Unemployment has decreased sharpest in Haryana: Annual Periodic Labour Force Survey

As per the latest annual Periodic Labour Force Survey, the national average unemployment rate reached 3.2 per cent in 2023-24.
The unemployment rate has decreased from 5.1 per cent in 2022-23 to 3.2 percent in 2023–24.
Haryana, Tamil Nadu, Chhattisgarh, and Madhya Pradesh have achieved the most substantial reductions in unemployment rates.
Haryana registered the sharpest drop in unemployment, falling from 9.2 percent in 2022–23 to 3.4 percent in 2023–24.
Tamil Nadu registered the second sharpest decline, while Chattisgarh remained in the third spot.
Goa tops the list with an unemployment rate of 8.5 per cent, followed by Kerala at 7.2 per cent and Nagaland at 7.1 per cent.
Lakshadweep records the highest unemployment rate at 11.9 per cent among Union Territories.
Madhya Pradesh is the only state where unemployment is below 1 percent.
The national average worker-population ratio (WPR) stands at 38.7 percent.