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India - Female Labor Participation 2007

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Female labor force participation rate · World Bank

32.18% −1.32pp from 2006 Global rank: 162nd

India's female labor participation was 32.18% in 2007, decreased +1.32pp from 33.50% in 2006. This was the 162nd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2007▾

Female Labor Participation by Country - 2007
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Tanzania	86.36%	-0.9%
2nd	Mozambique	85.04%	-0.9%
3rd	Madagascar	84.08%	0.0%
4th	Solomon Islands	82.75%	0.0%
5th	Cameroon	78.10%	0.0%
6th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	77.68%	0.1%
7th	Burundi	77.68%	0.8%
8th	Nigeria	76.71%	0.0%
9th	Angola	75.63%	0.0%
10th	Burkina Faso	75.56%	-0.3%
11th	Malawi	75.28%	-1.9%
12th	Cambodia	74.68%	-0.3%
13th	Eritrea	73.96%	-0.1%
14th	Liberia	71.76%	0.0%
15th	South Sudan	71.45%	0.2%
16th	Iceland	71.32%	-0.6%
17th	Viet Nam	71.14%	0.6%
18th	Uganda	70.90%	-0.1%
19th	Kenya	70.88%	0.1%
20th	Vanuatu	70.29%	-4.9%
21st	Peru	70.09%	3.8%
22nd	Bahamas, The	69.23%	0.2%
23rd	Congo, Democratic Republic of	68.88%	-1.7%
24th	Niger	68.65%	-0.1%
25th	Ghana	67.95%	-0.2%
26th	Benin	67.66%	0.7%
27th	Congo, Republic of	67.00%	0.1%
28th	Kazakhstan	65.86%	1.3%
29th	Central African Republic	65.85%	-0.1%
30th	China	64.97%	-0.7%
31st	Thailand	64.81%	0.8%
32nd	Bhutan	64.81%	0.7%
33rd	Barbados	64.68%	0.0%
34th	Norway	64.50%	0.8%
35th	Timor-Leste	63.51%	-0.8%
36th	Sierra Leone	63.13%	-1.5%
37th	Macao SAR, China	62.64%	6.3%
38th	Canada	61.77%	0.8%
39th	Lesotho	61.75%	-1.2%
40th	New Zealand	61.15%	0.8%
41st	Georgia	60.95%	-1.8%
42nd	Virgin Islands (US)	60.91%	1.5%
43rd	Denmark	60.85%	-0.7%
44th	Zimbabwe	60.84%	-0.1%
45th	Mali	60.48%	0.0%
46th	Switzerland	59.96%	0.3%
47th	Netherlands	59.95%	0.3%
48th	Sweden	59.71%	0.8%
49th	Haiti	59.28%	0.8%
50th	New Caledonia	59.17%	0.1%
51st	Moldova	58.87%	2.8%
52nd	St. Lucia	58.39%	1.4%
53rd	Australia	58.14%	1.0%
54th	United States	58.09%	-0.1%
55th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	58.05%	-0.2%
56th	Côte d'Ivoire	57.42%	1.8%
57th	Lao PDR	57.42%	-0.3%
58th	Finland	57.33%	-1.7%
59th	Ireland	56.97%	2.2%
60th	Guinea	56.89%	-2.0%
61st	Azerbaijan	56.41%	-7.8%
62nd	Brunei Darussalam	56.33%	0.1%
63rd	Brazil	56.29%	-0.5%
64th	Israel	56.16%	0.9%
65th	Russian Federation	56.15%	1.0%
66th	Belarus	56.06%	0.6%
67th	Jamaica	55.94%	-0.4%
68th	Portugal	55.92%	0.7%
69th	Guinea-Bissau	55.74%	0.0%
70th	Chad	55.73%	-1.1%
71st	Cyprus	55.72%	2.6%
72nd	Togo	55.58%	0.1%
73rd	United Kingdom	55.15%	-0.4%
74th	Botswana	54.17%	1.7%
75th	Rwanda	54.04%	0.0%
76th	Mongolia	54.03%	0.2%
77th	Estonia	54.02%	-1.2%
78th	Paraguay	54.02%	5.9%
79th	Trinidad and Tobago	53.91%	-2.7%
80th	Singapore	53.63%	-2.6%
81st	Slovenia	53.51%	0.6%
82nd	Uruguay	53.47%	3.6%
83rd	Armenia	53.27%	0.1%
84th	Latvia	52.91%	1.9%
85th	Kyrgyz Republic	52.89%	-2.8%
86th	Ukraine	52.70%	0.2%
87th	Myanmar	52.62%	-0.8%
88th	Hong Kong SAR, China	52.50%	0.9%
89th	Austria	52.38%	1.6%
90th	Equatorial Guinea	52.22%	0.0%
91st	Germany	52.21%	0.9%
92nd	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	52.16%	1.1%
93rd	Ecuador	51.96%	-1.4%
94th	Channel Islands	51.60%	0.5%
95th	Zambia	51.34%	0.1%
96th	Namibia	50.66%	1.0%
97th	Korea	50.65%	-0.4%
98th	France	50.62%	0.8%
99th	Slovak Republic	50.33%	-0.4%
100th	Lithuania	50.07%	0.0%
101st	Colombia	49.98%	-1.1%
102nd	Indonesia	49.84%	8.3%
103rd	Czechia	49.75%	-1.5%
104th	Qatar	49.41%	4.2%
105th	Argentina	48.90%	-1.7%
106th	European Union	48.62%	0.5%
107th	Spain	48.55%	2.0%
108th	Japan	48.39%	0.0%
109th	Guam	48.29%	-12.5%
110th	Bulgaria	48.07%	2.8%
111th	South Africa	47.97%	0.3%
112th	Papua New Guinea	47.92%	-0.4%
113th	Philippines	47.61%	0.0%
114th	Panama	47.58%	1.7%
115th	Cabo Verde	47.29%	1.1%
116th	French Polynesia	47.27%	-0.1%
117th	Hungary	46.79%	-0.3%
118th	Poland	46.71%	-0.4%
119th	Luxembourg	46.66%	1.1%
120th	Belgium	46.59%	1.7%
121st	El Salvador	46.10%	0.4%
122nd	Albania	46.08%	-1.2%
123rd	Kuwait	46.05%	0.0%
124th	Eswatini	45.63%	0.3%
125th	Serbia	45.26%	1.4%
126th	Croatia	45.06%	-0.8%
127th	Turkmenistan	45.04%	-2.5%
128th	Gambia, The	44.96%	-0.1%
129th	Costa Rica	44.30%	2.3%
130th	Tonga	43.81%	-0.2%
131st	Malaysia	43.44%	1.0%
132nd	Belize	43.43%	1.2%
133rd	North Macedonia	42.73%	2.8%
134th	Mexico	42.72%	0.9%
135th	Romania	42.45%	0.6%
136th	Chile	42.24%	2.3%
137th	Nicaragua	41.84%	2.1%
138th	Guatemala	41.78%	-0.2%
139th	Samoa	41.75%	-0.1%
140th	Montenegro	41.69%	0.1%
141st	Greece	41.49%	-0.3%
142nd	Cuba	40.72%	1.8%
143rd	Mauritius	40.49%	-2.4%
144th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	40.48%	-0.1%
145th	Dominican Republic	40.28%	-0.8%
146th	Bahrain	39.73%	2.9%
147th	United Arab Emirates	39.52%	3.1%
148th	Gabon	39.19%	0.7%
149th	Fiji	38.48%	4.8%
150th	Uzbekistan	38.43%	-0.3%
151st	Suriname	38.36%	2.0%
152nd	Honduras	37.83%	-1.6%
153rd	Italy	37.68%	-0.6%
154th	Guyana	37.45%	1.7%
155th	Puerto Rico (US)	37.02%	-2.4%
156th	Maldives	36.73%	-0.6%
157th	Sri Lanka	34.64%	-0.7%
158th	Tajikistan	34.09%	-6.8%
159th	Senegal	33.42%	0.2%
160th	Libya	32.97%	1.3%
161st	Comoros	32.64%	0.0%
162nd	India	32.18%	-3.9%
163rd	Malta	32.08%	6.3%
164th	Bangladesh	30.80%	5.3%
165th	Mauritania	27.77%	-0.3%
166th	Morocco	26.03%	1.0%
167th	Sudan	25.87%	-1.0%
168th	Oman	25.37%	1.0%
169th	Tunisia	24.58%	0.4%
170th	Türkiye	23.45%	0.1%
171st	Egypt, Arab Republic of	23.33%	9.7%
172nd	Nepal	23.18%	1.6%
173rd	São Tomé and Principe	22.75%	0.0%
174th	Lebanon	20.98%	1.2%
175th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	20.57%	-0.5%
176th	Pakistan	19.31%	1.9%
177th	Saudi Arabia	17.04%	-2.7%
178th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	17.01%	-5.7%
179th	Djibouti	16.77%	0.7%
180th	West Bank and Gaza	15.02%	11.3%
181st	Afghanistan	14.67%	1.5%
182nd	Jordan	14.37%	24.1%
183rd	Syrian Arab Republic	14.21%	-7.6%
184th	Algeria	13.53%	2.3%
185th	Yemen, Republic of	12.43%	-6.9%
186th	Iraq	12.29%	3.4%

FAQ

What was India's female labor participation in 2007?▾

India's female labor participation in 2007 was 32.18%. This ranked 162nd globally.

How did India's female labor participation change in 2007?▾

India's female labor participation decreased by 3.9% in 2007 compared to 2006.

Which country had the highest female labor participation in 2007?▾

Tanzania had the highest female labor participation in 2007 at 86.36%.

What is the female labor participation of India in 2007?▾

The female labor participation of India in 2007 was 32.18%. This ranked 162nd globally.

How does 2007 compare to 2006 for India's female labor participation?▾

India's female labor participation went from 33.50% in 2006 to 32.18% in 2007, a 3.9% decrease.

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