Unemployment in 11 states exceeds national average, shows NSSO report

Four new states joined the list in 2017-18; joblessness rate rose fastest in Gujarat: NSSO

As many as 11 states had an unemployment rate higher than the pan-Indian average in 2017-18, according to the National Sample Survey Office’s (NSSO’s) annual periodic labour force survey. While Haryana, Assam, Jharkhand, Kerala, Odisha, Uttarakhand, and Bihar continued to have a high level of unemployment compared to the national figures — as was the case in 2011-12 — Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, and Uttar Pradesh joined the list in 2017-18. 

In 2011-12, when the last survey was conducted, nine states had a joblessness rate higher than the national level.

Who tops the charts

Kerala continued to post the highest unemployment rate at