India’s unemployment rate for July declines to 5.2% from 5.6% in the previous month

India’s unemployment rate dropped to 5.2% in July 2025, down from 5.6% in the previous month, according to the latest Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation on Monday.

During the month of July 2025, Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR) in Current Weekly Status among persons of age 15 years and above was 54.9% as compared to 54.2% during June 2025. As per the data released by the ministry, LFPR in rural areas and urban areas was 56.9% and 50.7% in July, respectively for persons of the same age group.

The data showed that the LFPR in CWS for rural male of age 15 years and above was 78.1% whereas the LFPR for urban male of the same age group was 75.1% during July, 2025.


Among rural female of the same age group, the participation rate to the labour force accelerated to 36.9% during July 2025 as compared to 35.2% reported during June 2025.

During the month of July 2025, WPR in CWS in rural areas among persons of age 15 years and above increased to 54.4% from WPR of 53.3% observed in June 2025. WPR in urban areas has marked marginal increase to 47.0% in July 2025 from 46.8% in June 2025 for persons of the same age group.

WPR for rural female of age 15 years and above was 35.5% in July 2025 as compared to 23.5% observed for urban female. The overall female WPR of the same age group at the country level was 31.6% in July 2025.

The present monthly Bulletin for the month of July 2025 is the fourth in the series of Monthly Bulletins.