New Delhi, July 15 -- India's unemployment rate for people aged 15 years and above remained unchanged at 5.5% in June compared with May, as a rise in urban joblessness was offset by a marginal easing in rural unemployment.

Urban unemployment rose to 6.6% in June from 6.4% in May, with unemployment rising among both men and women, according to the latest Periodic Labour Force Survey-Monthly Bulletin (PLFS-M) released by the statistics ministry on Wednesday.

Rural unemployment, meanwhile, eased to 5.0% from 5.1% in May. Rural male unemployment fell to 4.9% from 5.2%, while rural female unemployment increased to 5.0% from 4.7%.

Compared with June 2025, rural unemployment edged up from 4.9% to 5.0%, while urban unemployment declined from 7...