Unemployment rate during each prime minister's tenure

Every prime minister since 1991, ranked by how the unemployment rate changed from their first day in office. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.

No tenure qualifies with these filters.

Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last count complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that count had no data, or because the period cut it); Levels are per cent changes, rates are differences in pp; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. % of labour force, aged 15 and over · MoSPI, Periodic Labour Force Survey, unemployment rate by usual status (principal and subsidiary), persons aged 15 and over, rural and urban; agricultural years July to June until 2021-22, calendar years from 2022 · India data · as of Sep 2026.