ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of in India

India: ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of was 83.6 % in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
83.6 %
Change on year
down 0.4%
World rank
5th
of 72 countries
All-time high
84.8 %
in 2022
All-time low
82.9 %
in 2020
Years of data
7
2018–2024

ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of in India, 2018–2024

0204060802018202120242018: 83.6 %2019: 83.7 %2020: 82.9 %2021: 84.2 %2022: 84.8 %2023: 83.9 %2024: 83.6 %

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.

Analysis

In 2024, ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of in India stood at 83.6 %.

That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and unchanged over ten years.

India ranks 5th of 72 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of in India, year by year

Annual values for ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of employment, self-employed, rural areas — Value in India, 2018 to 2024.
Year % Change
2018 83.6 %
2019 83.7 % +0.1%
2020 82.9 % -1.0%
2021 84.2 % +1.6%
2022 84.8 % +0.7%
2023 83.9 % -1.1%
2024 83.6 % -0.4%

India compared with similar countries

  • India's 83.6 % is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 71.3 %, 1.2× the median. (12 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 83.65 % 83.6 % 83.7 % 2
2020s 83.88 % 82.9 % 84.8 % 5

Countries ranked near India

  1. 2 Mongolia 87.7 % compare
  2. 2 Republic of Moldova 67.2 % compare
  3. 3 Türkiye 64.9 %
  4. 3 Zambia 87.4 % compare
  5. 4 Angola 84.8 % compare
  6. 4 Viet Nam 57 % compare
  7. 6 Senegal 80.2 % compare
  8. 7 Zimbabwe 75.2 % compare
  9. 8 Bhutan 73.5 % compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of in India?
Ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of in India was 83.6 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of recorded in India?
The highest recorded value was 84.8 % in 2022.
What is the lowest ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of recorded in India?
The lowest recorded value was 82.9 % in 2020.
How does India rank for ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of?
India ranks 5th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
Is ilostat - labour force survey — share of employment by status of rising or falling in India?
Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this India data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of employment, self-employed, rural areas — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment by status of employment, self-employed, rural areas — Value
Unit
%
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
78 places, 1,460 data points, 1987–2025
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The FAOSTAT Employment indicators domain focuses on indicators related to employment in agrifood systems and rural areas. The update is performed yearly, using data from the International Labour Organization (ILO) database that contains a rich set of indicators from a wide range of topics related to labour statistics. The indicators published in FAOSTAT are derived from the labour force statistics (LFS) and rural and urban labour markets (RURURB) databases of the ILOSTAT database.