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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, annual

219 series, each with its latest value, its change on a year earlier and its trend.

Source ILO, ILOSTAT (ILO - Modelled Estimates) Base ILO modelled estimates (ILOEST) Frequency annual Vintage 2026-03-04 Download CSV, JSON
219 series
Trend Data
Employment: 15+, Total (aggregate)All India, published in thousandsAge and status in employment58.31 crore2024+3.2%Series data
Employment: 15+, Employees (aggregate)All India, published in thousandsAge and status in employment14.35 crore2024+6.4%Series data
Employment: 15+, Self-employed (aggregate)All India, published in thousandsAge and status in employment43.96 crore2024+2.2%Series data
Employment: 15+, Total (ICSE-93)All India, published in thousandsAge and status in employment58.31 crore2024+3.2%Series data
Employment: 15+, 1. Employees (ICSE-93)All India, published in thousandsAge and status in employment14.35 crore2024+6.4%Series data
Employment: 15+, 2. Employers (ICSE-93)All India, published in thousandsAge and status in employment1.94 crore2024+2.2%Series data
Employment: 15+, 3. Own-account workers (ICSE-93)All India, published in thousandsAge and status in employment32.62 crore2024+3.7%Series data
Employment: 15+, 5. Contributing family workers (ICSE-93)All India, published in thousandsAge and status in employment9.41 crore2024−⁠2.5%Series data
Employment: 15-24, Total (aggregate)All India, published in thousandsAge and status in employment6.77 crore2024+2.2%Series data
Employment: 15-24, Employees (aggregate)All India, published in thousandsAge and status in employment1.99 crore2024+9.9%Series data
Employment: 15-24, Self-employed (aggregate)All India, published in thousandsAge and status in employment4.78 crore2024−⁠0.7%Series data
Employment: 15-24, Total (ICSE-93)All India, published in thousandsAge and status in employment6.77 crore2024+2.2%Series data
Employment: 15-24, 1. Employees (ICSE-93)All India, published in thousandsAge and status in employment1.99 crore2024+9.9%Series data
Employment: 15-24, 2. Employers (ICSE-93)All India, published in thousandsAge and status in employment2.79 lakh2024−⁠25.5%Series data
Employment: 15-24, 3. Own-account workers (ICSE-93)All India, published in thousandsAge and status in employment2.58 crore2024+3.2%Series data
Employment: 15-24, 5. Contributing family workers (ICSE-93)All India, published in thousandsAge and status in employment2.17 crore2024−⁠4.6%Series data
Employment: 25+, Total (aggregate)All India, published in thousandsAge and status in employment51.54 crore2024+3.4%Series data
Employment: 25+, Employees (aggregate)All India, published in thousandsAge and status in employment12.36 crore2024+5.8%Series data
Employment: 25+, Self-employed (aggregate)All India, published in thousandsAge and status in employment39.18 crore2024+2.6%Series data
Employment: 25+, Total (ICSE-93)All India, published in thousandsAge and status in employment51.54 crore2024+3.4%Series data
Employment: 25+, 1. Employees (ICSE-93)All India, published in thousandsAge and status in employment12.36 crore2024+5.8%Series data
Employment: 25+, 2. Employers (ICSE-93)All India, published in thousandsAge and status in employment1.91 crore2024+2.7%Series data
Employment: 25+, 3. Own-account workers (ICSE-93)All India, published in thousandsAge and status in employment30.03 crore2024+3.7%Series data
Employment: 25+, 5. Contributing family workers (ICSE-93)All India, published in thousandsAge and status in employment7.23 crore2024−⁠1.8%Series data
Employment: Total, 15+, TotalAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class58.31 crore2024+3.2%Series data
Employment: Total, 15+, Extremely poor < USD 3 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class2.58 crore2024−⁠17.6%Series data
Employment: Total, 15+, Moderately poor >= USD 3 and < USD 4.2 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class7.87 crore2024−⁠8.8%Series data
Employment: Total, 15+, >= USD 4.2 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class47.86 crore2024+7.0%Series data
Employment: Total, 15+, Near poor >= USD 4.2 and < USD 8.3 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class33.05 crore2024+3.3%Series data
Employment: Total, 15+, >= USD 8.3 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class14.80 crore2024+16.1%Series data
Employment: Total, 15-24, TotalAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class6.63 crore2023+5.3%Series data
Employment: Total, 15-24, Extremely poor < USD 3 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class55.16 lakh2023−⁠13.1%Series data
Employment: Total, 15-24, Moderately poor >= USD 3 and < USD 4.2 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class1.40 crore2023−⁠6.7%Series data
Employment: Total, 15-24, >= USD 4.2 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class4.68 crore2023+12.4%Series data
Employment: Total, 15-24, Near poor >= USD 4.2 and < USD 8.3 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class3.59 crore2023+9.4%Series data
Employment: Total, 15-24, >= USD 8.3 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class1.09 crore2023+23.8%Series data
Employment: Total, 25+, TotalAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class49.86 crore2023+4.1%Series data
Employment: Total, 25+, Extremely poor < USD 3 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class2.58 crore2023−⁠16.6%Series data
Employment: Total, 25+, Moderately poor >= USD 3 and < USD 4.2 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class7.23 crore2023−⁠9.3%Series data
Employment: Total, 25+, >= USD 4.2 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class40.05 crore2023+8.8%Series data
Employment: Total, 25+, Near poor >= USD 4.2 and < USD 8.3 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class28.39 crore2023+5.3%Series data
Employment: Total, 25+, >= USD 8.3 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class11.66 crore2023+18.5%Series data
Employment: Male, 15+, TotalAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class40.92 crore2023+3.0%Series data
Employment: Male, 15+, Extremely poor < USD 3 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class2.27 crore2023−⁠15.9%Series data
Employment: Male, 15+, Moderately poor >= USD 3 and < USD 4.2 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class6.13 crore2023−⁠11.0%Series data
Employment: Male, 15+, >= USD 4.2 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class32.52 crore2023+7.9%Series data
Employment: Male, 15+, Near poor >= USD 4.2 and < USD 8.3 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class22.68 crore2023+4.3%Series data
Employment: Male, 15+, >= USD 8.3 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class9.84 crore2023+17.2%Series data
Employment: Male, 15-24, TotalAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class5.08 crore2023+3.8%Series data
Employment: Male, 15-24, Extremely poor < USD 3 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class38.11 lakh2023−⁠13.3%Series data
Employment: Male, 15-24, Moderately poor >= USD 3 and < USD 4.2 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class1.15 crore2023−⁠8.0%Series data
Employment: Male, 15-24, >= USD 4.2 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class3.55 crore2023+10.8%Series data
Employment: Male, 15-24, Near poor >= USD 4.2 and < USD 8.3 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class2.69 crore2023+7.8%Series data
Employment: Male, 15-24, >= USD 8.3 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class85.79 lakh2023+21.2%Series data
Employment: Male, 25+, TotalAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class35.84 crore2023+2.9%Series data
Employment: Male, 25+, Extremely poor < USD 3 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class1.89 crore2023−⁠16.4%Series data
Employment: Male, 25+, Moderately poor >= USD 3 and < USD 4.2 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class4.98 crore2023−⁠11.6%Series data
Employment: Male, 25+, >= USD 4.2 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class28.97 crore2023+7.6%Series data
Employment: Male, 25+, Near poor >= USD 4.2 and < USD 8.3 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class19.98 crore2023+3.9%Series data
Employment: Male, 25+, >= USD 8.3 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class8.99 crore2023+16.8%Series data
Employment: Female, 15+, TotalAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class15.57 crore2023+7.7%Series data
Employment: Female, 15+, Extremely poor < USD 3 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class85.97 lakh2023−⁠16.4%Series data
Employment: Female, 15+, Moderately poor >= USD 3 and < USD 4.2 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class2.50 crore2023−⁠3.4%Series data
Employment: Female, 15+, >= USD 4.2 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class12.21 crore2023+12.7%Series data
Employment: Female, 15+, Near poor >= USD 4.2 and < USD 8.3 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class9.30 crore2023+9.2%Series data
Employment: Female, 15+, >= USD 8.3 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class2.90 crore2023+25.5%Series data
Employment: Female, 15-24, TotalAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class1.55 crore2023+10.4%Series data
Employment: Female, 15-24, Extremely poor < USD 3 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class17.05 lakh2023−⁠12.6%Series data
Employment: Female, 15-24, Moderately poor >= USD 3 and < USD 4.2 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class24.54 lakh2023−⁠0.4%Series data
Employment: Female, 15-24, >= USD 4.2 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class1.13 crore2023+17.9%Series data
Employment: Female, 15-24, Near poor >= USD 4.2 and < USD 8.3 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class90.22 lakh2023+14.3%Series data
Employment: Female, 15-24, >= USD 8.3 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class22.84 lakh2023+34.8%Series data
Employment: Female, 25+, TotalAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class14.02 crore2023+7.4%Series data
Employment: Female, 25+, Extremely poor < USD 3 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class68.92 lakh2023−⁠17.3%Series data
Employment: Female, 25+, Moderately poor >= USD 3 and < USD 4.2 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class2.26 crore2023−⁠3.7%Series data
Employment: Female, 25+, >= USD 4.2 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class11.08 crore2023+12.2%Series data
Employment: Female, 25+, Near poor >= USD 4.2 and < USD 8.3 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class8.40 crore2023+8.7%Series data
Employment: Female, 25+, >= USD 8.3 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class2.67 crore2023+24.8%Series data
Employment: Total, 15+All India, published in thousandsSex and age58.31 crore2024+3.2%Series data
Employment: Total, 15-24All India, published in thousandsSex and age6.77 crore2024+2.2%Series data
Employment: Total, 25+All India, published in thousandsSex and age51.54 crore2024+3.4%Series data
Employment: Male, 15+All India, published in thousandsSex and age41.79 crore2024+2.1%Series data
Employment: Male, 15-24All India, published in thousandsSex and age5.16 crore2024+1.6%Series data
Employment: Male, 25+All India, published in thousandsSex and age36.62 crore2024+2.2%Series data
Employment: Female, 15+All India, published in thousandsSex and age16.52 crore2024+6.1%Series data
Employment: Female, 15-24All India, published in thousandsSex and age1.61 crore2024+4.0%Series data
Employment: Female, 25+All India, published in thousandsSex and age14.92 crore2024+6.4%Series data
Employment: Total, Total (broad sectors)All India, published in thousandsSex and economic activity58.31 crore2024+3.2%Series data
Employment: Total, Agriculture (broad sectors)All India, published in thousandsSex and economic activity24.70 crore2024+0.5%Series data
Employment: Total, Non-agriculture (broad sectors)All India, published in thousandsSex and economic activity33.61 crore2024+5.3%Series data
Employment: Total, Industry (broad sectors)All India, published in thousandsSex and economic activity14.79 crore2024+4.6%Series data
Employment: Total, Services (broad sectors)All India, published in thousandsSex and economic activity18.82 crore2024+5.9%Series data
Employment: Total, Total (aggregate sectors)All India, published in thousandsSex and economic activity58.31 crore2024+3.2%Series data
Employment: Total, Agriculture (aggregate sectors)All India, published in thousandsSex and economic activity24.70 crore2024+0.5%Series data
Employment: Total, Manufacturing (aggregate sectors)All India, published in thousandsSex and economic activity6.97 crore2024+2.9%Series data
Employment: Total, Construction (aggregate sectors)All India, published in thousandsSex and economic activity7.31 crore2024+6.6%Series data
Employment: Total, Mining and quarrying; Electricity, gas and water supply (aggregate sectors)All India, published in thousandsSex and economic activity51.17 lakh2024+0.1%Series data
Employment: Total, Trade, Transportation, Accommodation and Food, and Business and Administrative Services (aggregate sectors)All India, published in thousandsSex and economic activity13.15 crore2024+5.9%Series data
Employment: Total, Public Administration, Community, Social and other Services and Activities (aggregate sectors)All India, published in thousandsSex and economic activity5.67 crore2024+5.9%Series data
Employment: Total, Total (ISIC Rev.4)All India, published in thousandsSex and economic activity58.31 crore2024+3.2%Series data

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