5.0% unemployment
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India's unemployment rate was 5.0% in Aug 2026, down from 5.1% a year earlier. Participation rose to 55.6% and female participation to 34.8%.
Checked 5 October 2026
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7% over 65 today, 15% by 2050
People & Society
India's population pyramid, 2024 and 2050
Today India's widest bands are people in their late teens and early twenties. By 2050 the pyramid turns into a column and the over 65s double their share.
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People & Society
How India spends its day
Nine in ten working age women do unpaid housework every day, for about five hours. Three in ten men do, for under an hour and a half.
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