Work & Labour in India 358 indicators covering work & labour for India. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Share of workers in informal employment 88.1% 2024 down 2.1% 7th Share of female workers in informal employment 91.6% 2024 down 1.4% 8th Share of workers in informal employment vs. GDP per capita 88.1% 2024 down 2.1% 7th Proportion of informal employment, by sector and sex - 13th ICLS 88.1% 2024 down 2.1% 8th Workers in the reference group 1,832 2007 down 5.1% 49th Gender wage gap 19.48 2025 down 13.0% 8th Care employment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 31,466 2025 up 28.4% 2nd Decile ratios of gross earnings — Interdecile ratio of gross earnings 1.88 Factor of decile 1 2025 down 15.6% 6th Employment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 476,557 2025 up 20.8% 1st Employees 120,546 2025 up 62.0% 2nd Gender wage gap vs. GDP per capita 22.0% 2024 down 1.9% 8th Gender wage gap 22.0% 2024 down 1.9% 8th Gender wage gap vs. ratio of female-to-male labor force participation 22.0% 2024 down 1.9% 8th Gender wage gap vs. GDP per capita 22.0% 2024 down 1.9% 8th Gender wage gap: 2000 vs. 2025 22.0% 2024 down 1.9% 8th Gender wage gap 44.44 Percentage of wages of men in the same decile 2025 unchanged 1st Average weekly hours actually worked per employed person 45.45 2025 down 9.2% 12th Average weekly hours actually worked per employee 56.19 2025 down 1.2% 1st SDG indicator 8.5.1: Average hourly earnings of employees 91.72 2025 up 42.8% 32nd Average hourly earnings of employees 91.72 2025 up 42.7% 27th Average hourly earnings of employees 91.72 2025 up 42.7% 27th Gini index of hourly earnings of employees 0.427 2025 down 3.8% 18th Median hourly earnings of employees 61.81 2025 up 50.0% 27th Median hourly earnings of employees 61.81 2025 up 50.0% 27th Median hourly earnings of employees 61.81 2025 up 50.0% 27th Average weekly hours actually worked per person in care employment 49.09 2025 down 3.7% 4th Average weekly hours actually worked per employee in care employment 50.13 2025 down 3.3% 3rd Share of workers employed in services vs. GDP per capita 26.1% 2010 up 10.1% 40th Proportion of adults (15 years and older) active in labor force with 90.9% 2024 up 43.0% 47th Proportion of adults (15 years and older) out of labor force with an 85.4% 2024 up 109.8% 29th Youth informal employment rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 85.83 2025 down 6.9% 16th Public sector employment as a share of total employment 7.8% 2019 down 13.5% 67th Trade union density rate 19.8 2017 up 46.5% 41st Share of persons outside the labour force due to care responsibilities 40.67 2025 — 14th Average monthly earnings of care employees 22,298 2025 up 28.4% 22nd Average monthly earnings of care employees 22,298 2025 up 28.4% 22nd Share of persons outside the labour force due to care responsibilities 40.67 2025 — 14th Average hourly earnings of care employees 101.49 2025 up 32.3% 21st Average hourly earnings of care employees 101.49 2025 up 32.3% 21st Informal care employment 19,539 2025 up 31.1% 1st Informal care employment rate 62.1 2025 up 2.1% 6th Care employment outside the formal sector 11,420 2025 up 47.4% 1st Share of care employment outside the formal sector 36.29 2025 up 14.7% 14th Informal employment (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 415,543 2025 up 17.0% 1st Informal employment rate (previous ILO definition - ICLS13) 87.2 2025 down 3.1% 7th Employment outside the formal sector (previous ILO definition) 380,944 2025 up 16.9% 1st Share of employment outside the formal sector (previous ILO) 79.94 2025 down 3.3% 6th Fatal occupational injuries among employees, by sex and migrant status 116.8 2007 up 129.0% 1st Detected victims of human trafficking for forced labour, servitude 3,539 2022 up 99.9% 3rd Detected victims of human trafficking for forced labour, servitude 0.25 2022 up 92.3% 53rd Non-fatal occupational injuries among employees, by sex and migrant 325 2007 up 39.8% 54th Average monthly earnings of employees ages 25 to 54 12,618 2021 — 15th Children in employment 4,592 2025 — 1st Children in child labour 2,533 2025 — 1st Share of children in child labour 3.94 2025 — 20th Fatal occupational injury rates 116.8 per 100,000 employees 2007 up 129.0% 1st Share of children in child labour -- General Production Boundary 3.94 2025 — 19th Employment in tourism-related industries per 1,000 people 19.16 persons per 1,000 people 2022 up 43.9% 62nd ← Previous Page 6 of 6