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India - Female Labor Participation 1993

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Female labor force participation rate · World Bank

30.60% +0.12pp from 1992 Global rank: 159th

India's female labor participation was 30.60% in 1993, increased +0.12pp from 30.48% in 1992. This was the 159th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1993▾

Female Labor Participation by Country - 1993
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Burundi	88.76%	-0.8%
2nd	Mozambique	86.86%	0.0%
3rd	Tanzania	84.18%	0.1%
4th	Madagascar	83.80%	0.0%
5th	Solomon Islands	81.41%	0.0%
6th	Burkina Faso	78.94%	-0.3%
7th	Malawi	78.18%	-0.1%
8th	Cameroon	77.59%	0.0%
9th	Cambodia	77.38%	0.1%
10th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	77.30%	0.3%
11th	Nigeria	76.76%	0.6%
12th	Angola	75.47%	-0.1%
13th	Eritrea	74.27%	0.0%
14th	Georgia	74.26%	2.0%
15th	Viet Nam	74.24%	-0.2%
16th	Vanuatu	74.07%	0.1%
17th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	71.80%	0.0%
18th	China	71.59%	-0.7%
19th	Liberia	71.55%	0.1%
20th	South Sudan	71.11%	0.0%
21st	Uganda	70.91%	0.1%
22nd	Azerbaijan	69.97%	4.7%
23rd	Kenya	69.93%	0.1%
24th	Ghana	69.81%	-0.2%
25th	Niger	69.22%	0.0%
26th	Iceland	67.39%	0.5%
27th	Lesotho	66.74%	0.1%
28th	Timor-Leste	66.08%	-0.3%
29th	Congo, Republic of	65.95%	0.1%
30th	Kazakhstan	65.81%	0.7%
31st	Central African Republic	65.76%	-0.1%
32nd	Bahamas, The	65.67%	0.7%
33rd	Thailand	65.45%	0.0%
34th	Sierra Leone	64.98%	-0.1%
35th	Chad	64.47%	-0.3%
36th	Virgin Islands (US)	64.26%	0.1%
37th	Guinea	63.38%	-0.1%
38th	Jamaica	62.63%	-0.6%
39th	Barbados	61.48%	1.0%
40th	Denmark	61.00%	-1.0%
41st	Mali	60.42%	0.0%
42nd	Lao PDR	59.96%	-0.2%
43rd	Guam	59.67%	0.1%
44th	Sweden	59.36%	-2.3%
45th	Zimbabwe	59.28%	0.0%
46th	New Caledonia	59.25%	0.0%
47th	Myanmar	58.94%	-0.5%
48th	Albania	58.56%	-3.0%
49th	Benin	57.80%	1.3%
50th	Lithuania	57.34%	-1.5%
51st	Canada	57.01%	-0.3%
52nd	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	56.94%	0.9%
53rd	Haiti	56.89%	0.1%
54th	Armenia	56.81%	-0.8%
55th	United States	56.40%	0.2%
56th	Netherlands	56.34%	0.4%
57th	Kyrgyz Republic	55.98%	6.6%
58th	Russian Federation	55.96%	-3.5%
59th	Moldova	55.71%	0.3%
60th	Bhutan	55.46%	0.6%
61st	Finland	55.44%	-1.3%
62nd	Guinea-Bissau	55.31%	0.0%
63rd	Slovak Republic	55.11%	-4.1%
64th	Estonia	54.71%	-1.9%
65th	Norway	54.49%	1.3%
66th	Togo	54.48%	0.2%
67th	Latvia	53.56%	-0.5%
68th	Ukraine	53.36%	-0.1%
69th	Colombia	53.32%	0.4%
70th	New Zealand	53.29%	-0.2%
71st	Poland	52.83%	-1.0%
72nd	Switzerland	52.82%	1.2%
73rd	Mongolia	52.80%	0.6%
74th	Belarus	52.71%	-0.2%
75th	Equatorial Guinea	52.56%	0.1%
76th	Czechia	52.36%	0.1%
77th	Rwanda	51.98%	0.2%
78th	United Kingdom	51.90%	0.1%
79th	Australia	51.77%	-0.4%
80th	Slovenia	51.55%	-0.1%
81st	Paraguay	51.20%	0.5%
82nd	Qatar	51.09%	1.1%
83rd	Zambia	51.08%	0.0%
84th	Japan	50.27%	-0.8%
85th	Indonesia	49.43%	-1.9%
86th	St. Lucia	49.35%	1.0%
87th	Serbia	49.16%	-0.4%
88th	Israel	49.08%	2.3%
89th	Botswana	48.82%	0.1%
90th	Portugal	48.80%	0.4%
91st	French Polynesia	48.54%	-0.2%
92nd	Brunei Darussalam	48.50%	2.2%
93rd	Namibia	48.24%	0.0%
94th	Macao SAR, China	48.16%	3.4%
95th	Côte d'Ivoire	48.01%	0.2%
96th	Argentina	47.55%	3.2%
97th	Philippines	47.48%	0.0%
98th	Germany	47.47%	-0.7%
99th	Ecuador	47.42%	0.2%
100th	France	47.31%	1.0%
101st	Korea	47.16%	-0.1%
102nd	Turkmenistan	47.10%	0.2%
103rd	Papua New Guinea	47.10%	-0.9%
104th	Singapore	46.91%	1.8%
105th	Brazil	46.72%	2.4%
106th	Hong Kong SAR, China	46.36%	-0.8%
107th	Croatia	46.00%	-0.7%
108th	Austria	45.65%	1.3%
109th	Channel Islands	45.60%	-0.4%
110th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	45.42%	1.1%
111th	Hungary	45.38%	-0.2%
112th	Gambia, The	45.12%	-0.1%
113th	European Union	44.99%	-0.2%
114th	South Africa	44.84%	-0.1%
115th	Guatemala	44.84%	0.4%
116th	Peru	44.73%	3.1%
117th	Honduras	44.73%	0.8%
118th	Cyprus	44.61%	1.7%
119th	Trinidad and Tobago	44.55%	0.0%
120th	Bulgaria	44.45%	-0.4%
121st	Tajikistan	44.34%	0.1%
122nd	Ireland	44.31%	3.3%
123rd	North Macedonia	44.09%	-1.7%
124th	Eswatini	43.57%	0.1%
125th	Montenegro	43.55%	-0.4%
126th	El Salvador	43.44%	4.5%
127th	Uruguay	43.43%	-2.3%
128th	Tonga	43.13%	5.8%
129th	Samoa	42.90%	-0.4%
130th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	42.21%	-0.7%
131st	Romania	41.96%	0.1%
132nd	Cabo Verde	41.74%	0.7%
133rd	Kuwait	41.11%	1.1%
134th	Uzbekistan	39.66%	0.8%
135th	Fiji	39.63%	-0.1%
136th	Panama	39.63%	2.5%
137th	Belgium	39.46%	1.8%
138th	Guyana	39.27%	1.6%
139th	Mauritius	38.41%	0.4%
140th	Sri Lanka	37.68%	2.1%
141st	Gabon	37.36%	0.0%
142nd	Luxembourg	37.05%	-3.4%
143rd	Malaysia	36.91%	1.3%
144th	Dominican Republic	36.70%	1.4%
145th	Mexico	35.84%	2.4%
146th	Spain	35.03%	1.7%
147th	Greece	34.76%	0.6%
148th	Belize	34.37%	0.9%
149th	Chile	34.09%	2.7%
150th	Puerto Rico (US)	33.96%	6.4%
151st	Costa Rica	33.52%	2.8%
152nd	Italy	33.33%	-1.6%
153rd	Cuba	33.31%	-3.4%
154th	Nicaragua	32.84%	-0.2%
155th	Senegal	32.33%	0.3%
156th	Suriname	32.15%	-1.6%
157th	Comoros	32.05%	-0.3%
158th	United Arab Emirates	31.17%	2.2%
159th	India	30.60%	0.4%
160th	Bahrain	30.23%	1.7%
161st	Malta	27.94%	1.8%
162nd	Libya	27.49%	1.3%
163rd	Türkiye	26.65%	-18.2%
164th	Sudan	26.14%	3.5%
165th	Mauritania	26.12%	1.2%
166th	Bangladesh	25.43%	1.8%
167th	Maldives	24.43%	6.9%
168th	Oman	23.23%	0.6%
169th	Morocco	23.18%	0.1%
170th	Tunisia	22.88%	0.5%
171st	Egypt, Arab Republic of	22.29%	-3.0%
172nd	São Tomé and Principe	21.70%	0.0%
173rd	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	21.45%	0.2%
174th	Nepal	20.85%	0.3%
175th	Syrian Arab Republic	19.74%	1.1%
176th	Lebanon	18.71%	1.4%
177th	Yemen, Republic of	16.48%	0.1%
178th	Djibouti	15.53%	0.4%
179th	Afghanistan	15.51%	-0.7%
180th	Saudi Arabia	15.25%	1.9%
181st	Pakistan	14.18%	2.8%
182nd	West Bank and Gaza	11.63%	0.4%
183rd	Algeria	11.57%	-0.8%
184th	Jordan	11.44%	0.3%
185th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	10.05%	1.4%
186th	Iraq	8.69%	0.3%

FAQ

What was India's female labor participation in 1993?▾

India's female labor participation in 1993 was 30.60%. This ranked 159th globally.

How did India's female labor participation change in 1993?▾

India's female labor participation increased by 0.4% in 1993 compared to 1992.

Which country had the highest female labor participation in 1993?▾

Burundi had the highest female labor participation in 1993 at 88.76%.

What is the female labor participation of India in 1993?▾

The female labor participation of India in 1993 was 30.60%. This ranked 159th globally.

How does 1993 compare to 1992 for India's female labor participation?▾

India's female labor participation went from 30.48% in 1992 to 30.60% in 1993, a 0.4% increase.

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