World Bank · Labor

India: Employers, female

0.61percent · 2025+37.7% since 2015

Employers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or a few partners, hold the type of jobs defined as a "self-employment jobs" i.e. jobs where the remuneration is directly dependent upon the profits derived from the goods and services produced), and, in this capacity, have engaged, on a continuous basis, one or more persons to work for them as employee(s). Reported as: modeled ILO estimate. Annual figures for India from 1991 to 2025.

19912025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20250.606
20240.604
20230.501
20220.69
20210.456
20200.454
20190.426
20180.44
20170.44
20160.438
20150.44
20140.437
20130.44
20120.444
20110.446
20100.44
20090.436
20080.435
20070.443
20060.443
20050.426
20040.42
20030.395
20020.394
20010.38
20000.387
19990.376
19980.387
19970.396
19960.397
19950.402
19940.39
19930.379
19920.385
19910.379

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Labour Organization. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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World Bank (2026). Employers, female. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-employers-female (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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