Gender gap in the share of Employees in [industry]: Non-agricultural in India
India: Gender gap in the share of Employees in [industry]: Non-agricultural was 25.37 % in 2025. ▲ Rising
Gender gap in the share of Employees in [industry]: Non-agricultural in India, 2000–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for gender gap in the share of employees in [industry]: non-agricultural in India is 25.37 %, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 15.4% on the previous year and up 9.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gender gap in the share of employees in [industry]: non-agricultural in India peaked at 31.02 % in 2010 and was at its lowest, 18.4 %, in 2020.
India ranks 5th of 55 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Gender gap in the share of Employees in [industry]: Non-agricultural in India, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 23.43 % | — |
| 2005 | 25.4 % | +8.4% |
| 2010 | 31.02 % | +22.1% |
| 2012 | 23.21 % | -25.2% |
| 2018 | 24.44 % | +5.3% |
| 2019 | 25.71 % | +5.2% |
| 2020 | 18.4 % | -28.4% |
| 2021 | 23.56 % | +28.0% |
| 2022 | 28.08 % | +19.2% |
| 2023 | 29.43 % | +4.8% |
| 2024 | 30 % | +1.9% |
| 2025 | 25.37 % | -15.4% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 25.37 % is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 20.3 %, 1.2× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 24.41 % | 23.43 % | 25.4 % | 2 |
| 2010s | 26.09 % | 23.21 % | 31.02 % | 4 |
| 2020s | 25.81 % | 18.4 % | 30 % | 6 |
Countries ranked near India
- 2 Honduras 40.97 % compare
- 2 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 18.75 % compare
- 3 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 18.5 % compare
- 3 Mali 33.39 % compare
- 4 El Salvador 27.37 % compare
- 4 Viet Nam 6.45 % compare
- 5 Türkiye 6.03 % compare
- 6 Panama 25.28 % compare
- 7 Bhutan 24.79 % compare
- 8 Peru 24.4 % compare
More agriculture & rural data for India
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -2.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1623 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 438.73 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4067 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6431 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gender gap in the share of employees in [industry]: non-agricultural in India?
- Gender gap in the share of employees in [industry]: non-agricultural in India was 25.37 % in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest gender gap in the share of employees in [industry]: non-agricultural recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 31.02 % in 2010.
- What is the lowest gender gap in the share of employees in [industry]: non-agricultural recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 18.4 % in 2020.
- How does India rank for gender gap in the share of employees in [industry]: non-agricultural?
- India ranks 5th out of 55 countries with data for 2025.
- Is gender gap in the share of employees in [industry]: non-agricultural rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this India data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Gender gap in the share of Employees in [industry]: Non-agricultural employment — Value — All age ranges or no breakdown by age — National — Non-agricultural agrifood systems. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Suite of Gender Indicators presents a set of indicators relevant to agrifood systems that are disaggregated by sex, with the aim of highlighting gender differences across agrifood systems. The initial set of indicators is based on those used in FAO’s 2023 Status of Women in Agrifood Systems (SWAFS) report and on the recommendations of an expert consultation held in December 2023, and covers key dimensions including economic participation, governance, agency, social norms, assets and services, education, health, and nutrition. Indicator selection was informed by expert judgment and by the availability of data with sufficient geographic and temporal coverage to enable meaningful comparisons across regions and over time. While most indicators are produced and published by FAO and other international organizations, the objective of this domain is to provide a one-stop shop for sex-disaggregated data on agrifood systems.