SWI_2023_Report_Tables.xlsx

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1	Table 2.1: Key labour market indicators for the past five years
2	Indicator/Year	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22
3	Absolute numbers (millions)
4	Working age population	968	985	1000	1022	1021
5	Labour force	468	478	512	525	528
6	Workforce	427	436	467	486	493
7	Unemployed	41	42	45	39	35
8	Out of labour force	500	508	488	489	493
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10	Rates (%)
11	Labour force participation rate	48.4	48.5	51.2	51.4	51.7
12	Workforce participation rate	44.1	44.3	46.7	47.5	48.3
13	Unemployment rate	8.7	8.7	8.8	7.5	6.6
14	Out of labour force	51.6	51.5	48.8	47.9	48.3
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16	Monthly earnings (INR)
17	Self-employment	12318	12988	11560	11411	12089
18	Casual wage	6959	7209	7324	7431	7856
19	Regualr wage	19450	19690	18907	19074	19456
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21	Sources and notes: Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS), various rounds. Employment is defined as per Current Weekly Status (CWS). Absolute numbers are calculated by multiplying survey ratios with Census population projections. See Methods Appendix for details. Rupee values are in 2022 rupees.
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