India’s registered factories engaged 2.10 crore people in 2024-25, 14.1 lakh more than a year earlier. Since the pandemic year 2020-21, factory employment is up 30.5%.
Data stories
Short, surprising stories from official data on how India and the world live, spend and work: from India's snack economy and its biggest consumer market to the gap between the top and bottom spenders. Every figure is checked against its source and links to the full chart on Advanton Statistics; see our methodology.
India and the US Have the Same Unemployment Rate. Here Is Why That Is Misleading
Both India and the US had unemployment of 4.2% in 2025 in ILO estimates. But the same number describes very different job markets.
Is India the World’s 4th or 6th Largest Economy? Why the Numbers Disagree
India was reported as the world’s 4th-largest economy in 2025, yet World Bank figures put it 6th, just behind the UK. Here is why both can be true.
India Has 7.9 Crore Small Businesses, and 87% Have No Hired Workers
India’s 7.92 crore small unincorporated businesses employ 12.81 crore people, but only 13.36% have hired workers and 39.4% use the internet for business.
Monaco Is 1,300 Times Richer Per Person Than Burundi: The World’s Income Gap
In 2024, GDP per person was $288,002 in Monaco and $216 in Burundi: a 1,332-fold gap between the world’s richest and poorest countries.
Biscuits Are Two-Thirds of India’s ₹1.1 Lakh Crore Bakery Market
Indian households spend about ₹1,09,169 crore a year on bread, biscuits, cakes and pastries. Biscuits alone are ₹68,957 crore, and rural households buy more than half of them.