India's Labour Force Participation Rate Peaks at 56.1%

In December 2025, India's labour market showed some good news.

More people were working or looking for jobs than ever before that year.

This is called the Labour Force Participation Rate, and it went up to 56.1%.

In the countryside, even more people were working, but in cities, it was a tiny bit lower.

For women, it was the best month of the year, with 35.3% of them working or looking for jobs.

The number of people actually working also went up to 53.4%.

Unemployment stayed about the same, at 4.8% overall.

In the countryside, it was low at 3.9%, but in cities, it was higher at 6.7%.

The data came from a big survey of almost 374,000 people all over India.