Home → India → Employment → Female Labor Participation → Highest

India Highest Female Labor Participation

Name: India Female Labor Participation
Creator: World Bank
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

34.85% in 2005

Female labor force participation rate · World Bank

The highest female labor participation in India was 34.85% in 2005. The top 5 years were: 2005 (34.85%), 2004 (34.75%), 2003 (34.66%), 2002 (34.57%), 2001 (34.48%).

Top 5 Highest Years▾

India Top 5 Highest Female Labor Participation Years
Rank	Year	Value
1st	2005	34.85%
2nd	2004	34.75%
3rd	2003	34.66%
4th	2002	34.57%
5th	2001	34.48%

All Data (sorted by value)▾

Year	Value	Change	Rank
2005	34.85%	+0.10pp	159th
2004	34.75%	+0.09pp	159th
2003	34.66%	+0.09pp	159th
2002	34.57%	+0.09pp	158th
2006	33.50%	−1.35pp	159th
2001	34.48%	+0.09pp	158th
2000	34.40%	+0.62pp	156th
1999	33.78%	+0.62pp	156th
2025	32.43%	+0.01pp	161st
2024	32.42%	+1.43pp	161st
2007	32.18%	−1.32pp	162nd
1998	33.16%	+0.61pp	156th
1997	32.54%	+0.61pp	157th
2023	30.98%	+1.64pp	163rd
1996	31.93%	+0.60pp	158th
2008	30.89%	−1.29pp	164th
1995	31.33%	+0.59pp	158th
1994	30.74%	+0.14pp	160th
2009	29.64%	−1.25pp	163rd
1993	30.60%	+0.12pp	159th
1992	30.48%	+0.11pp	160th
1991	30.36%	+0.10pp	159th
2022	29.35%	+1.62pp	165th
1990	30.26%	–	159th
2021	27.72%	+1.73pp	166th
2011	27.58%	−0.84pp	165th
2010	28.43%	−1.22pp	163rd
2020	26.00%	−0.54pp	168th
2019	26.54%	−0.03pp	168th
2018	26.57%	−0.01pp	168th
2017	26.58%	+0.00pp	167th
2016	26.58%	−0.01pp	168th
2015	26.58%	−0.02pp	167th
2014	26.61%	−0.06pp	166th
2013	26.67%	−0.09pp	166th
2012	26.76%	−0.82pp	167th

Show all

Female Labor Participation (all years) Lowest ever Average Female Labor Participation 1990s Female Labor Participation 2000s Female Labor Participation 2010s Female Labor Participation 2020s Unemployment Rate Youth Unemployment Labor Force Participation Agriculture Employment Industry Employment vs Cambodia vs Kyrgyz Republic vs Bangladesh vs Angola Global Ranking