Female Labour Force Participation Rate

Share of working-age women who are employed or seeking employment. A critical indicator of women's economic empowerment.

%Source: MoSPI PLFS ↗Data year: 2021↑ Higher is betterWeight: 1.5x

State Rankings — Female Labour Force Participation Rate

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#	State / UT	Value	Score	Tier
1	Meghalaya	71.8%	100.0	Champion
2	Sikkim	68.6%	98.1	Champion
3	Himachal Pradesh	67.6%	96.2	Champion
4	Arunachal Pradesh	66.5%	94.1	Champion
5	Nagaland	64.3%	89.8	Champion
6	Assam	50.2%	62.5	Contender
7	Ladakh(UT)	50.1%	62.4	Contender
8	Jharkhand	49.8%	61.8	Contender
9	Manipur	46.9%	56.2	Rising
10	Chhattisgarh	46.5%	55.4	Rising
11	Gujarat	46.0%	54.4	Rising
12	Jammu & Kashmir(UT)	45.4%	53.3	Rising
13	Andhra Pradesh	44.8%	52.1	Rising
14	Telangana	44.8%	52.1	Rising
15	Andaman & Nicobar Islands(UT)	42.2%	47.1	Rising
16	Mizoram	41.8%	46.3	Rising
17	Kerala	40.8%	44.4	Developing
18	Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu(UT)	40.6%	44.0	Developing
19	Maharashtra	40.1%	43.0	Developing
20	Madhya Pradesh	39.1%	41.1	Developing
21	Uttarakhand	38.7%	40.3	Developing
22	Odisha	38.6%	40.1	Developing
23	Tamil Nadu	37.5%	38.0	Developing
24	Rajasthan	37.4%	37.8	Developing
25	Karnataka	35.5%	34.1	Developing
26	Tripura	34.4%	32.0	Developing
27	West Bengal	33.8%	30.8	Developing
28	Puducherry(UT)	31.9%	27.1	Developing
29	Chandigarh(UT)	31.2%	25.8	Developing
30	Bihar	30.5%	24.4	Developing
31	Goa	29.3%	22.1	Developing
32	Punjab	27.6%	18.8	Developing
33	Uttar Pradesh	25.2%	14.2	Developing
34	Haryana	24.2%	12.3	Developing
35	Delhi(UT)	18.2%	0.6	Developing
36	Lakshadweep(UT)	17.1%	0.0	Developing