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CHN: the ILO's modelled headline labour series, for comparison with India on the same definitions

221 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 2026-03-20 Download CSV, JSON
221 series
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Labour force participation rate: Total, 15+ (youth and adults)All IndiaSex and age64.9%2024−⁠0.9 ptSeries data
Labour force participation rate: Total, 15-64 (youth and adults)All IndiaSex and age74.4%2024−⁠0.8 ptSeries data
Labour force participation rate: Total, 15-24 (youth and adults)All IndiaSex and age49.5%2024−⁠0.4 ptSeries data
Labour force participation rate: Total, 25+ (youth and adults)All IndiaSex and age67.3%2024−⁠1.0 ptSeries data
Labour force participation rate: Total, 15+ (broad age bands)All IndiaSex and age64.9%2024−⁠0.9 ptSeries data
Labour force participation rate: Total, 15-24 (broad age bands)All IndiaSex and age49.5%2024−⁠0.4 ptSeries data
Labour force participation rate: Total, 25-54 (broad age bands)All IndiaSex and age85.5%2024−⁠0.6 ptSeries data
Labour force participation rate: Total, 55-64 (broad age bands)All IndiaSex and age59.7%2024−⁠0.5 ptSeries data
Labour force participation rate: Total, 65+ (broad age bands)All IndiaSex and age20.2%2024−⁠0.4 ptSeries data
Labour force participation rate: Male, 15+ (youth and adults)All IndiaSex and age70.3%2024−⁠1.1 ptSeries data
Labour force participation rate: Male, 15-64 (youth and adults)All IndiaSex and age78.6%2024−⁠1.0 ptSeries data
Labour force participation rate: Male, 15-24 (youth and adults)All IndiaSex and age50.9%2024−⁠0.6 ptSeries data
Labour force participation rate: Male, 25+ (youth and adults)All IndiaSex and age73.6%2024−⁠1.1 ptSeries data
Labour force participation rate: Male, 15+ (broad age bands)All IndiaSex and age70.3%2024−⁠1.1 ptSeries data
Labour force participation rate: Male, 15-24 (broad age bands)All IndiaSex and age50.9%2024−⁠0.6 ptSeries data
Labour force participation rate: Male, 25-54 (broad age bands)All IndiaSex and age89.3%2024−⁠0.9 ptSeries data
Labour force participation rate: Male, 55-64 (broad age bands)All IndiaSex and age68.1%2024−⁠0.7 ptSeries data
Labour force participation rate: Male, 65+ (broad age bands)All IndiaSex and age25.1%2024−⁠0.5 ptSeries data
Labour force participation rate: Female, 15+ (youth and adults)All IndiaSex and age59.4%2024−⁠0.8 ptSeries data
Labour force participation rate: Female, 15-64 (youth and adults)All IndiaSex and age69.8%2024−⁠0.6 ptSeries data
Labour force participation rate: Female, 15-24 (youth and adults)All IndiaSex and age47.9%2024−⁠0.0 ptSeries data
Labour force participation rate: Female, 25+ (youth and adults)All IndiaSex and age61.1%2024−⁠0.9 ptSeries data
Labour force participation rate: Female, 15+ (broad age bands)All IndiaSex and age59.4%2024−⁠0.8 ptSeries data
Labour force participation rate: Female, 15-24 (broad age bands)All IndiaSex and age47.9%2024−⁠0.0 ptSeries data
Labour force participation rate: Female, 25-54 (broad age bands)All IndiaSex and age81.4%2024−⁠0.4 ptSeries data
Labour force participation rate: Female, 55-64 (broad age bands)All IndiaSex and age51.5%2024−⁠0.3 ptSeries data
Labour force participation rate: Female, 65+ (broad age bands)All IndiaSex and age16.3%2024−⁠0.2 ptSeries data
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training: TotalAll IndiaSex10.8%2024−⁠0.1 ptSeries data
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training: MaleAll IndiaSex10.0%2024−⁠0.0 ptSeries data
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training: FemaleAll IndiaSex11.8%2024−⁠0.1 ptSeries data
Employment: Total, 15+, TotalAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class73.83 crore2024−⁠0.9%Series data
Employment: Total, 15+, Extremely poor < USD 3 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class7.37 lakh2024−⁠0.9%Series data
Employment: Total, 15+, Moderately poor >= USD 3 and < USD 4.2 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class7.37 lakh2024−⁠0.9%Series data
Employment: Total, 15+, >= USD 4.2 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class73.68 crore2024−⁠0.9%Series data
Employment: Total, 15+, Near poor >= USD 4.2 and < USD 8.3 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class10.68 crore2024−⁠9.7%Series data
Employment: Total, 15+, >= USD 8.3 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class63.00 crore2024+0.8%Series data
Employment: Total, 15-24, TotalAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class6.80 crore2023−⁠1.5%Series data
Employment: Total, 15-24, Extremely poor < USD 3 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class1.36 lakh2023−⁠6.8%Series data
Employment: Total, 15-24, Moderately poor >= USD 3 and < USD 4.2 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class76,5562023−⁠66.7%Series data
Employment: Total, 15-24, >= USD 4.2 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class6.78 crore2023−⁠1.3%Series data
Employment: Total, 15-24, Near poor >= USD 4.2 and < USD 8.3 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class1.11 crore2023−⁠8.0%Series data
Employment: Total, 15-24, >= USD 8.3 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class5.67 crore2023+0.2%Series data
Employment: Total, 25+, TotalAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class67.67 crore2023+1.1%Series data
Employment: Total, 25+, Extremely poor < USD 3 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class6.08 lakh2023+2.6%Series data
Employment: Total, 25+, Moderately poor >= USD 3 and < USD 4.2 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class6.67 lakh2023−⁠66.3%Series data
Employment: Total, 25+, >= USD 4.2 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class67.54 crore2023+1.3%Series data
Employment: Total, 25+, Near poor >= USD 4.2 and < USD 8.3 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class10.72 crore2023−⁠6.8%Series data
Employment: Total, 25+, >= USD 8.3 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class56.82 crore2023+3.0%Series data
Employment: Male, 15+, TotalAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class40.53 crore2023+0.7%Series data
Employment: Male, 15+, Extremely poor < USD 3 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class3.59 lakh2023+0.5%Series data
Employment: Male, 15+, Moderately poor >= USD 3 and < USD 4.2 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class4.43 lakh2023−⁠66.4%Series data
Employment: Male, 15+, >= USD 4.2 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class40.45 crore2023+0.9%Series data
Employment: Male, 15+, Near poor >= USD 4.2 and < USD 8.3 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class6.95 crore2023−⁠6.6%Series data
Employment: Male, 15+, >= USD 8.3 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class33.50 crore2023+2.7%Series data
Employment: Male, 15-24, TotalAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class3.73 crore2023−⁠2.1%Series data
Employment: Male, 15-24, Extremely poor < USD 3 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class70,2432023−⁠9.2%Series data
Employment: Male, 15-24, Moderately poor >= USD 3 and < USD 4.2 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class46,5412023−⁠66.7%Series data
Employment: Male, 15-24, >= USD 4.2 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class3.72 crore2023−⁠1.9%Series data
Employment: Male, 15-24, Near poor >= USD 4.2 and < USD 8.3 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class66.92 lakh2023−⁠7.6%Series data
Employment: Male, 15-24, >= USD 8.3 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class3.05 crore2023−⁠0.5%Series data
Employment: Male, 25+, TotalAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class36.80 crore2023+1.0%Series data
Employment: Male, 25+, Extremely poor < USD 3 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class2.89 lakh2023+3.2%Series data
Employment: Male, 25+, Moderately poor >= USD 3 and < USD 4.2 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class3.96 lakh2023−⁠66.4%Series data
Employment: Male, 25+, >= USD 4.2 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class36.73 crore2023+1.2%Series data
Employment: Male, 25+, Near poor >= USD 4.2 and < USD 8.3 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class6.28 crore2023−⁠6.5%Series data
Employment: Male, 25+, >= USD 8.3 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class30.45 crore2023+3.0%Series data
Employment: Female, 15+, TotalAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class33.94 crore2023+1.0%Series data
Employment: Female, 15+, Extremely poor < USD 3 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class3.84 lakh2023+0.9%Series data
Employment: Female, 15+, Moderately poor >= USD 3 and < USD 4.2 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class3.01 lakh2023−⁠66.2%Series data
Employment: Female, 15+, >= USD 4.2 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class33.87 crore2023+1.1%Series data
Employment: Female, 15+, Near poor >= USD 4.2 and < USD 8.3 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class4.88 crore2023−⁠7.4%Series data
Employment: Female, 15+, >= USD 8.3 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class28.99 crore2023+2.7%Series data
Employment: Female, 15-24, TotalAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class3.07 crore2023−⁠0.7%Series data
Employment: Female, 15-24, Extremely poor < USD 3 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class65,3912023−⁠4.0%Series data
Employment: Female, 15-24, Moderately poor >= USD 3 and < USD 4.2 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class30,0152023−⁠66.7%Series data
Employment: Female, 15-24, >= USD 4.2 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class3.06 crore2023−⁠0.5%Series data
Employment: Female, 15-24, Near poor >= USD 4.2 and < USD 8.3 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class43.99 lakh2023−⁠8.7%Series data
Employment: Female, 15-24, >= USD 8.3 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class2.62 crore2023+1.0%Series data
Employment: Female, 25+, TotalAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class30.87 crore2023+1.1%Series data
Employment: Female, 25+, Extremely poor < USD 3 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class3.18 lakh2023+2.0%Series data
Employment: Female, 25+, Moderately poor >= USD 3 and < USD 4.2 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class2.70 lakh2023−⁠66.2%Series data
Employment: Female, 25+, >= USD 4.2 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class30.81 crore2023+1.3%Series data
Employment: Female, 25+, Near poor >= USD 4.2 and < USD 8.3 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class4.44 crore2023−⁠7.3%Series data
Employment: Female, 25+, >= USD 8.3 PPPAll India, published in thousandsSex and age and economic class26.38 crore2023+2.9%Series data
Employment: Total, 15+All India, published in thousandsSex and age73.83 crore2024−⁠0.9%Series data
Employment: Total, 15-24All India, published in thousandsSex and age6.84 crore2024+0.6%Series data
Employment: Total, 25+All India, published in thousandsSex and age66.99 crore2024−⁠1.0%Series data
Employment: Male, 15+All India, published in thousandsSex and age40.14 crore2024−⁠1.0%Series data
Employment: Male, 15-24All India, published in thousandsSex and age3.73 crore2024+0.1%Series data
Employment: Male, 25+All India, published in thousandsSex and age36.40 crore2024−⁠1.1%Series data
Employment: Female, 15+All India, published in thousandsSex and age33.69 crore2024−⁠0.7%Series data
Employment: Female, 15-24All India, published in thousandsSex and age3.10 crore2024+1.1%Series data
Employment: Female, 25+All India, published in thousandsSex and age30.59 crore2024−⁠0.9%Series data
Employment: Total, Total (broad sectors)All India, published in thousandsSex and economic activity73.83 crore2024−⁠0.9%Series data
Employment: Total, Agriculture (broad sectors)All India, published in thousandsSex and economic activity16.40 crore2024−⁠3.4%Series data
Employment: Total, Non-agriculture (broad sectors)All India, published in thousandsSex and economic activity57.43 crore2024−⁠0.1%Series data
Employment: Total, Industry (broad sectors)All India, published in thousandsSex and economic activity23.35 crore2024−⁠0.2%Series data
Employment: Total, Services (broad sectors)All India, published in thousandsSex and economic activity34.07 crore2024−⁠0.0%Series data
Employment: Total, Total (aggregate sectors)All India, published in thousandsSex and economic activity73.83 crore2024−⁠0.9%Series data
Employment: Total, Agriculture (aggregate sectors)All India, published in thousandsSex and economic activity16.40 crore2024−⁠3.4%Series data

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