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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

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

Source ILO, ILOSTAT (LFS - Periodic Labour Force Survey) Base PLFS unit data, ILO processing Frequency annual Vintage 2026-10-04 Download CSV, JSON
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NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Total, 15-29All India, published in thousandsSex and age9.32 crore2025+3.9%Series data
NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Total, 15-19All India, published in thousandsSex and age1.54 crore2025+12.2%Series data
NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Total, 20-24All India, published in thousandsSex and age3.80 crore2025+1.3%Series data
NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Total, 25-29All India, published in thousandsSex and age3.99 crore2025+3.5%Series data
NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Male, 15-29All India, published in thousandsSex and age1.81 crore2025+14.6%Series data
NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Male, 15-19All India, published in thousandsSex and age47.61 lakh2025+28.2%Series data
NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Male, 20-24All India, published in thousandsSex and age82.73 lakh2025+9.1%Series data
NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Male, 25-29All India, published in thousandsSex and age51.13 lakh2025+12.5%Series data
NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Female, 15-29All India, published in thousandsSex and age7.51 crore2025+1.7%Series data
NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Female, 15-19All India, published in thousandsSex and age1.06 crore2025+6.2%Series data
NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Female, 20-24All India, published in thousandsSex and age2.97 crore2025−⁠0.6%Series data
NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Female, 25-29All India, published in thousandsSex and age3.48 crore2025+2.4%Series data
NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Other, 15-29All India, published in thousandsSex and age7,5792025—Series data
NEET: Youth not in employment, education or training (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Other, 25-29All India, published in thousandsSex and age10,0142020+26.5%Series data
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Total, 15-29All IndiaSex and age30.4%2025+1.4 ptSeries data
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Total, 15-19All IndiaSex and age14.3%2025+1.8 ptSeries data
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Total, 20-24All IndiaSex and age37.4%2025+0.7 ptSeries data
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Total, 25-29All IndiaSex and age40.7%2025+1.2 ptSeries data
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Male, 15-29All IndiaSex and age11.7%2025+1.6 ptSeries data
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Male, 15-19All IndiaSex and age8.4%2025+2.0 ptSeries data
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Male, 20-24All IndiaSex and age16.2%2025+1.6 ptSeries data
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Male, 25-29All IndiaSex and age10.7%2025+1.2 ptSeries data
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Female, 15-29All IndiaSex and age49.6%2025+0.9 ptSeries data
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Female, 15-19All IndiaSex and age20.8%2025+1.6 ptSeries data
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Female, 20-24All IndiaSex and age58.7%2025−⁠0.7 ptSeries data
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Female, 25-29All IndiaSex and age69.5%2025+0.8 ptSeries data
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Other, 15-29All IndiaSex and age55.4%2025—Series data
NEET rate: Share of youth not in employment, education or training (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Other, 25-29All IndiaSex and age42.3%2020−⁠14.0 ptSeries data
Inactivity rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Total, 15+ (youth and adults)All IndiaSex and age44.7%2025+0.5 ptSeries data
Inactivity rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Total, 15-64 (youth and adults)All IndiaSex and age41.6%2025+0.6 ptSeries data
Inactivity rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Total, 15-24 (youth and adults)All IndiaSex and age68.4%2025+0.7 ptSeries data
Inactivity rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Total, 25+ (youth and adults)All IndiaSex and age37.6%2025+0.6 ptSeries data
Inactivity rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Total, 15+ (broad age bands)All IndiaSex and age44.7%2025+0.5 ptSeries data
Inactivity rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Total, 15-24 (broad age bands)All IndiaSex and age68.4%2025+0.7 ptSeries data
Inactivity rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Total, 25-54 (broad age bands)All IndiaSex and age30.2%2025+0.6 ptSeries data
Inactivity rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Total, 55-64 (broad age bands)All IndiaSex and age42.7%2025+0.8 ptSeries data
Inactivity rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Total, 65+ (broad age bands)All IndiaSex and age73.6%2025−⁠1.5 ptSeries data
Inactivity rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Total, 15+ (10-year bands)All IndiaSex and age44.7%2025+0.5 ptSeries data
Inactivity rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Total, 15-24 (10-year bands)All IndiaSex and age68.4%2025+0.7 ptSeries data
Inactivity rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Total, 25-34 (10-year bands)All IndiaSex and age34.6%2025+0.8 ptSeries data
Inactivity rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Total, 35-44 (10-year bands)All IndiaSex and age27.0%2025+0.4 ptSeries data
Inactivity rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Total, 45-54 (10-year bands)All IndiaSex and age28.1%2025+0.8 ptSeries data
Inactivity rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Total, 55-64 (10-year bands)All IndiaSex and age42.7%2025+0.8 ptSeries data
Inactivity rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Total, 65+ (10-year bands)All IndiaSex and age73.6%2025−⁠1.5 ptSeries data
Inactivity rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Total, 15+ (5-year bands)All IndiaSex and age44.7%2025+0.5 ptSeries data
Inactivity rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Total, 15-19 (5-year bands)All IndiaSex and age84.3%2025+0.2 ptSeries data
Inactivity rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Total, 20-24 (5-year bands)All IndiaSex and age51.7%2025+1.5 ptSeries data
Inactivity rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Total, 25-29 (5-year bands)All IndiaSex and age37.3%2025+1.3 ptSeries data
Inactivity rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Total, 30-34 (5-year bands)All IndiaSex and age31.6%2025+0.0 ptSeries data
Inactivity rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Total, 35-39 (5-year bands)All IndiaSex and age27.9%2025+0.4 ptSeries data
Inactivity rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Total, 40-44 (5-year bands)All IndiaSex and age26.1%2025+0.5 ptSeries data
Inactivity rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Total, 45-49 (5-year bands)All IndiaSex and age26.5%2025+0.9 ptSeries data
Inactivity rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Total, 50-54 (5-year bands)All IndiaSex and age30.1%2025+0.6 ptSeries data
Inactivity rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Total, 55-59 (5-year bands)All IndiaSex and age34.6%2025+1.3 ptSeries data
Inactivity rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Total, 60-64 (5-year bands)All IndiaSex and age51.3%2025+0.1 ptSeries data
Inactivity rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Total, 65+ (5-year bands)All IndiaSex and age73.6%2025−⁠1.5 ptSeries data
Inactivity rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Male, 15+ (youth and adults)All IndiaSex and age22.9%2025+0.4 ptSeries data
Inactivity rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Male, 15-64 (youth and adults)All IndiaSex and age19.0%2025+0.5 ptSeries data
Inactivity rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Male, 15-24 (youth and adults)All IndiaSex and age54.2%2025+0.8 ptSeries data
Inactivity rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Male, 25+ (youth and adults)All IndiaSex and age13.0%2025+0.5 ptSeries data
Inactivity rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Male, 15+ (broad age bands)All IndiaSex and age22.9%2025+0.4 ptSeries data
Inactivity rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Male, 15-24 (broad age bands)All IndiaSex and age54.2%2025+0.8 ptSeries data
Inactivity rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Male, 25-54 (broad age bands)All IndiaSex and age3.6%2025+0.5 ptSeries data
Inactivity rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Male, 55-64 (broad age bands)All IndiaSex and age18.5%2025+0.0 ptSeries data
Inactivity rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Male, 65+ (broad age bands)All IndiaSex and age59.0%2025−⁠2.3 ptSeries data
Inactivity rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Male, 15+ (10-year bands)All IndiaSex and age22.9%2025+0.4 ptSeries data
Inactivity rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Male, 15-24 (10-year bands)All IndiaSex and age54.2%2025+0.8 ptSeries data
Inactivity rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Male, 25-34 (10-year bands)All IndiaSex and age4.2%2025+0.9 ptSeries data
Inactivity rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Male, 35-44 (10-year bands)All IndiaSex and age2.3%2025+0.2 ptSeries data
Inactivity rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Male, 45-54 (10-year bands)All IndiaSex and age4.2%2025+0.3 ptSeries data
Inactivity rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Male, 55-64 (10-year bands)All IndiaSex and age18.5%2025+0.0 ptSeries data
Inactivity rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Male, 65+ (10-year bands)All IndiaSex and age59.0%2025−⁠2.3 ptSeries data
Inactivity rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Male, 15+ (5-year bands)All IndiaSex and age22.9%2025+0.4 ptSeries data
Inactivity rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Male, 15-19 (5-year bands)All IndiaSex and age77.1%2025+0.3 ptSeries data
Inactivity rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Male, 20-24 (5-year bands)All IndiaSex and age28.7%2025+1.5 ptSeries data
Inactivity rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Male, 25-29 (5-year bands)All IndiaSex and age5.6%2025+1.5 ptSeries data
Inactivity rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Male, 30-34 (5-year bands)All IndiaSex and age2.6%2025+0.1 ptSeries data
Inactivity rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Male, 35-39 (5-year bands)All IndiaSex and age2.4%2025+0.4 ptSeries data
Inactivity rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Male, 40-44 (5-year bands)All IndiaSex and age2.3%2025+0.0 ptSeries data
Inactivity rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Male, 45-49 (5-year bands)All IndiaSex and age3.2%2025+0.4 ptSeries data
Inactivity rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Male, 50-54 (5-year bands)All IndiaSex and age5.5%2025+0.2 ptSeries data
Inactivity rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Male, 55-59 (5-year bands)All IndiaSex and age9.1%2025+0.6 ptSeries data
Inactivity rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Male, 60-64 (5-year bands)All IndiaSex and age28.8%2025−⁠0.9 ptSeries data
Inactivity rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Male, 65+ (5-year bands)All IndiaSex and age59.0%2025−⁠2.3 ptSeries data
Inactivity rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Female, 15+ (youth and adults)All IndiaSex and age66.0%2025+0.4 ptSeries data
Inactivity rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Female, 15-64 (youth and adults)All IndiaSex and age63.6%2025+0.4 ptSeries data
Inactivity rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Female, 15-24 (youth and adults)All IndiaSex and age83.5%2025+0.4 ptSeries data
Inactivity rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Female, 25+ (youth and adults)All IndiaSex and age61.0%2025+0.5 ptSeries data
Inactivity rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Female, 15+ (broad age bands)All IndiaSex and age66.0%2025+0.4 ptSeries data
Inactivity rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Female, 15-24 (broad age bands)All IndiaSex and age83.5%2025+0.4 ptSeries data
Inactivity rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Female, 25-54 (broad age bands)All IndiaSex and age55.5%2025+0.3 ptSeries data
Inactivity rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Female, 55-64 (broad age bands)All IndiaSex and age64.8%2025+1.0 ptSeries data
Inactivity rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Female, 65+ (broad age bands)All IndiaSex and age87.7%2025−⁠0.6 ptSeries data
Inactivity rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Female, 15+ (10-year bands)All IndiaSex and age66.0%2025+0.4 ptSeries data
Inactivity rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Female, 15-24 (10-year bands)All IndiaSex and age83.5%2025+0.4 ptSeries data
Inactivity rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Female, 25-34 (10-year bands)All IndiaSex and age63.5%2025+0.4 ptSeries data
Inactivity rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Female, 35-44 (10-year bands)All IndiaSex and age49.8%2025−⁠0.1 ptSeries data
Inactivity rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Female, 45-54 (10-year bands)All IndiaSex and age51.8%2025+1.1 ptSeries data
Inactivity rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Female, 55-64 (10-year bands)All IndiaSex and age64.8%2025+1.0 ptSeries data
Inactivity rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13): Female, 65+ (10-year bands)All IndiaSex and age87.7%2025−⁠0.6 ptSeries data

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