Gender in India

243 indicators covering gender for India.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Child population (UN estimates and projections) 341,454 2030 down 7.6% 1st
Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth -0.5667 % change on previous year 2030 up 33.7% 94th
Population 1.18 million 2030 up 14.6% 2nd
Working-age population (UN estimates and projections) 1.18 million 2030 up 14.6% 2nd
Population (UN estimates and projections), annual growth rate 1.17 % change on previous year 2030 down 29.2% 93rd
Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 10.96 million 2025 down 5.9% 1st
Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 11.71 million 2025 down 7.8% 1st
Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 10.92 million 2025 down 6.8% 1st
Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 11.70 million 2025 down 8.5% 1st
Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 10.89 million 2025 down 8.8% 1st
Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 11.70 million 2025 down 10.5% 1st
Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 10.88 million 2025 down 9.7% 1st
Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 11.71 million 2025 down 11.3% 1st
Age population, age 04, female, interpolated 10.89 million 2025 down 9.9% 1st
Age population, age 04, male, interpolated 11.75 million 2025 down 11.5% 1st
Age population, age 05, female, interpolated 11.04 million 2025 down 9.1% 1st
Age population, age 05, male, interpolated 11.94 million 2025 down 10.6% 1st
Women's universal right to vote 1 2025 unchanged 1st
Universal suffrage women lexical, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 1st
Inactivity rate (ILO modelled estimates) 44.27 2027 down 6.5% 55th
Women's Political Empowerment Index 0.658 2025 up 1.2% 120th
Women's Civil Liberties Index 0.621 2025 down 0.8% 112th
Women's Civil Society Participation Index 0.648 2025 up 20.0% 113th
Women's Political Participation Index 0.708 2025 down 9.5% 142nd
Women's political empowerment index vs. electoral democracy index 0.658 2025 up 1.2% 120th
Key features of women's political empowerment 0.658 2025 up 1.2% 120th
Key features of womens political empowerment, annual growth rate 4.61 % change on previous year 2025 up 704.0% 11th
Key features of womens political empowerment, gaps filled 0.658 2025 up 1.2% 120th
Gender of the head of government, gaps filled 0 2025 20th
Prevalence of obesity, female 10.4% 2024 up 73.1% 178th
Prevalence of obesity, male 5.7% 2024 up 78.8% 173rd
Life expectancy at age 60, female 20.17 years 2024 up 5.6% 135th
Life expectancy at age 60, male 22.29 years 2024 up 28.8% 45th
Share of women who are obese 10.4% 2024 up 73.1% 181st
Share of women who are overweight or obese 33.7% 2024 up 42.2% 181st
Share of overweight men vs. women 29.9% 2024 up 56.1% 154th
Share of women expected to survive to the age of 65 79.1% 2024 up 5.9% 145th
Share of women who are married or in a union 13.2% 2020 down 35.8% 52nd
Population, per capita 1 units per person 2024 unchanged 27th
Population, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP 2024 down 40.1% 50th
Population, annual growth rate 0.8949 % change on previous year 2024 down 29.5% 106th
Key features of womens political empowerment, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 46.2% 170th
Women and men have the same rights to own property 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Married women are required by law to obey their husbands 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Total calories from animal protein vs. mean male height 80.04 kilocalories per day per capita 2023 up 67.3% 148th
Women, Business and the Law Index 74.38 index (0–100) 2023 up 12.3% 127th
Women can apply for a passport in the same way as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Women can register a business on the same terms as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Women can get a divorce on the same terms as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Women have the same rights to remarry as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Women can open a bank account in the same way as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Equal access to financial services for women and men 0 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 94th
Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), per capita 0.0002 units per person 2025 down 16.3% 96th
Women can open bank account same as men, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2023 1st
Women can register a business in the same way as men, annual growth 0 % change on previous year 2023 1st
Population, per square kilometre 483.68 units per square kilometre 2023 up 11.0% 14th
Population (UN estimates and projections), per capita 0.0008 units per person 2025 up 6.6% 90th
Labor force, female 174.86 million 2025 up 43.4% 2nd
Labor force, female, per capita 0.1195 units per person 2025 up 30.1% 160th
Primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index 1.02 index 2025 up 2.1% 60th