In India, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force. This type of unemployment arises due to drastic changes in the economic structure of a country. These changes may affect either the supply of a factor or demand for a factor of production. Structural employment is a natural outcome of economic development and technological advancement and innovation that are taking place rapidly all over the world in every sphere. A significant majority of Indians consider the lack of employment opportunities as a "very big problem" in their country. About 18.6 million Indians were jobless and another 393.7 million work in poor-quality jobs vulnerable to displacement. The report finds that India's percent urbanization and urban workforce has declined since 2012, which is contrary to all other studies on Indian urbanization trends. The report states that male youth had an unemployment rate of 17.4 percent and 18.7 percent in rural and urban areas, while women youth had rates of 13.6 percent and 27.2 percent respectively in 2017-18.