Share of informal employment by industry and sex: Non-agricultural in India
India: Share of informal employment by industry and sex: Non-agricultural was 85.61 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of informal employment by industry and sex: Non-agricultural in India, 2005–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of informal employment by industry and sex: non-agricultural in India stood at 85.61 %.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of informal employment by industry and sex: non-agricultural in India peaked at 88.76 % in 2012 and was at its lowest, 49.9 %, in 2005.
That places India 5th out of 39 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 10 years of available data.
Share of informal employment by industry and sex: Non-agricultural in India, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 49.9 % | — |
| 2010 | 54.14 % | +8.5% |
| 2012 | 88.76 % | +63.9% |
| 2018 | 86.48 % | -2.6% |
| 2019 | 86.68 % | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 86.16 % | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 85.91 % | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 85.76 % | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 85.78 % | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 85.61 % | -0.2% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 85.61 % is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 82.35 %, 1.0× the median. (12 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 49.9 % | 49.9 % | 49.9 % | 1 |
| 2010s | 79.02 % | 54.14 % | 88.76 % | 4 |
| 2020s | 85.84 % | 85.61 % | 86.16 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near India
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 share of informal employment by industry and sex: non-agricultural in India?
- Share of informal employment by industry and sex: non-agricultural in India was 85.61 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest share of informal employment by industry and sex: non-agricultural recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 88.76 % in 2012.
- What is the lowest share of informal employment by industry and sex: non-agricultural recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 49.9 % in 2005.
- How does India rank for share of informal employment by industry and sex: non-agricultural?
- India ranks 5th out of 39 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of informal employment by industry and sex: non-agricultural rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.5%. 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 Share of informal employment by industry and sex: Non-agricultural agrifood systems — 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.