratio: Female, 15+Sex and ageAll India31.1%2024+1.4 ptSeries data
Employment-to-population ratio: Female, 15-24Sex and ageAll India13.1%2024+0.5 ptSeries data
Employment-to-population ratio: Female, 25+Sex and ageAll India36.5%2024+1.5 ptSeries data
Unemployment rate: Total, 15+Sex and ageAll India4.2%2024+0.0 ptSeries data
Unemployment rate: Total, 15-24Sex and ageAll India15.7%2024+0.2 ptSeries data
Unemployment rate: Total, 25+Sex and ageAll India2.4%2024−⁠0.0 ptSeries data
Unemployment rate: Male, 15+Sex and ageAll India4.2%2024−⁠0.0 ptSeries data
Unemployment rate: Male, 15-24Sex and ageAll India15.3%2024−⁠0.3 ptSeries data
Unemployment rate: Male, 25+Sex and ageAll India2.4%2024+0.1 ptSeries data
Unemployment rate: Female, 15+Sex and ageAll India4.1%2024+0.0 ptSeries data
Unemployment rate: Female, 15-24Sex and ageAll India17.1%2024+1.6 ptSeries data
Unemployment rate: Female, 25+Sex and ageAll India2.4%2024−⁠0.2 ptSeries data
NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training: TotalSex, published in thousandsAll India6.23 crore2024+2.8%Series data
NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training: MaleSex, published in thousandsAll India1.40 crore2024+1.6%Series data
NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training: FemaleSex, published in thousandsAll India4.82 crore2024+3.1%Series data
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training: TotalSexAll India24.2%2024+0.7 ptSeries data
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training: MaleSexAll India10.4%2024+0.2 ptSeries data
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training: FemaleSexAll India39.4%2024+1.2 ptSeries data
Labour income share as a percent of GDPNo breakdownAll India61.9%2024+0.8 ptSeries data
Labour income distribution: Decile 1DecileAll India0.6%2024+0.0 ptSeries data
Labour income distribution: Decile 2DecileAll India1.2%2024+0.0 ptSeries data
Labour income distribution: Decile 3DecileAll India1.8%2024+0.0 ptSeries data
Labour income distribution: Decile 4DecileAll India2.5%2024+0.1 ptSeries data
Labour income distribution: Decile 5DecileAll India3.3%2024+0.1 ptSeries data
Labour income distribution: Decile 6DecileAll India4.5%2024+0.1 ptSeries data
Labour income distribution: Decile 7DecileAll India6.5%2024+0.2 ptSeries data
Labour income distribution: Decile 8DecileAll India10.7%2024+0.3 ptSeries data
Labour income distribution: Decile 9DecileAll India18.5%2024+0.3 ptSeries data
Labour income distribution: Decile 10DecileAll India50.4%2024−⁠1.2 ptSeries data
Average weekly hours actually worked per employed person: TotalSex, a weekAll India45.7 h2024−⁠0.1 hSeries data
Average weekly hours actually worked per employed person: MaleSex, a weekAll India49.7 h2024+0.1 hSeries data
Average weekly hours actually worked per employed person: FemaleSex, a weekAll India35.6 h2024−⁠0.2 hSeries data
Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPPNo breakdown, constant 2021 PPP dollarsAll India$24,4302024+3.2%Series data
Labour force participation rate for persons ages 25 to 54 (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Total, TotalSex and household typeAll India65.2%NSS 2011-12—Series data
Labour force participation rate for persons ages 25 to 54 (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Total, One personSex and household typeAll India91.6%NSS 2011-12—Series data
Labour force participation rate for persons ages 25 to 54 (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Total, Couple without childrenSex and household typeAll India64.3%NSS 2011-12—Series data
Labour force participation rate for persons ages 25 to 54 (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Total, Couple with childrenSex and household typeAll India65.1%NSS 2011-12—Series data
Labour force participation rate for persons ages 25 to 54 (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Total, Lone parentSex and household typeAll India62.9%NSS 2011-12—Series data
Labour force participation rate for persons ages 25 to 54 (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Total, Extended familySex and household typeAll India64.6%NSS 2011-12—Series data
Labour force participation rate for persons ages 25 to 54 (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Male, TotalSex and household typeAll India97.6%NSS 2011-12—Series data
Labour force participation rate for persons ages 25 to 54 (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Male, One personSex and household typeAll India96.9%NSS 2011-12—Series data
Labour force participation rate for persons ages 25 to 54 (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Male, Couple without childrenSex and household typeAll India97.1%NSS 2011-12—Series data
Labour force participation rate for persons ages 25 to 54 (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Male, Couple with childrenSex and household typeAll India98.8%NSS 2011-12—Series data
Labour force participation rate for persons ages 25 to 54 (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Male, Lone parentSex and household typeAll India83.5%NSS 2011-12—Series data
Labour force participation rate for persons ages 25 to 54 (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Male, Extended familySex and household typeAll India96.4%NSS 2011-12—Series data
Labour force participation rate for persons ages 25 to 54 (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Female, TotalSex and household typeAll India33.7%NSS 2011-12—Series data
Labour force participation rate for persons ages 25 to 54 (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Female, One personSex and household typeAll India76.3%NSS 2011-12—Series data
Labour force participation rate for persons ages 25 to 54 (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Female, Couple without childrenSex and household typeAll India34.1%NSS 2011-12—Series data
Labour force participation rate for persons ages 25 to 54 (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Female, Couple with childrenSex and household typeAll India31.7%NSS 2011-12—Series data
Labour force participation rate for persons ages 25 to 54 (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Female, Lone parentSex and household typeAll India60.0%NSS 2011-12—Series data
Labour force participation rate for persons ages 25 to 54 (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Female, Extended familySex and household typeAll India32.2%NSS 2011-12—Series data
Population ages 25 to 54: TotalHousehold type, published in thousandsAll India41.66 croreNSS 2011-12—Series data
Population ages 25 to 54: One personHousehold type, published in thousandsAll India68.81 lakhNSS 2011-12—Series data
Population ages 25 to 54: Couple without childrenHousehold type, published in thousandsAll India1.90 croreNSS 2011-12—Series data
Population ages 25 to 54: Couple with childrenHousehold type, published in thousandsAll India20.93 croreNSS 2011-12—Series data
Population ages 25 to 54: Lone parentHousehold type, published in thousandsAll India1.11 croreNSS 2011-12—Series data
Population ages 25 to 54: Extended familyHousehold type, published in thousandsAll India17.03 croreNSS 2011-12—Series data
SDG indicator 5.5.2: Proportion of women in senior and middle management positions (previous ILO definition - ICLS13)No breakdownAll India12.2%NSS 2009-10—Series data
SDG indicator 8.3.1: Proportion of informal employment in total employment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Total, Total (broad sectors)Sex and economic activityAll India90.0%NSS 2011-12—Series data
SDG indicator 8.3.1: Proportion of informal employment in total employment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Total, Agriculture (broad sectors)Sex and economic activityAll India99.5%NSS 2011-12—Series data
SDG indicator 8.3.1: Proportion of informal employment in total employment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Total, Non-agriculture (broad sectors)Sex and economic activityAll India81.6%NSS 2011-12—Series data
SDG indicator 8.3.1: Proportion of informal employment in total employment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Total, Industry (broad sectors)Sex and economic activityAll India83.7%NSS 2011-12—Series data
SDG indicator 8.3.1: Proportion of informal employment in total employment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Total, Services (broad sectors)Sex and economic activityAll India79.4%NSS 2011-12—Series data
SDG indicator 8.3.1: Proportion of informal employment in total employment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Total, X - Not elsewhere classified (broad sectors)Sex and economic activityAll India100.0%NSS 2011-12—Series data
SDG indicator 8.3.1: Proportion of informal employment in total employment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Total, Total (aggregate sectors)Sex and economic activityAll India90.0%NSS 2011-12—Series data
SDG indicator 8.3.1: Proportion of informal employment in total employment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Total, Agriculture (aggregate sectors)Sex and economic activityAll India99.5%NSS 2011-12—Series data
SDG indicator 8.3.1: Proportion of informal employment in total employment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Total, Manufacturing (aggregate sectors)Sex and economic activityAll India82.6%NSS 2011-12—Series data

Data and downloads

Every series this guide draws on: 69 files, 41,656 series. Each downloads as published, as JSON or as a table (CSV). Missing values are left empty, never zero.

DataBaseCoverageSeriesVintageDownload
Labour force participation rate by sex and age. ILO - Modelled Estimates, annualILO, ILOSTAT (ILO - Modelled Estimates). The current series this guide leads with ILO modelled estimates (ILOEST), 1990 to 2024, annual, 27 series, vintage 2025-12-02 ILO modelled estimates (ILOEST) 1990 to 2024annual 27 2025-12-02 CSVJSON
Employment-to-population ratio by sex and age. ILO - Modelled Estimates, annualILO, ILOSTAT (ILO - Modelled Estimates) ILO modelled estimates (ILOEST), 1991 to 2024, annual, 9 series, vintage 2025-12-02 ILO modelled estimates (ILOEST) 1991 to 2024annual 9 2025-12-02 CSVJSON
Unemployment rate by sex and age. ILO - Modelled Estimates, annualILO, ILOSTAT (ILO - Modelled Estimates) ILO modelled estimates (ILOEST), 1991 to 2024, annual, 9 series, vintage 2025-12-02 ILO modelled estimates (ILOEST) 1991 to 2024annual 9 2025-12-02 CSVJSON
NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training by sex; NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training by sex. ILO - Modelled Estimates, annualILO, ILOSTAT (ILO - Modelled Estimates) ILO modelled estimates (ILOEST), 2005 to 2024, annual, 6 series, vintage 2025-12-02 ILO modelled estimates (ILOEST) 2005 to 2024annual 6 2025-12-02 CSVJSON
Employment by age and status in employment; Employment by sex, age and economic class; Employment by sex and age; Employment by sex and economic activity; Employment by sex and occupation; Employment by sex and status in employment. ILO - Modelled Estimates, annualILO, ILOSTAT (ILO - Modelled Estimates) ILO modelled estimates (ILOEST), 1991 to 2024, annual, 219 series, vintage 2026-03-04 ILO modelled estimates (ILOEST) 1991 to 2024annual 219 2026-03-04 CSVJSON
Labour income share as a percent of GDP. ILO - Modelled Estimates, annualILO, ILOSTAT (ILO - Modelled Estimates) ILO modelled estimates (ILOEST), 2004 to 2024, annual, 1 series, vintage 2026-03-20 ILO modelled estimates (ILOEST) 2004 to 2024annual 1 2026-03-20 CSVJSON
Labour income distribution by decile. ILO - Modelled Estimates, annualILO, ILOSTAT (ILO - Modelled Estimates) ILO modelled estimates (ILOEST), 2004 to 2024, annual, 10 series, vintage 2025-09-16 ILO modelled estimates (ILOEST) 2004 to 2024annual 10 2025-09-16 CSVJSON
Average weekly hours actually worked per employed person by sex. ILO - Modelled Estimates, annualILO, ILOSTAT (ILO - Modelled Estimates) ILO modelled estimates (ILOEST), 2005 to 2024, annual, 3 series, vintage 2025-12-02 ILO modelled estimates (ILOEST) 2005 to 2024annual 3 2025-12-02 CSVJSON
Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP. ILO - Modelled Estimates, annualILO, ILOSTAT (ILO - Modelled Estimates) ILO modelled estimates (ILOEST), 1991 to 2024, annual, 1 series, vintage 2025-12-02 ILO modelled estimates (ILOEST) 1991 to 2024annual 1 2025-12-02 CSVJSON
ILO projections for every modelled series, from the edition year onwardILO, ILOSTAT (ILO - Modelled Estimates) ILO modelled estimates (ILOEST), projections, 2024 to 2030, annual, 476 series, vintage 2026-05-22 ILO modelled estimates (ILOEST), projections 2024 to 2030annual 476 2026-05-22 CSVJSON
Labour force participation rate by sex and age; Labour force participation rate by sex and education; Labour force participation rate by sex and rural / urban areas; Labour force participation rate by sex and marital status; Labour force by sex and age; Labour force by sex and education; Labour force by sex and rural / urban areas; Labour force by sex and marital status. LFS - Periodic Labour Force Survey, annualILO, ILOSTAT (LFS - Periodic Labour Force Survey) Finer detail: 18 tables in the archive PLFS unit data, ILO processing, 2018 to 2025, annual, 406 series, vintage 2026-10-03 PLFS unit data, ILO processing 2018 to 2025annual 406 2026-10-03 CSVJSON
Labour force participation rate by sex and age; Labour force participation rate by sex and education; Labour force participation rate by sex and rural / urban areas; Labour force participation rate by sex and marital status; Labour force by sex and age; Labour force by sex and education; Labour force by sex and rural / urban areas; Labour force by sex and marital status. HS - National Sample Survey, annualILO, ILOSTAT (HS - National Sample Survey) Finer detail: 18 tables in the archive NSS employment-unemployment rounds, ILO processing, 1994 to 2012, annual, 342 series, vintage 2026-10-03 NSS employment-unemployment rounds, ILO processing 1994 to 2012annual 342 2026-10-03 CSVJSON
Labour force participation rate by sex and age; Labour force by sex and age; Inactivity rate by sex and age; Persons outside the labour force by sex and age; Working age foreign citizens by sex and country of citizenship; Working-age population by sex and age; Working-age population by sex, education and citizenship. PC - Population Census, annualILO, ILOSTAT (PC - Population Census) Population Census, ILO processing, 1961 to 2001, annual, 348 series, vintage 2026-10-04 Population Census, ILO processing 1961 to 2001annual 348 2026-10-04 CSVJSON
Unemployment rate by sex and age; Unemployment rate by sex and education; Unemployment rate by sex and rural / urban areas; Unemployment rate by sex and marital status; Unemployment by sex and age; Unemployment by sex and education; Unemployment by sex and rural / urban areas; Unemployment by sex and marital status. LFS - Periodic Labour Force Survey, annualILO, ILOSTAT (LFS - Periodic Labour Force Survey) Finer detail: 21 tables in the archive PLFS unit data, ILO processing, 2018 to 2025, annual, 346 series, vintage 2026-10-03 PLFS unit data, ILO processing 2018 to 2025annual 346 2026-10-03 CSVJSON
Unemployment rate by sex and age; Unemployment rate by sex and education; Unemployment rate by sex and rural / urban areas; Unemployment rate by sex and marital status; Unemployment by sex and age; Unemployment by sex and education; Unemployment by sex and rural / urban areas; Unemployment by sex and marital status. HS - National Sample Survey, annualILO, ILOSTAT (HS - National Sample Survey) Finer detail: 22 tables in the archive NSS employment-unemployment rounds, ILO processing, 1994 to 2012, annual, 330 series, vintage 2026-10-03 NSS employment-unemployment rounds, ILO processing 1994 to 2012annual 330 2026-10-03 CSVJSON
SDG indicator 5.5.2: Proportion of women in senior and middle management positions; SDG indicator 8.3.1: Proportion of informal employment in total employment by sex and economic activity; SDG indicator 8.5.1: Average hourly earnings of employees by sex and occupation; SDG indicator 8.5.2: Unemployment rate by sex and age; SDG indicator 8.6.1: Proportion of youth aged 15 to 24 years not in education, employment or training by sex; SDG indicator 9.2.2: Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment; SDG indicator 8.7.1: Proportion of children engaged in economic activity by sex and age; SDG indicator 5.5.2: Proportion of women in managerial positions. LFS - Periodic Labour Force Survey, annualILO, ILOSTAT (LFS - Periodic Labour Force Survey) PLFS unit data, ILO processing, 2018 to 2025, annual, 155 series, vintage 2026-10-02 PLFS unit data, ILO processing 2018 to 2025annual 155 2026-10-02 CSVJSON
Labour force participation rate for persons ages 25 to 54 by sex and household type; Population ages 25 to 54 by household type; SDG indicator 5.5.2: Proportion of women in senior and middle management positions; SDG indicator 8.3.1: Proportion of informal employment in total employment by sex and economic activity; SDG indicator 8.5.2: Unemployment rate by sex and age; SDG indicator 8.6.1: Proportion of youth aged 15 to 24 years not in education, employment or training by sex; SDG indicator 9.2.2: Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment; SDG indicator 5.5.2: Proportion of women in managerial positions. HS - National Sample Survey, annualILO, ILOSTAT (HS - National Sample Survey) Finer detail: 8 tables in the archive NSS employment-unemployment rounds, ILO processing, 2000 to 2012, annual, 81 series, vintage 2026-10-02 NSS employment-unemployment rounds, ILO processing 2000 to 2012annual 81 2026-10-02 CSVJSON
Average hourly earnings of care employees by sex; Average monthly earnings of care employees by sex; Average hourly earnings of employees by sex and age; Average hourly earnings of employees by sex and economic activity; Average hourly earnings of employees by sex and education; Average hourly earnings of employees by sex and rural / urban areas; Average hourly earnings of employees by ILO sector and sex; Average hourly earnings of employees by sex and marital status; Average hourly earnings of employees by sex; Average hourly earnings of employees by sex and occupation; Gini index of hourly earnings of employees by sex and age; Gini index of hourly earnings of employees by sex and economic activity; Gini index of hourly earnings of employees by sex and education; Gini index of hourly earnings of employees by sex and rural / urban areas; Gini index of hourly earnings of employees by sex and marital status; Gini index of hourly earnings of employees by sex; Gini index of hourly earnings of employees by sex and occupation; Median hourly earnings of employees by sex and age; Median hourly earnings of employees by sex and economic activity; Median hourly earnings of employees by sex and education; Median hourly earnings of employees by sex and rural / urban areas; Median hourly earnings of employees by sex and marital status; Median hourly earnings of employees by sex; Median hourly earnings of employees by sex and occupation; Average monthly earnings of employees by sex and age; Average monthly earnings of employees by sex and economic activity; Average monthly earnings of employees by sex and education; Average monthly earnings of employees by sex and rural / urban areas; Average monthly earnings of employees by ILO sector and sex; Average monthly earnings of employees by sex and marital status; Average monthly earnings of employees by sex; Average monthly earnings of employees by sex and occupation; Gini index of monthly earnings of employees by sex and age; Gini index of monthly earnings of employees by sex and economic activity; Gini index of monthly earnings of employees by sex and education; Gini index of monthly earnings of employees by sex and rural / urban areas; Gini index of monthly earnings of employees by sex and marital status; Gini index of monthly earnings of employees by sex; Gini index of monthly earnings of employees by sex and occupation; Median monthly earnings of employees by sex and age; Median monthly earnings of employees by sex and economic activity; Median monthly earnings of employees by sex and education; Median monthly earnings of employees by sex and rural / urban areas; Median monthly earnings of employees by sex and marital status; Median monthly earnings of employees by sex; Median monthly earnings of employees by sex and occupation; Gender wage gap by occupation; Average hourly earnings of STEM employees; Average monthly earnings of STEM employees; Female share of low pay earners; Low pay rate by sex. LFS - Periodic Labour Force Survey, annualILO, ILOSTAT (LFS - Periodic Labour Force Survey) PLFS unit data, ILO processing, 2018 to 2025, annual, 2080 series, vintage 2026-10-02 PLFS unit data, ILO processing 2018 to 2025annual 2080 2026-10-02 CSVJSON
CHN: the ILO's modelled headline labour series, for comparison with India on the same definitionsILO, ILOSTAT (ILO - Modelled Estimates) ILO modelled estimates (ILOEST), 1990 to 2024, annual, 221 series, vintage 2026-03-20 ILO modelled estimates (ILOEST) 1990 to 2024annual 221 2026-03-20 CSVJSON
BGD: the ILO's modelled headline labour series, for comparison with India on the same definitionsILO, ILOSTAT (ILO - Modelled Estimates) ILO modelled estimates (ILOEST), 1990 to 2024, annual, 221 series, vintage 2026-03-20 ILO modelled estimates (ILOEST) 1990 to 2024annual 221 2026-03-20 CSVJSON
IDN: the ILO's modelled headline labour series, for comparison with India on the same definitionsILO, ILOSTAT (ILO - Modelled Estimates) ILO modelled estimates (ILOEST), 1990 to 2024, annual, 221 series, vintage 2026-03-20 ILO modelled estimates (ILOEST) 1990 to 2024annual 221 2026-03-20 CSVJSON
VNM: the ILO's modelled headline labour series, for comparison with India on the same definitionsILO, ILOSTAT (ILO - Modelled Estimates) ILO modelled estimates (ILOEST), 1990 to 2024, annual, 221 series, vintage 2026-03-20 ILO modelled estimates (ILOEST) 1990 to 2024annual 221 2026-03-20 CSVJSON
All India, 15 years and above, person, rural + urban; agriculture years (Jul–Jun) plotted at JulyMoSPI, National Statistical Office PLFS original design (2017-18 to 2024), 2017 to 2023, annual, 6 series, vintage 2026-08-07 PLFS original design (2017-18 to 2024) 2017 to 2023annual 6 2026-08-07 CSVJSON
Fatal occupational injuries per 100'000 workers by economic activity; Fatal occupational injuries per 100'000 workers by sex and migrant status; Non-fatal occupational injuries per 100'000 workers by economic activity; Non-fatal occupational injuries per 100'000 workers by sex and migrant status; SDG indicator 8.8.1: Fatal occupational injuries per 100'000 workers by sex and migrant status; SDG indicator 8.8.1: Non-fatal occupational injuries per 100'000 workers by sex and migrant status. ADM-IR - Labour Inspectorate Records, annualILO, ILOSTAT (ADM-IR - Labour Inspectorate Records) Labour inspectorate records (ADM-IR), 1971 to 2007, annual, 10 series, vintage 2026-09-28 Labour inspectorate records (ADM-IR) 1971 to 2007annual 10 2026-09-28 CSVJSON
Days lost due to cases of occupational injury with temporary incapacity for work by economic activity; Days lost due to cases of occupational injury with temporary incapacity for work by sex and migrant status; Cases of fatal occupational injury by economic activity; Fatal occupational injuries per 100'000 workers by economic activity; Cases of fatal occupational injury by sex and migrant status; Fatal occupational injuries per 100'000 workers by sex and migrant status; Cases of non-fatal occupational injury by economic activity; Non-fatal occupational injuries per 100'000 workers by economic activity; Cases of non-fatal occupational injury by type of incapacity and economic activity; Cases of non-fatal occupational injury by sex, type of incapacity and migrant status; Cases of non-fatal occupational injury by sex and migrant status; Non-fatal occupational injuries per 100'000 workers by sex and migrant status; Workers in the reference group by economic activity; Workers in the reference group by sex and migrant status. ADM-LIR - Labour Inspectorate Records, annualILO, ILOSTAT (ADM-LIR - Labour Inspectorate Records) Labour inspectorate records (ADM-LIR), 1969 to 2008, annual, 85 series, vintage 2026-09-27 Labour inspectorate records (ADM-LIR) 1969 to 2008annual 85 2026-09-27 CSVJSON
Employees by sex and economic activity; Public sector employment by sex and economic activity; Public employment by sectors and sub-sectors of national accounts - Discontinued. ES - Employment market information Survey, annualILO, ILOSTAT (ES - Employment market information Survey) Employment Market Information survey, 1969 to 2005, annual, 43 series, vintage 2026-10-03 Employment Market Information survey 1969 to 2005annual 43 2026-10-03 CSVJSON
Child population by sex and age. ILO - Modelled Estimates, annualILO, ILOSTAT (ILO - Modelled Estimates) ILO modelled estimates (ILOEST), 1990 to 2023, annual, 12 series, vintage 2026-04-10 ILO modelled estimates (ILOEST) 1990 to 2023annual 12 2026-04-10 CSVJSON
Labour force by sex and age. ILO - Modelled Estimates, annualILO, ILOSTAT (ILO - Modelled Estimates) ILO modelled estimates (ILOEST), 1990 to 2024, annual, 27 series, vintage 2025-12-02 ILO modelled estimates (ILOEST) 1990 to 2024annual 27 2025-12-02 CSVJSON
Persons outside the labour force by sex and age. ILO - Modelled Estimates, annualILO, ILOSTAT (ILO - Modelled Estimates) ILO modelled estimates (ILOEST), 1990 to 2024, annual, 27 series, vintage 2025-12-02 ILO modelled estimates (ILOEST) 1990 to 2024annual 27 2025-12-02 CSVJSON
Inactivity rate by sex and age. ILO - Modelled Estimates, annualILO, ILOSTAT (ILO - Modelled Estimates) ILO modelled estimates (ILOEST), 1990 to 2024, annual, 27 series, vintage 2025-12-02 ILO modelled estimates (ILOEST) 1990 to 2024annual 27 2025-12-02 CSVJSON
Full-time equivalent employment by sex. ILO - Modelled Estimates, annualILO, ILOSTAT (ILO - Modelled Estimates) ILO modelled estimates (ILOEST), 2005 to 2024, annual, 6 series, vintage 2025-12-02 ILO modelled estimates (ILOEST) 2005 to 2024annual 6 2025-12-02 CSVJSON
Time-related underemployment by sex and age; Time-related underemployment rate by sex and age. ILO - Modelled Estimates, annualILO, ILOSTAT (ILO - Modelled Estimates) ILO modelled estimates (ILOEST), 2005 to 2024, annual, 18 series, vintage 2025-12-02 ILO modelled estimates (ILOEST) 2005 to 2024annual 18 2025-12-02 CSVJSON
Output per worker, GDP constant 2015 US $. ILO - Modelled Estimates, annualILO, ILOSTAT (ILO - Modelled Estimates) ILO modelled estimates (ILOEST), 1991 to 2024, annual, 1 series, vintage 2025-12-02 ILO modelled estimates (ILOEST) 1991 to 2024annual 1 2025-12-02 CSVJSON
Output per hour worked, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP. ILO - Modelled Estimates, annualILO, ILOSTAT (ILO - Modelled Estimates) ILO modelled estimates (ILOEST), 2005 to 2024, annual, 1 series, vintage 2025-12-02 ILO modelled estimates (ILOEST) 2005 to 2024annual 1 2025-12-02 CSVJSON
Gross Domestic Product, GDP in millions constant 2021 international $ at PPP. ILO - Modelled Estimates, annualILO, ILOSTAT (ILO - Modelled Estimates) ILO modelled estimates (ILOEST), 1991 to 2024, annual, 1 series, vintage 2025-12-02 ILO modelled estimates (ILOEST) 1991 to 2024annual 1 2025-12-02 CSVJSON
Ratio of total weekly hours worked to population aged 15-64 by sex. ILO - Modelled Estimates, annualILO, ILOSTAT (ILO - Modelled Estimates) ILO modelled estimates (ILOEST), 2005 to 2024, annual, 3 series, vintage 2025-12-02 ILO modelled estimates (ILOEST) 2005 to 2024annual 3 2025-12-02 CSVJSON
Total weekly hours worked of employed persons by sex. ILO - Modelled Estimates, annualILO, ILOSTAT (ILO - Modelled Estimates) ILO modelled estimates (ILOEST), 2005 to 2024, annual, 3 series, vintage 2025-12-02 ILO modelled estimates (ILOEST) 2005 to 2024annual 3 2025-12-02 CSVJSON
LU2: Combined rate of time-related underemployment and unemployment by sex and age; LU2: Combined rate of time-related underemployment and unemployment by sex. ILO - Modelled Estimates, annualILO, ILOSTAT (ILO - Modelled Estimates) ILO modelled estimates (ILOEST), 2005 to 2024, annual, 12 series, vintage 2026-05-22 ILO modelled estimates (ILOEST) 2005 to 2024annual 12 2026-05-22 CSVJSON
Labour dependency ratio. ILO - Modelled Estimates, annualILO, ILOSTAT (ILO - Modelled Estimates) ILO modelled estimates (ILOEST), 1991 to 2024, annual, 1 series, vintage 2025-12-02 ILO modelled estimates (ILOEST) 1991 to 2024annual 1 2025-12-02 CSVJSON
Population by sex. ILO - Modelled Estimates, annualILO, ILOSTAT (ILO - Modelled Estimates) ILO modelled estimates (ILOEST), 1990 to 2023, annual, 3 series, vintage 2026-03-01 ILO modelled estimates (ILOEST) 1990 to 2023annual 3 2026-03-01 CSVJSON
Working-age population by sex and age. ILO - Modelled Estimates, annualILO, ILOSTAT (ILO - Modelled Estimates) ILO modelled estimates (ILOEST), 1990 to 2023, annual, 84 series, vintage 2026-03-01 ILO modelled estimates (ILOEST) 1990 to 2023annual 84 2026-03-01 CSVJSON
SDG indicator 1.1.1: Working poverty rate by sex and age. ILO - Modelled Estimates, annualILO, ILOSTAT (ILO - Modelled Estimates) ILO modelled estimates (ILOEST), 2000 to 2024, annual, 9 series, vintage 2025-12-03 ILO modelled estimates (ILOEST) 2000 to 2024annual 9 2025-12-03 CSVJSON
SDG indicator 8.2.1: Annual growth rate of output per worker, GDP constant 2015 US dollars. ILO - Modelled Estimates, annualILO, ILOSTAT (ILO - Modelled Estimates) ILO modelled estimates (ILOEST), 2000 to 2024, annual, 1 series, vintage 2026-02-20 ILO modelled estimates (ILOEST) 2000 to 2024annual 1 2026-02-20 CSVJSON
SDG indicator 10.4.1: Labour income share as a percent of GDP. ILO - Modelled Estimates, annualILO, ILOSTAT (ILO - Modelled Estimates) ILO modelled estimates (ILOEST), 2004 to 2024, annual, 1 series, vintage 2026-03-20 ILO modelled estimates (ILOEST) 2004 to 2024annual 1 2026-03-20 CSVJSON
SDG indicator 8.2.1: Annual growth rate of output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international dollars at PPP. ILO - Modelled Estimates, annualILO, ILOSTAT (ILO - Modelled Estimates) ILO modelled estimates (ILOEST), 2000 to 2024, annual, 1 series, vintage 2026-02-20 ILO modelled estimates (ILOEST) 2000 to 2024annual 1 2026-02-20 CSVJSON
Unemployment by sex and age. ILO - Modelled Estimates, annualILO, ILOSTAT (ILO - Modelled Estimates) ILO modelled estimates (ILOEST), 1991 to 2024, annual, 9 series, vintage 2025-12-02 ILO modelled estimates (ILOEST) 1991 to 2024annual 9 2025-12-02 CSVJSON
Trade union density rate. OS - Estimations based on the Employment-Unemployment Surveys, annualILO, ILOSTAT (OS - Estimations based on the Employment-Unemployment Surveys) Estimates based on the NSS employment-unemployment surveys, 2000 to 2017, annual, 1 series, vintage 2024-06-21 Estimates based on the NSS employment-unemployment surveys 2000 to 2017annual 1 2024-06-21 CSVJSON
Share of temporary employees by sex. Other - Estimates from the Institute for Human Development, annualILO, ILOSTAT (Other - Estimates from the Institute for Human Development) Institute for Human Development estimates, 1983 to 2012, annual, 1 series, vintage 2026-10-02 Institute for Human Development estimates 1983 to 2012annual 1 2026-10-02 CSVJSON
Employment by sex, age and generative AI exposure; Employment by sex and generative AI exposure. ILO - Estimates, annualILO, ILOSTAT (ILO - Estimates) ILO estimates, 2022 to 2025, annual, 84 series, vintage 2026-09-27 ILO estimates 2022 to 2025annual 84 2026-09-27 CSVJSON
SDG indicator 8.b.1: Existence of a developed and operationalized national strategy for youth employment. ILO - ILO Employment Policy Gateway, annualILO, ILOSTAT (ILO - ILO Employment Policy Gateway) ILO Employment Policy Gateway, 2019 to 2025, annual, 1 series, vintage 2026-03-17 ILO Employment Policy Gateway 2019 to 2025annual 1 2026-03-17 CSVJSON
SDG indicator 8.8.2: Level of national compliance with labour rights, freedom of association and collective bargaining. ILO - Calculations based on information from ILO textual sources, annualILO, ILOSTAT (ILO - Calculations based on information from ILO textual sources) ILO calculations from ILO textual sources, 2015 to 2024, annual, 1 series, vintage 2026-01-08 ILO calculations from ILO textual sources 2015 to 2024annual 1 2026-01-08 CSVJSON
Monthly minimum wage. ADM - Labour legislation, annualILO, ILOSTAT (ADM - Labour legislation) Labour legislation, 2000 to 2024, annual, 1 series, vintage 2026-09-03 Labour legislation 2000 to 2024annual 1 2026-09-03 CSVJSON
Stock of nationals abroad by sex and country of residence. ADM - Administrative Record of Ministry of External Affair, annualILO, ILOSTAT (ADM - Administrative Record of Ministry of External Affair) Ministry of External Affairs records, 2018, annual, 7 series, vintage 2026-04-22 Ministry of External Affairs records 2018annual 7 2026-04-22 CSVJSON
Outflow of nationals by sex and country of destination; Stock of nationals abroad by sex and country of residence. Other - Annual Report of Non-Resident Indian, Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs, annualILO, ILOSTAT (Other - Annual Report of Non-Resident Indian, Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs) Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs, annual report, 2008 to 2016, annual, 2 series, vintage 2026-04-22 Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs, annual report 2008 to 2016annual 2 2026-04-22 CSVJSON
Average monthly earnings of employees by sex and age; Average monthly earnings of employees by sex and economic activity; Average monthly earnings of employees by sex and education; Average monthly earnings of employees by sex and rural / urban areas; Average monthly earnings of employees by ILO sector and sex; Average monthly earnings of employees by sex and marital status; Average monthly earnings of employees by sex; Average monthly earnings of employees by sex and occupation; Gini index of monthly earnings of employees by sex and age; Gini index of monthly earnings of employees by sex and economic activity; Gini index of monthly earnings of employees by sex and education; Gini index of monthly earnings of employees by sex and rural / urban areas; Gini index of monthly earnings of employees by sex and marital status; Gini index of monthly earnings of employees by sex; Gini index of monthly earnings of employees by sex and occupation; Median monthly earnings of employees by sex and age; Median monthly earnings of employees by sex and economic activity; Median monthly earnings of employees by sex and education; Median monthly earnings of employees by sex and rural / urban areas; Median monthly earnings of employees by sex and marital status; Median monthly earnings of employees by sex; Median monthly earnings of employees by sex and occupation; Average monthly earnings of tourism sector employees. HS - National Sample Survey, annualILO, ILOSTAT (HS - National Sample Survey) NSS employment-unemployment rounds, ILO processing, 2005 to 2012, annual, 965 series, vintage 2026-10-02 NSS employment-unemployment rounds, ILO processing 2005 to 2012annual 965 2026-10-02 CSVJSON
Employees by age and economic activity - ISIC level 2; Employees by age and occupation - ISCO level 2; Employees by economic activity and occupation; Employees by sex and age; Employees by sex and economic activity - ISIC level 2; Employees by sex and economic activity; Employees by sex and education; Employees by sex and rural / urban areas; Employees by sex and public/private sector; Employees by sex and multiple-job holding; Employees by sex and marital status; Employees by sex and occupation - ISCO level 2; Employees by sex and occupation; Share of employees with access to parental leave by sex. HS - National Sample Survey, annualILO, ILOSTAT (HS - National Sample Survey) Finer detail: 25 tables in the archive NSS employment-unemployment rounds, ILO processing, 1994 to 2012, annual, 1923 series, vintage 2026-10-03 NSS employment-unemployment rounds, ILO processing 1994 to 2012annual 1923 2026-10-03 CSVJSON
NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training by sex and age; NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training by sex and age; Inactivity rate by sex and age; Inactivity rate by sex and education; Inactivity rate by sex and rural / urban areas; Inactivity rate by sex and marital status; NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training by sex and education; NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training by sex and education; NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training by sex and rural / urban areas; NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training by sex and rural / urban areas; NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training by sex and marital status; NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training by sex and marital status; NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training by sex; NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training by sex; Persons outside the labour force by sex and age; Persons outside the labour force by sex and education; Persons outside the labour force by sex and rural / urban areas; Persons outside the labour force by sex and marital status. HS - National Sample Survey, annualILO, ILOSTAT (HS - National Sample Survey) Finer detail: 18 tables in the archive NSS employment-unemployment rounds, ILO processing, 1994 to 2012, annual, 504 series, vintage 2026-10-04 NSS employment-unemployment rounds, ILO processing 1994 to 2012annual 504 2026-10-04 CSVJSON
Youth informal employment rate by sex and age; Employment-to-population ratio by sex and age; Employment-to-population ratio by sex and education; Employment-to-population ratio by sex and rural / urban areas; Employment-to-population ratio by sex and marital status; Informal employment by age and economic activity - ISIC level 2; Informal employment rate by age and economic activity - ISIC level 2; Informal employment by age and occupation - ISCO level 2; Informal employment rate by age and occupation - ISCO level 2; Informal employment by economic activity and occupation; Informal employment rate by economic activity and occupation; Informal employment by sex and age; Informal employment rate by sex and age; Informal employment by sex and economic activity - ISIC level 2; Informal employment rate by sex and economic activity - ISIC level 2; Informal employment by sex and economic activity; Informal employment rate by sex and economic activity; Informal employment by sex and education; Informal employment rate by sex and education; Informal employment by sex and rural / urban areas; Informal employment rate by sex and rural / urban areas; Informal employment by ILO sector and sex; Informal employment rate by ILO sector and sex; Informal employment by sex and marital status; Informal employment rate by sex and marital status; Informal employment by sex; Informal employment by sex and occupation - ISCO level 2; Informal employment rate by sex and occupation - ISCO level 2; Informal employment by sex and occupation; Informal employment rate by sex and occupation; Informal employment rate by sex; Informal employment by sex and status in employment; Informal employment rate by status in employment (by sex); Employment outside the formal sector by age and economic activity - ISIC level 2; Share of employment outside the formal sector by age and economic activity - ISIC level 2; Employment outside the formal sector by age and occupation - ISCO level 2; Share of employment outside the formal sector by age and occupation - ISCO level 2; Employment outside the formal sector by economic activity and occupation; Share of employment outside the formal sector by economic activity and occupation; Employment outside the formal sector by sex and age; Share of employment outside the formal sector by sex and age; Employment outside the formal sector by sex and economic activity - ISIC level 2; Share of employment outside the formal sector by sex and economic activity - ISIC level 2; Employment outside the formal sector by sex and economic activity; Share of employment outside the formal sector by sex and economic activity; Employment outside the formal sector by sex and education; Share of employment outside the formal sector by sex and education; Employment outside the formal sector by sex and rural / urban areas; Share of employment outside the formal sector by sex and rural / urban areas; Employment outside the formal sector by sex and marital status; Share of employment outside the formal sector by sex and marital status; Employment outside the formal sector by sex; Employment outside the formal sector by sex and occupation - ISCO level 2; Share of employment outside the formal sector by sex and occupation - ISCO level 2; Employment outside the formal sector by sex and occupation; Share of employment outside the formal sector by sex and occupation; Share of employment outside the formal sector by sex; Employment outside the formal sector by sex and status in employment; Share of employment outside the formal sector by status in employment (by sex); Incidence of part-time employment by sex; Public sector employment by sex and age; Public sector employment by sex and economic activity - ISIC level 2; Public sector employment by sex and economic activity; Public sector employment by sex and education; Public sector employment by sex and rural / urban areas; Public sector employment by sex and marital status; Public sector employment by sex and status in employment; Employment by age and economic activity - ISIC level 2; Employment by age and occupation - ISCO level 2; Employment by age and status in employment; Employment by economic activity and occupation; Employment by sex and age; Employment by sex and economic activity - ISIC level 2; Employment by sex and economic activity; Employment by sex and education; Employment by sex and rural / urban areas; Employment by ILO sector and sex; Employment by sex and public/private sector; Employment by sex and multiple-job holding; Employment by sex and marital status; Employment by sex and occupation - ISCO level 2; Employment by sex and occupation; Employment by sex and status in employment; Informal tourism sector employment; Informal tourism sector employment rate; Tourism sector employment by sex and age; Tourism sector employment by sex and economic activity - ISIC level 2; Tourism sector employment by sex and economic activity; Tourism sector employment by sex and education; Tourism sector employment by sex and rural / urban areas; Tourism sector employment by sex and working time arrangement; Tourism sector employment by sex and marital status; Tourism sector employment by sex and occupation - ISCO level 2; Tourism sector employment by sex and occupation; Tourism sector employment by sex and status in employment; Tourism sector employment outside the formal sector; Share of tourism sector employment outside the formal sector. HS - National Sample Survey, annualILO, ILOSTAT (HS - National Sample Survey) Finer detail: 134 tables in the archive NSS employment-unemployment rounds, ILO processing, 1994 to 2012, annual, 10950 series, vintage 2026-10-03 NSS employment-unemployment rounds, ILO processing 1994 to 2012annual 10950 2026-10-03 CSVJSON
Youth working-age population with vocational education or training by sex and age; Working-age population with vocational education or training by sex and age; Working-age population with vocational education or training by sex and education; Working-age population by sex and age; Working-age population by sex and education; Working-age population by sex and rural / urban areas; Working-age population by sex and labour market status; Working-age population by sex and marital status. HS - National Sample Survey, annualILO, ILOSTAT (HS - National Sample Survey) Finer detail: 14 tables in the archive NSS employment-unemployment rounds, ILO processing, 1994 to 2012, annual, 225 series, vintage 2026-10-03 NSS employment-unemployment rounds, ILO processing 1994 to 2012annual 225 2026-10-03 CSVJSON
Number of labour inspection visits; Days not worked due to strikes and lockouts by economic activity; Number of strikes and lockouts by economic activity; Number of workers involved in strikes and lockouts by economic activity. OE - Official Estimates, annualILO, ILOSTAT (OE - Official Estimates) Official estimates, 2009 to 2016, annual, 100 series, vintage 2026-09-15 Official estimates 2009 to 2016annual 100 2026-09-15 CSVJSON
Care employees by sex and type of contract; Employees in STEM occupations by sex and type of job contract; Employees by age and economic activity - ISIC level 2; Employees by age and occupation - ISCO level 2; Employees by economic activity and occupation; Employees by sex and age; Employees by sex and economic activity - ISIC level 2; Employees by sex and economic activity; Employees by sex and education; Employees by sex and rural / urban areas; Employees by sex and weekly hours actually worked; Employees by sex and marital status; Employees by sex and occupation - ISCO level 2; Employees by sex and occupation; Share of employees with access to parental leave by sex; Share of temporary employees by sex. LFS - Periodic Labour Force Survey, annualILO, ILOSTAT (LFS - Periodic Labour Force Survey) Finer detail: 23 tables in the archive PLFS unit data, ILO processing, 2018 to 2025, annual, 2195 series, vintage 2026-10-03 PLFS unit data, ILO processing 2018 to 2025annual 2195 2026-10-03 CSVJSON
NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training by sex and age; NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training by sex and age; Inactivity rate by sex and age; Inactivity rate by sex and education; Inactivity rate by sex and rural / urban areas; Inactivity rate by sex and marital status; NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training by sex and education; NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training by sex and education; NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training by sex and rural / urban areas; NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training by sex and rural / urban areas; NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training by sex and marital status; NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training by sex and marital status; NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training by sex; NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training by sex; Share of persons outside the labour force due to care responsibilities by sex and age; Share of persons outside the labour force due to care responsibilities by sex and education; Share of persons outside the labour force due to care responsibilities by sex and rural / urban areas; Share of persons outside the labour force due to care responsibilities by sex; Persons outside the labour force by sex and age; Persons outside the labour force by sex and education; Persons outside the labour force by sex and rural / urban areas; Persons outside the labour force by sex and marital status. LFS - Periodic Labour Force Survey, annualILO, ILOSTAT (LFS - Periodic Labour Force Survey) Finer detail: 18 tables in the archive PLFS unit data, ILO processing, 2018 to 2025, annual, 645 series, vintage 2026-10-04 PLFS unit data, ILO processing 2018 to 2025annual 645 2026-10-04 CSVJSON
Youth informal employment rate by sex and age; Care employment by sex and age; Care employment by sex and economic activity - ISIC level 2; Care employment by sex and economic activity; Care employment by sex and education; Care employment by sex and rural / urban areas; Care employment by sex and weekly hours actually worked; Care employment by sex and working time arrangement; Care employment by sex and marital status; Care employment by sex and occupation - ISCO level 2; Care employment by sex and occupation; Care employment by sex and status in employment; Informal care employment by sex; Informal care employment rate by sex; Care employment outside the formal sector by sex; Share of care employment outside the formal sector by sex; Employment-to-population ratio by sex and age; Employment-to-population ratio by sex and education; Employment-to-population ratio by sex and rural / urban areas; Employment-to-population ratio by sex and marital status; Informal employment by age and economic activity - ISIC level 2; Informal employment rate by age and economic activity - ISIC level 2; Informal employment by age and occupation - ISCO level 2; Informal employment rate by age and occupation - ISCO level 2; Informal employment by economic activity and occupation; Informal employment rate by economic activity and occupation; Informal employment by sex and age; Informal employment rate by sex and age; Informal employment by sex and economic activity - ISIC level 2; Informal employment rate by sex and economic activity - ISIC level 2; Informal employment by sex and economic activity; Informal employment rate by sex and economic activity; Informal employment by sex and education; Informal employment rate by sex and education; Informal employment by sex and rural / urban areas; Informal employment rate by sex and rural / urban areas; Informal employment by sex and weekly hours actually worked; Informal employment rate by sex and weekly hours actually worked; Informal employment by ILO sector and sex; Informal employment rate by ILO sector and sex; Informal employment by sex and marital status; Informal employment rate by sex and marital status; Informal employment by sex; Informal employment by sex and occupation - ISCO level 2; Informal employment rate by sex and occupation - ISCO level 2; Informal employment by sex and occupation; Informal employment rate by sex and occupation; Informal employment rate by sex; Informal employment by sex and status in employment; Informal employment rate by status in employment (by sex); Employment outside the formal sector by age and economic activity - ISIC level 2; Share of employment outside the formal sector by age and economic activity - ISIC level 2; Employment outside the formal sector by age and occupation - ISCO level 2; Share of employment outside the formal sector by age and occupation - ISCO level 2; Employment outside the formal sector by economic activity and occupation; Share of employment outside the formal sector by economic activity and occupation; Employment outside the formal sector by sex and age; Share of employment outside the formal sector by sex and age; Employment outside the formal sector by sex and economic activity - ISIC level 2; Share of employment outside the formal sector by sex and economic activity - ISIC level 2; Employment outside the formal sector by sex and economic activity; Share of employment outside the formal sector by sex and economic activity; Employment outside the formal sector by sex and education; Share of employment outside the formal sector by sex and education; Employment outside the formal sector by sex and rural / urban areas; Share of employment outside the formal sector by sex and rural / urban areas; Employment outside the formal sector by sex and weekly hours actually worked; Share of employment outside the formal sector by sex and weekly hours actually worked; Employment outside the formal sector by sex and marital status; Share of employment outside the formal sector by sex and marital status; Employment outside the formal sector by sex; Employment outside the formal sector by sex and occupation - ISCO level 2; Share of employment outside the formal sector by sex and occupation - ISCO level 2; Employment outside the formal sector by sex and occupation; Share of employment outside the formal sector by sex and occupation; Share of employment outside the formal sector by sex; Employment outside the formal sector by sex and status in employment; Share of employment outside the formal sector by status in employment (by sex); Incidence of part-time employment by sex; Informal employment in STEM occupations; Informal employment rate in STEM occupations; Employment in STEM occupations outside the formal sector; Share of employment in STEM occupations outside the formal sector; Employment in STEM occupations by sex and age; Employment in STEM occupations by sex and economic activity - ISIC level 2; Employment in STEM occupations by sex and economic activity; Employment in STEM occupations by sex and education; Employment in STEM occupations by sex and rural / urban areas; Employment in STEM occupations by sex and weekly hours actually worked; Employment in STEM occupations by sex and working time arrangement; Employment in STEM occupations by sex and marital status; Employment in STEM occupations by sex and occupation - ISCO level 2; Employment in STEM occupations by sex and occupation; Employment in STEM occupations by sex and status in employment; Employment by age and economic activity - ISIC level 2; Employment by age and occupation - ISCO level 2; Employment by age and status in employment; Employment by economic activity and occupation; Employment by sex and age; Employment by sex and care worker type; Employment by sex and economic activity - ISIC level 2; Employment by sex and economic activity; Employment by sex and education; Employment by sex and rural / urban areas; Employment by sex and weekly hours actually worked; Employment by ILO sector and sex; Employment by sex and marital status; Employment by sex and occupation - ISCO level 2; Employment by sex and occupation; Employment by sex and status in employment. LFS - Periodic Labour Force Survey, annualILO, ILOSTAT (LFS - Periodic Labour Force Survey) Finer detail: 126 tables in the archive PLFS unit data, ILO processing, 2018 to 2025, annual, 12732 series, vintage 2026-10-03 PLFS unit data, ILO processing 2018 to 2025annual 12732 2026-10-03 CSVJSON
Average weekly hours actually worked per person in care employment by sex; Average weekly hours actually worked per employee in care employment by sex; Average weekly hours actually worked per employee in a STEM occupation; Average weekly hours actually worked per person in in a STEM occupation; Average weekly hours actually worked per employed person by age and economic activity - ISIC level 2; Average weekly hours actually worked per employed person by age and occupation - ISCO level 2; Average weekly hours actually worked per employed person by economic activity and occupation; Average weekly hours actually worked per employed person by sex and age; Average weekly hours actually worked per employed person by sex and economic activity - ISIC level 2; Average weekly hours actually worked per employed person by sex and economic activity; Average weekly hours actually worked per employed person by ILO sector and sex; Average weekly hours actually worked per employed person by sex; Average weekly hours actually worked per employed person by sex and occupation - ISCO level 2; Average weekly hours actually worked per employed person by sex and occupation; Average weekly hours actually worked per employee by age and economic activity - ISIC level 2; Average weekly hours actually worked per employee by age and occupation - ISCO level 2; Average weekly hours actually worked per employee by economic activity and occupation; Average weekly hours actually worked per employee by sex and age; Average weekly hours actually worked per employee by sex and economic activity - ISIC level 2; Average weekly hours actually worked per employee by sex and economic activity; Average weekly hours actually worked per employee by sex and education; Average weekly hours actually worked per employee by sex and rural / urban areas; Average weekly hours actually worked per employee by sex and marital status; Average weekly hours actually worked per employee by sex; Average weekly hours actually worked per employee by sex and occupation - ISCO level 2; Average weekly hours actually worked per employee by sex and occupation. LFS - Periodic Labour Force Survey, annualILO, ILOSTAT (LFS - Periodic Labour Force Survey) Finer detail: 18 tables in the archive PLFS unit data, ILO processing, 2018 to 2025, annual, 4239 series, vintage 2026-10-03 PLFS unit data, ILO processing 2018 to 2025annual 4239 2026-10-03 CSVJSON
Child population by sex and age; Children in child labour by sex and age; Share of children in child labour by sex and age; Share of children in child labour; Children in hazardous work by sex and age; Share of children in hazardous work by sex and age; Children in employment by sex and age; Share of children engaged in economic activity by sex and age; Labour force participation rate for persons ages 25 to 54 by sex and household type; Population ages 25 to 54 by household type. LFS - Periodic Labour Force Survey, annualILO, ILOSTAT (LFS - Periodic Labour Force Survey) Finer detail: 32 tables in the archive PLFS unit data, ILO processing, 2017 to 2025, annual, 121 series, vintage 2026-09-02 PLFS unit data, ILO processing 2017 to 2025annual 121 2026-09-02 CSVJSON
Youth working-age population with vocational education or training by sex and age; Working-age population with vocational education or training by sex and age; Working-age population with vocational education or training by sex and education; Working-age population by sex and age; Working-age population by sex and education; Working-age population by sex and rural / urban areas; Working-age population by sex and labour market status; Working-age population by sex and marital status. LFS - Periodic Labour Force Survey, annualILO, ILOSTAT (LFS - Periodic Labour Force Survey) Finer detail: 14 tables in the archive PLFS unit data, ILO processing, 2018 to 2025, annual, 287 series, vintage 2026-10-03 PLFS unit data, ILO processing 2018 to 2025annual 287 2026-10-03 CSVJSON
Labour force participation rate by sex and age; Labour force participation rate by sex and rural / urban areas; Average hourly earnings of employees by sex; Average monthly earnings of employees by sex; Inactivity rate by sex and age; NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training by sex; NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training by sex; Employment-to-population ratio by sex and age; Employment-to-population ratio by sex and rural / urban areas; Informal employment by sex; Informal employment rate by sex; Employment outside the formal sector by sex; Share of employment outside the formal sector by sex; Average weekly hours actually worked per employed person by sex; Average weekly hours actually worked per employee by sex; Unemployment rate by sex and age; Unemployment rate by sex and rural / urban areas. LFS - Periodic Labour Force Survey, quarterlyILO, ILOSTAT (LFS - Periodic Labour Force Survey) Finer detail: 263 tables in the archive PLFS unit data, ILO processing, Jul 2017 to Oct 2025, quarterly, 445 series, vintage 2026-10-04 PLFS unit data, ILO processing Jul 2017 to Oct 2025quarterly 445 2026-10-04 CSVJSON
Days not worked due to strikes and lockouts by economic activity; Number of strikes and lockouts by economic activity; Number of workers involved in strikes and lockouts by economic activity. Other - Special data collection, annualILO, ILOSTAT (Other - Special data collection) Special data collection (ILO questionnaire), 1969 to 2008, annual, 90 series, vintage 2026-09-15 Special data collection (ILO questionnaire) 1969 to 2008annual 90 2026-09-15 CSVJSON
SDG indicator 1.3.1: Proportion of population covered by social protection floors/systems by sex and function. ILO - Social Security Inquiry Database, annualILO, ILOSTAT (ILO - Social Security Inquiry Database) ILO Social Security Inquiry, 2000 to 2025, annual, 13 series, vintage 2026-05-04 ILO Social Security Inquiry 2000 to 2025annual 13 2026-05-04 CSVJSON

Cite this guide

Measure of India, “Work, as the ILO counts it”, latest dated source vintage 2026-10-04. measure.thisindianlife.today/guides/ilo/

Sources, method and revisions

Source of record

International Labour Organization, ILOSTAT, read through its SDMX data service (sdmx.ilo.org): the ILO ILO modelled estimates, Nov. 2025 and the ILO's processing of India's PLFS, NSS and Census unit data, plus administrative series. MoSPI's PLFS figures beside them come from the jobs guide's bundle. Data vintage 2025-12-02.

Checked by hand against the ILO's labelled tables: unemployment rate 2024, 4.173%, flagged real; PLFS women's participation 2024, 34.389%.

Method

Values are as the ILO publishes them, with the ILO's own flags (real, unreliable, break in series) and uncertainty bounds kept on each series. Shares of employment by status, sector and class are computed from the ILO's counts. Nothing is estimated here.

Revisions and breaks

Each instrument (model, PLFS, NSS, Census, each administrative source) is its own series, never joined. Projection years sit in their own file. A new ILO edition replaces the modelled history, and the previous edition is archived.

This guide

Version 1.0, built October 2026 from the ILO's November 2025 edition and its PLFS processing to 2025. Revised with each ILO edition.

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