Econvitals IndiaData as of 28 Oct 2026

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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).

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per cent

Source: MoSPI (NSO).Download CSV (plfs_lfpr_usual_ay)

About this series

Series idplfs_lfpr_usual_ay
SourceMoSPI (NSO): Periodic Labour Force Survey
Coverage2017-18 to 2023-24 (7 observations)
Releasequarterly bulletin about 6 weeks after the quarter; annual report once a year
Updated byDaily automated pipeline · pipelines/sources/mospi/plfs.py
LicenceOpen government data (NDSAP / GODL-India): free to reuse with attribution
NotesAnnual 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 releaseNot yet. Values come straight from the publisher, but no one has yet compared them with the press release.

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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

PeriodValueNote
2023-2460.10usual status (PS+SS), agriculture year 2023-24
2022-2357.90usual status (PS+SS), agriculture year 2022-23
2021-2255.20usual status (PS+SS), agriculture year 2021-22
2020-2154.90usual status (PS+SS), agriculture year 2020-21
2019-2053.50usual status (PS+SS), agriculture year 2019-20
2018-1950.20usual status (PS+SS), agriculture year 2018-19
2017-1849.80usual status (PS+SS), agriculture year 2017-18

Revisions

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