Work & Labour in India 86 indicators covering work & labour for India. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 15.9% 2025 up 2.3% 165th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 45.1% 2025 down 4.9% 91st Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 55.7% 2025 up 5.0% 135th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 77.6% 2025 down 0.5% 32nd Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 41.8% 2025 up 22.6% 169th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 31.2% 2025 down 3.2% 131st Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 34.9% 2025 up 24.1% 164th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) 81.7% 2025 up 1.0% 54th Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-6 59.1% 2025 up 6.7% 148th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 32.4% 2025 up 22.0% 163rd Wage and salaried workers, male (% of male employment) 26.7% 2025 up 23.5% 169th Employment in services, male (% of male employment) 35.9% 2025 up 9.5% 157th Employment in services, female (% of female employment) 24.0% 2025 down 1.6% 176th Wage and salaried workers, female (% of female employment) 21.2% 2025 up 24.8% 153rd Employment in industry (% of total employment) 25.8% 2025 up 3.5% 41st Wage and salaried workers, total (% of total employment) 25.1% 2025 up 22.7% 159th Contributing family workers, female (% of female employment) 31.6% 2025 down 11.3% 20th Contributing family workers, male (% of male employment) 9.4% 2025 down 13.5% 39th Contributing family workers, total (% of total employment) 15.7% 2025 down 7.1% 32nd Employment in industry, female (% of female employment) 16.1% 2025 down 18.8% 40th Employment in industry, male (% of male employment) 29.6% 2025 up 11.5% 56th Employment in services (% of total employment) 32.6% 2025 up 5.8% 170th Self-employed, total (% of total employment) 74.9% 2025 down 5.8% 28th Self-employed, male (% of male employment) 73.3% 2025 down 6.5% 18th Self-employed, female (% of female employment) 78.8% 2025 down 5.1% 34th Employers, total (% of total employment) 3.3% 2025 up 99.5% 100th Employers, male (% of male employment) 4.4% 2025 up 113.4% 90th Employers, female (% of female employment) 0.6% 2025 up 37.7% 166th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 17.5% 2025 down 26.9% 78th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 15.5% 2025 down 38.5% 69th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 16.0% 2025 down 35.8% 72nd GDP per person employed 24,842 constant 2021 PPP $ 2025 up 37.3% 121st Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 4.5% 2025 up 39.9% 111th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 4.6% 2025 up 49.7% 95th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 4.4% 2025 up 17.2% 118th Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15 34.0% 2025 up 24.8% 174th Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) 77.1% 2025 down 2.2% 42nd Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15+) 55.3% 2025 up 3.4% 148th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) 16.5% 2025 down 5.4% 157th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) 45.8% 2025 down 7.2% 85th Ratio of female to male labor force participation rate (%) 44.1% 2025 up 27.7% 178th Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) 31.6% 2025 down 7.9% 128th Unemployment, youth total (% of total labor force ages 15-24) 17.7% 2025 up 79.0% 54th Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) 17.2% 2025 up 77.7% 48th Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) 19.1% 2025 up 81.7% 57th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, female (% of 39.6% 2025 down 14.3% 22nd Share of youth not in education, employment or training, male (% of ma 10.4% 2025 down 12.7% 128th Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of y 24.3% 2025 down 14.0% 58th Productivity: output per hour worked 8.06 international-$ in 2021 prices per hour 2023 up 34.9% 105th Vulnerable employment, male (% of male employment) 69.0% 2025 down 9.7% 20th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, female (%) 13.1% 2025 up 11.0% 163rd Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, male (%) 38.1% 2025 up 7.4% 90th Employment to population ratio, ages 15-24, total (%) 26.2% 2025 up 8.3% 128th Vulnerable employment, total (% of total employment) 71.6% 2025 down 8.1% 25th Vulnerable employment, female (% of female employment) 78.2% 2025 down 5.3% 33rd Employment to population ratio, 15+, total (%) 53.3% 2025 up 8.8% 128th Employment to population ratio, 15+, female (%) 31.1% 2025 up 26.7% 159th Employment to population ratio, 15+, male (%) 74.3% 2025 up 3.1% 39th Unemployment with basic education 2.3% 2024 down 22.8% 103rd Unemployment with basic education, male 2.5% 2024 down 8.9% 101st Page 1 of 2 Next →