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.
