What is India’s female labour force participation rate at present?

March 18, 2015 March 18, 2015

What is India’s female labour force participation rate at present?
[A]45
[B]33
[C]50
[D]55

33
India’s female labour force participation rate is currently at 33 per cent. This means only 125 million of the 380 million working-age Indian women are currently part of the labour force. It is much lower than the global average of 50 per cent and well below East Asia’s average of 63 per cent.

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1 Comment

  1. Shiva Chandra

    March 22, 2015 at 7:21 am

    World bank site databank.com shows such details only upto 2013 which is 27% and no other site shows 33%.

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