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India - Female Labor Participation 2024

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Female labor force participation rate · World Bank

32.42% +1.43pp from 2023 Global rank: 161st

India's female labor participation was 32.42% in 2024, increased +1.43pp from 30.98% in 2023. This was the 161st highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2024▾

Female Labor Participation by Country - 2024
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Madagascar	82.92%	0.1%
2nd	Solomon Islands	82.33%	0.0%
3rd	Nigeria	80.71%	0.0%
4th	Tanzania	80.29%	-0.1%
5th	Burundi	79.73%	-0.3%
6th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	77.72%	0.0%
7th	Cambodia	77.30%	0.1%
8th	Mozambique	77.21%	-0.1%
9th	Uganda	75.56%	0.1%
10th	Benin	74.99%	0.2%
11th	Eritrea	72.85%	0.0%
12th	Niger	72.79%	0.4%
13th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	72.39%	-0.1%
14th	Angola	72.36%	0.1%
15th	Moldova	72.18%	3.0%
16th	Liberia	72.02%	0.1%
17th	Bahamas, The	70.97%	-0.1%
18th	Iceland	70.25%	-0.2%
19th	Viet Nam	68.91%	-0.4%
20th	New Zealand	66.26%	-1.0%
21st	Congo, Republic of	65.60%	-0.1%
22nd	Central African Republic	65.54%	-0.1%
23rd	Kazakhstan	65.29%	0.4%
24th	Peru	64.94%	-0.2%
25th	Burkina Faso	64.11%	-0.9%
26th	Macao SAR, China	63.51%	1.4%
27th	Botswana	63.45%	0.0%
28th	Singapore	63.14%	-0.3%
29th	Kenya	63.01%	0.1%
30th	Jamaica	62.91%	-0.2%
31st	Netherlands	62.88%	-0.3%
32nd	Australia	62.65%	0.1%
33rd	Switzerland	62.53%	0.2%
34th	Norway	62.29%	-0.1%
35th	Israel	62.20%	1.4%
36th	Zimbabwe	62.12%	-0.1%
37th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	61.89%	0.3%
38th	St. Lucia	61.89%	-0.4%
39th	Qatar	61.78%	-2.4%
40th	Sweden	61.68%	0.0%
41st	Lao PDR	61.47%	0.1%
42nd	Timor-Leste	61.46%	1.1%
43rd	Cyprus	61.41%	-1.7%
44th	Barbados	61.37%	0.4%
45th	Azerbaijan	61.35%	-0.6%
46th	Estonia	61.26%	0.3%
47th	Denmark	60.90%	1.8%
48th	Canada	60.42%	-1.2%
49th	Guinea-Bissau	60.17%	0.1%
50th	Ireland	59.84%	-0.5%
51st	Thailand	59.47%	-1.4%
52nd	Côte d'Ivoire	59.47%	0.3%
53rd	China	59.45%	-1.3%
54th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	59.25%	1.2%
55th	Paraguay	58.94%	-0.1%
56th	Malawi	58.53%	-0.2%
57th	Haiti	58.32%	-1.7%
58th	Albania	58.15%	0.3%
59th	Lithuania	57.86%	-0.1%
60th	Luxembourg	57.65%	0.8%
61st	United Kingdom	57.49%	0.2%
62nd	Uruguay	57.26%	1.3%
63rd	Belarus	57.23%	-0.3%
64th	Cameroon	57.10%	0.0%
65th	Rwanda	57.10%	-1.6%
66th	Korea	56.83%	1.4%
67th	Georgia	56.67%	0.8%
68th	Finland	56.67%	-1.4%
69th	Bhutan	56.64%	0.0%
70th	Togo	56.60%	0.2%
71st	United States	56.56%	-0.1%
72nd	Guam	56.47%	0.1%
73rd	Zambia	56.37%	0.0%
74th	Malta	55.89%	0.7%
75th	Ghana	55.73%	0.4%
76th	Germany	55.62%	-0.4%
77th	Japan	55.60%	1.4%
78th	Latvia	55.52%	0.1%
79th	Slovak Republic	55.46%	-0.4%
80th	Austria	55.41%	-0.7%
81st	Russian Federation	55.21%	-0.3%
82nd	Namibia	54.91%	0.2%
83rd	Portugal	54.89%	0.3%
84th	Panama	54.83%	4.1%
85th	Brunei Darussalam	54.71%	-0.2%
86th	Hungary	54.40%	0.7%
87th	Czechia	53.66%	0.8%
88th	Indonesia	53.59%	0.2%
89th	Brazil	53.58%	0.7%
90th	Vanuatu	53.53%	-0.1%
91st	Dominican Republic	53.27%	1.5%
92nd	Spain	53.20%	0.8%
93rd	Mali	53.09%	0.1%
94th	Equatorial Guinea	53.04%	-0.4%
95th	Virgin Islands (US)	52.83%	-0.3%
96th	Chile	52.78%	1.6%
97th	Slovenia	52.64%	-0.6%
98th	Serbia	52.62%	2.3%
99th	United Arab Emirates	52.52%	0.3%
100th	Ecuador	52.39%	-0.2%
101st	Argentina	52.28%	-1.3%
102nd	Hong Kong SAR, China	52.26%	0.0%
103rd	Mongolia	52.10%	-0.7%
104th	Poland	51.91%	-0.6%
105th	European Union	51.87%	-0.2%
106th	Sierra Leone	51.82%	0.1%
107th	France	51.77%	-0.6%
108th	Colombia	51.72%	-0.2%
109th	Malaysia	51.62%	0.0%
110th	New Caledonia	51.61%	-1.2%
111th	Armenia	51.59%	0.1%
112th	Montenegro	51.43%	-0.7%
113th	Nicaragua	51.08%	0.7%
114th	Papua New Guinea	50.70%	0.1%
115th	Philippines	50.51%	0.1%
116th	Bulgaria	50.49%	-1.1%
117th	Cabo Verde	50.43%	0.4%
118th	Belgium	49.97%	0.3%
119th	South Africa	49.80%	1.5%
120th	Channel Islands	49.63%	-0.7%
121st	El Salvador	48.96%	0.9%
122nd	Lesotho	48.46%	0.1%
123rd	Eswatini	48.42%	0.4%
124th	Trinidad and Tobago	48.15%	-3.8%
125th	Chad	47.55%	-0.6%
126th	Croatia	47.54%	0.9%
127th	Mauritius	47.45%	-0.4%
128th	Mexico	47.41%	0.2%
129th	Guyana	47.38%	1.9%
130th	Kuwait	47.34%	-1.7%
131st	Comoros	47.13%	0.1%
132nd	French Polynesia	46.98%	-0.9%
133rd	Costa Rica	45.98%	4.3%
134th	Gambia, The	45.43%	0.4%
135th	Greece	45.03%	0.9%
136th	Suriname	44.89%	1.2%
137th	Kyrgyz Republic	44.26%	1.7%
138th	Belize	43.83%	-0.6%
139th	North Macedonia	42.88%	1.7%
140th	Guinea	42.88%	0.3%
141st	Tonga	42.50%	-0.3%
142nd	Bahrain	42.41%	0.1%
143rd	Romania	41.90%	-0.6%
144th	Gabon	41.81%	-0.2%
145th	Uzbekistan	41.27%	0.1%
146th	Italy	41.03%	-0.7%
147th	Myanmar	40.96%	-0.2%
148th	Maldives	40.46%	0.4%
149th	Cuba	40.39%	-1.9%
150th	Honduras	39.62%	0.6%
151st	Bosnia and Herzegovina	39.40%	-0.3%
152nd	Bangladesh	38.71%	-7.6%
153rd	Fiji	38.50%	0.2%
154th	Guatemala	38.42%	0.7%
155th	Turkmenistan	38.35%	0.3%
156th	Senegal	37.99%	0.6%
157th	Türkiye	36.79%	2.9%
158th	Puerto Rico (US)	36.68%	1.1%
159th	Saudi Arabia	33.31%	-2.8%
160th	Libya	33.28%	-0.6%
161st	India	32.42%	4.6%
162nd	Samoa	31.15%	0.0%
163rd	Sri Lanka	31.00%	4.7%
164th	Oman	30.06%	-0.9%
165th	Nepal	27.38%	0.3%
166th	Tunisia	26.64%	-0.5%
167th	Mauritania	26.24%	0.2%
168th	Pakistan	23.99%	0.0%
169th	São Tomé and Principe	22.77%	-0.5%
170th	Tajikistan	21.95%	1.3%
171st	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	20.72%	0.1%
172nd	Morocco	19.83%	0.8%
173rd	Djibouti	19.24%	1.6%
174th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	18.47%	-0.1%
175th	Jordan	16.01%	0.5%
176th	Algeria	14.31%	-0.2%
177th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	14.14%	0.1%
178th	Syrian Arab Republic	12.77%	-0.8%
179th	Iraq	11.00%	0.8%
180th	Afghanistan	5.12%	-0.4%
181st	Yemen, Republic of	4.71%	-1.0%

FAQ

What was India's female labor participation in 2024?▾

India's female labor participation in 2024 was 32.42%. This ranked 161st globally.

How did India's female labor participation change in 2024?▾

India's female labor participation increased by 4.6% in 2024 compared to 2023.

Which country had the highest female labor participation in 2024?▾

Madagascar had the highest female labor participation in 2024 at 82.92%.

What is the female labor participation of India in 2024?▾

The female labor participation of India in 2024 was 32.42%. This ranked 161st globally.

How does 2024 compare to 2023 for India's female labor participation?▾

India's female labor participation went from 30.98% in 2023 to 32.42% in 2024, a 4.6% increase.

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