Unemployment and Indian Demography

Q.  Which of the following is/are true?

1) India has a lower unemployment rate as compared to China.
2) Japan has the highest share of persons above 65 years.
- Published on 23 Mar 16

a. Only 1
b. Only 2
c. Both 1 and 2
d. Neither 1 nor 2

ANSWER: Only 2
 
  • India has higher rate of unemployment (4.90%) over China (4.05%).
  • India has larger share of people under age of 15 years at 27.7 years as compared to China’s 17.1%.
  • Japan has the highest share of persons above 65 years at 27.3% with an unemployment rate of 3.2%.
  • India’s population is 1.25 Billion and China’s is 1.37 Billion.

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