Youth unemployment rate in India in 2023

In 2023, the estimated youth unemployment rate in India was at 15.79 percent. According to the source, the data are ILO estimates. For the past decade, India’s youth unemployment rate has been hovering around the 22 percent mark.  What is the youth unemployment rate?The youth unemployment rate refers to those in the workforce who are aged 15 to 24 years and without a job, but actively seeking one. Generally, youth unemployment rates are higher than the adult unemployment rates, and India is no exception: youth unemployment in India is significantly higher than the national unemployment rate. The Indian workforce, young and oldIndia’s unemployment rate in general is not remarkably high when compared to those of other countries. Both India’s unemployment rate and youth unemployment rate are below their global equivalents. In a comparison of the Asia-Pacific region countries, India ranks somewhere in the middle, with Cambodia’s unemployment rate being estimated to be below one percent, and Afghanistan’s the highest at 8.8 percent.

截至2023年，印度青年失业率预计达到15.79%。据资料来源，此数据为国际劳工组织（ILO）的估算。在过去十年间，印度的青年失业率始终围绕22%的基准线波动。何谓青年失业率？青年失业率是指处于劳动年龄，年龄介于15至24岁之间，且未就业但积极寻找工作的人群比例。通常情况下，青年失业率高于成年失业率，印度也不例外：印度的青年失业率显著高于全国失业率。与印度相比，尽管其他国家的一般失业率并不特别高，但印度的失业率及其青年失业率均低于全球平均水平。在亚太地区各国中，印度位于中游，柬埔寨的失业率预计低于1%，而阿富汗的失业率最高，达到8.8%。