LFPR (annual, usual status)
Labour force participation rate, 15+, rural + urban, usual status (PS+SS), agricultural year (July-June). Annual, per cent. Latest: 60.10 (2023-24).
Level
per cent
About this series
| Series id | plfs_lfpr_usual_ay |
| Source | MoSPI (NSO): Periodic Labour Force Survey |
| Coverage | 2017-18 to 2023-24 (7 observations) |
| Release | quarterly bulletin about 6 weeks after the quarter; annual report once a year |
| Updated by | Daily automated pipeline · pipelines/sources/mospi/plfs.py |
| Licence | Open government data (NDSAP / GODL-India): free to reuse with attribution |
| Notes | Annual report, usual status (principal + subsidiary), by agricultural year (July-June) from 2017-18; period = July of the first year. Discontinued after 2023-24: PLFS annual reports moved to a calendar-year basis (see plfs_ur_usual_cy and MoSPI's release calendar, which lists the annual report for calendar year 2026). |
| Checked against the official release | Not yet. Values come straight from the publisher, but no one has yet compared them with the press release. |
Download and cite
Download CSV Columns: period, value, vintage (date we first recorded the value), note.
Cite: Econvitals India (2026). Labour force participation rate, 15+, rural + urban, usual status (PS+SS), agricultural year (July-June) [plfs_lfpr_usual_ay]. Retrieved 28 Oct 2026. Original source: MoSPI (NSO).
Latest observations
| Period | Value | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | 60.10 | usual status (PS+SS), agriculture year 2023-24 |
| 2022-23 | 57.90 | usual status (PS+SS), agriculture year 2022-23 |
| 2021-22 | 55.20 | usual status (PS+SS), agriculture year 2021-22 |
| 2020-21 | 54.90 | usual status (PS+SS), agriculture year 2020-21 |
| 2019-20 | 53.50 | usual status (PS+SS), agriculture year 2019-20 |
| 2018-19 | 50.20 | usual status (PS+SS), agriculture year 2018-19 |
| 2017-18 | 49.80 | usual status (PS+SS), agriculture year 2017-18 |
Revisions
No revisions recorded since this series was added. When the publisher revises a past value, the old and new values appear here.