List of states and union territories of India by unemployment rate

This is a list of states of India ranked according to unemployment. The list is compiled from the Report on Fifth Annual Employment-Unemployment Survey (2015-16) from Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India.

Tripura has the highest unemployment rate and ranks worst, while Gujarat has the least unemployment rate among the states of India. (Higher ranks represents higher unemployment among the population). National average stands at 50.

		Unemployment Rates 2015-16 (per 1000)
Rank	State	Total	Urban	Rural
1	Tripura	197	172	203
2	Sikkim	181	168	184
3	Kerala	125	126	125
4	Himachal Pradesh	106	23	117
5	Goa	96	58	150
6	Arunachal Pradesh	89	52	93
7	Nagaland	85	141	69
8	Jharkhand	77	94	73
9	Uttar Pradesh	74	67	76
10	Jammu and Kashmir	72	36	83
11	Rajasthan	71	43	77
12	Uttarakhand	70	32	81
13	Assam	61	101	55
14	Punjab	60	62	59
14	Bihar	60	74	59
16	Manipur	57	70	49
17	Odisha	50	36	51
	India	50	40	51
18	West Bengal	49	56	47
19	Meghalaya	48	134	28
20	Haryana	47	39	53
21	Madhya Pradesh	43	40	44
22	Tamil Nadu	42	36	45
23	Andhra Pradesh	39	44	38
24	Mizoram	30	49	15
25	Telangana	28	62	13
26	Maharastra	21	23	20
27	Chhattisgarh	19	68	11
28	Karnataka	15	19	13
29	Gujarat	9	7	10