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India: Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate)

59.11percent · 2025+6.7% since 2015

Labor force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages 15-64 that is economically active: all people who supply labor for the production of goods and services during a specified period. Reported as: modeled ILO estimate. Annual figures for India from 1990 to 2025.

19902025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202559.11
202458.991
202357.925
202256.666
202155.481
202054.374
201955.026
201855.13
201755.23
201655.326
201555.422
201455.518
201355.608
201255.693
201156.314
201056.953
200957.843
200858.759
200759.7
200660.664
200561.646
200461.8
200361.955
200262.104
200162.253
200062.401
199962.014
199861.625
199761.237
199660.852
199560.471
199460.092
199360.035
199259.985
199159.936
199059.89

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Labour Organization. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-labor-force-participation-rate-total (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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