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Unemployment is the condition of someone of working age (16-64) who is willing and able to work, actively seeking employment, but unable to find a job. The unemployment rate is the percentage of the total force in a nation that is unemployed. This article lists unemployment rates in various states of India, compares unemployment rates in rural and urban areas and also provides unemployment of women compared to men. The differences are extreme. India had a nation-wide unemployment rate of 3.8% (for June 2012) while the rate is as high as 17.9% in Goa. The lowest unemployment rate is in Gujarat at 1%. There are also large differences between male and female unemployment in India. While male unemployment stands at 2.9% female is at 6.9%. If we focus on a specific state in India, the female unemployment rate was highest in Goa at 46.2%. The unemployment rate is also very different between rural and urban areas. The article only provides figures for females. 28% of females were unemployed in rural areas compared to 17.9% in urban areas on a national level. The highest female unemployment rate in urban areas is in Sikkim at 51.1%. - Julieta Fischer