India: Labour force participation rate, women
Women aged 15 and over who are economically active, as a percentage of the female population aged 15 and over. ILO modelled estimate.
Official statisticSource figures as of October 8, 2026Sources & methods
- Sources
- World Bank
- Period covered
- 1990 – 2025
- Source figures as of
- October 8, 2026
- Geography
- India
- Sector
- Whole economy (not a single sector)
- Seasonal adjustment
- Not applicable
- Transformations
- Views other than the level (changes, averages, volatility) are calculated by CK Economics from these figures
- Revisions
- Replaced with the source’s latest figures whenever it revises them.
- Data status
- Current
Key figures
CK estimate% of female population aged 15+ · calculated by CK Economics from World Bank data
- Latest · 2025
- 32.4
- 0.0 pp vs a year earlier1
- 5-year change
- +6.4 pp
- since 20202
- 10-year change
- +5.8 pp
- since 20152
- Record high
- 34.9
- 20053
- Record low
- 26
- 20203
- Where the latest ranks
- 71st pct.
- Higher than 71% of the other 35 observations since 19904
- 1Latest observation against the observation one year earlier (for weekly data, the nearest within three days).
- 2Latest observation against the observation five and ten years earlier.
- 3Highest and lowest published observations across the full history shown.
- 4Share of the other published observations that are lower than the latest one, rounded down.
Methodology
Women aged 15 and over who are economically active, as a percentage of the female population aged 15 and over. ILO modelled estimate. Compiled by the World Bank from national statistical offices and international agencies; some series (labour force participation) are ILO modelled estimates. Source series SL.TLF.CACT.FE.ZS. Licence: CC BY 4.0.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators (WDI 2026-10-08). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.TLF.CACT.FE.ZS?locations=IND
All data
36 observations, newest first · % of female population aged 15+
| Period | Value | Change y/y |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32.4 | +0.01 pp |
| 2024 | 32.4 | +1.43 pp |
| 2023 | 31 | +1.64 pp |
| 2022 | 29.3 | +1.62 pp |
| 2021 | 27.7 | +1.73 pp |
| 2020 | 26 | −0.54 pp |
| 2019 | 26.5 | −0.03 pp |
| 2018 | 26.6 | −0.01 pp |
| 2017 | 26.6 | 0 pp |
| 2016 | 26.6 | −0.01 pp |
| 2015 | 26.6 | −0.02 pp |
| 2014 | 26.6 | −0.06 pp |
| 2013 | 26.7 | −0.09 pp |
| 2012 | 26.8 | −0.82 pp |
| 2011 | 27.6 | −0.84 pp |
| 2010 | 28.4 | −1.22 pp |
| 2009 | 29.6 | −1.25 pp |
| 2008 | 30.9 | −1.29 pp |
| 2007 | 32.2 | −1.32 pp |
| 2006 | 33.5 | −1.35 pp |
| 2005 | 34.9 | +0.1 pp |
| 2004 | 34.8 | +0.09 pp |
| 2003 | 34.7 | +0.09 pp |
| 2002 | 34.6 | +0.09 pp |