Periodic Labour Force Survey (Monthly)

MOSPI · Monthly

Monthly PLFS: unemployment rate, labour-force participation rate, worker-population ratio (CWS, 15+).

Total releases

Mirrored on CDN

FY 2025-26

Most recent year

FY 2024-25

Earliest year

PRESS_RELEASE~15 day lag after period end

5.1%

Unemployment · Mar '26

55.8%

LFPR · Mar '26

53.0%

Worker-pop. ratio · Mar '26

5.2%

UR · 12-month average

Unemployment · LFPR · Worker-pop. ratio · 15+ CWS

Unemployment by sector · rural vs urban

Unemployment by sex · male vs female

In Mar '26, the overall unemployment rate (CWS, 15+) stood at 5.1%. Rural UR 4.3%, urban UR 7.0%. LFPR: 55.8%, WPR: 53.0%.

Source documents · 13 releases

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Official source

FY 2025-26

Period	Published	Storage	Size	Download
March 2026 UR: 5.10%LFPR: 55.80%WPR: 53.00%	2026-04-15	Official	—	Open ↗
February 2026 UR: 5.10%LFPR: 55.70%WPR: 52.90%	2026-03-17	Official	—	Open ↗
January 2026 UR: 5.10%LFPR: 55.80%WPR: 53.00%	2026-02-17	Official	—	Open ↗
December 2025 UR: 5.20%LFPR: 55.60%WPR: 52.70%	2026-01-15	Official	—	Open ↗
November 2025 UR: 5.30%LFPR: 55.50%WPR: 52.60%	2025-12-15	Official	—	Open ↗
October 2025 UR: 5.20%LFPR: 55.40%WPR: 52.50%	2025-11-17	Official	—	Open ↗
September 2025 UR: 5.10%LFPR: 55.00%WPR: 52.20%	2025-10-15	Official	—	Open ↗
August 2025 UR: 5.10%LFPR: 55.00%WPR: 52.20%	2025-09-15	Official	—	Open ↗
July 2025 UR: 5.20%LFPR: 54.90%WPR: 52.00%	2025-08-14	Official	—	Open ↗
June 2025 UR: 5.20%LFPR: 54.20%WPR: 51.40%	2025-07-15	CDN	5.1 MB	View ↓
May 2025 UR: 5.60%LFPR: 54.80%WPR: 51.70%	2025-06-16	CDN	5.1 MB	View ↓
April 2025 UR: 5.10%LFPR: 55.60%WPR: 52.70%	2025-05-15	CDN	5.0 MB	View ↓

FY 2024-25

Period	Published	Storage	Size	Download
March 2025 UR: 5.10%LFPR: 55.60%WPR: 52.80%	2025-04-15	Official	—	Open ↗