According to key findings for persons of age 15 years and above following CWS, the Unemployment Rate (UR) among male of age 15 years and above has declined to 5 per cent in August, the lowest level observed since April.
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Male unemployment rate in India in August following Current Weekly Status (CWS) was at its lowest in five months, says the latest Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) data.
According to key findings for persons of age 15 years and above following CWS, the Unemployment Rate (UR) among male of age 15 years and above has declined to 5 per cent in August, the lowest level observed since April.
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“This is due to the fall in UR of male in urban areas from 6.6 per cent in July 2025 to 5.9 per cent in August 2025. The UR among rural male has also declined to 4.5 per cent in August 2025 which is lower than the UR levels of previous four months observed for rural male,” says the fifth monthly bulletin of the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS), released here on Monday by the Union Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation under a revamped method.
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Unemployment Rate (UR) among male declined to a 5-month low level of 5.0 per cent in August 2025.
According to key findings for persons of age 15 years and above following CWS, “Overall rural unemployment rate has declined successively for three months in a row from 5.1 per cent in May 2025 to 4.3 per cent in August 2025.”
The overall UR among persons of age 15 years and above has declined for the second successive month to 5.1 per cent in August 2025 from 5.6 per cent recorded in June 2025.
The Worker Population Ratio (WPR) among females has witnessed a rise for two months in a row to 32.0 per cent in August 2025 from 30.2 per cent recorded in June 2025.
The female workforce has increased in both rural and urban areas for the last two successive months.
In rural areas it has gone up from 33.6 per cent in June 2025 to 35.9 per cent in August 2025.
In urban areas it has increased from 22.9 per cent in June 2025 to 23.8 per cent in August 2025.
The enhancement in Worker Population Ratio (WPR) across both rural and urban areas has translated into an improvement in the overall WPR, which has increased to 52.2 per cent in August 2025 from 51.2 per cent in June 2025.
According to the key findings, the Female Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR) rises for the second successive month.
LFPR among females aged 15 years and above has increased from 32.0 per cent in June 2025 to 33.7 per cent in August 2025 due to increase in LFPR among rural females from 35.2 per cent in June 2025 to 37.4 per cent and in urban areas from 25.2 per cent to 26.1 per cent during the same period.
Female LFPR increased for the second successive month across rural and urban areas.
The overall LFPR for persons of age 15 years and above has increased from 54.2 per cent in June 2025 to 55 per cent in August 2025.
At the all-India level, the monthly estimates are based on information collected from a total number of persons surveyed 3,76,839.
Persons surveyed in rural areas were 2,15,895 and persons surveyed in urban areas were 1,60,944.
The PLFS conducted by NSO, MoSPI, is the primary source of data on activity participation and employment and unemployment conditions of the population.
The PLFS survey methodology has been modified from January 2025 to provide monthly and quarterly estimates of labour force indicators for the country.
Monthly results of PLFS are released in the form of Monthly Bulletins. It presents estimates of key labour market indicators, viz. Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR), Worker Population Ratio (WPR) and Unemployment Rate (UR) at the all-India level following the Current Weekly Status (CWS) approach.
The Monthly Bulletins for the months April 2025 to July 2025 have already been released. The present Monthly Bulletin for the month of August 2025 is the fifth in the series.
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