India
Labor force participation rate
Labor-force participation measures the share of people working or actively looking for work. It helps distinguish weak employment from people leaving the labor force.
Labor Force Participation Rate - India
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The reading right now
As of January 2025, Labor force participation rate for India stood at 55.7%. That is up 0.02 percentage points from the prior year. Over the trailing five years, the series has averaged 54.4%, ranging from a low of 52.5% in January 2021 to a high of 55.7% in January 2025. The current reading sits 2.3 percentage points above its trailing ten-year mean of 53.4%.
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