Statista Consumer Insights surveyed more than 24,000 urban online respondents in India about which issues they consider to be the most pressing in the country right now. As the following chart shows, unemployment was the answer most frequently selected, chosen by just over half of respondents. This was followed by education, poverty and crime, the latter being a recent riser in the ranking. Multiple options were possible in this question and it is important to note that survey respondents' age ranked from just 18 to 64 years old.
Youth unemployment is high in India, with more large parts of the teenage population looking for work unemployed recently. Crime was a recent riser in the ranking, while environmental concerns fell over time.
