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title: "Female Labour Force Participation Rate — Definition"
description: "The female labour force participation rate measures working-age women's employment and job-seeking, highlighting gender disparities in labor markets like India."
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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

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- The female labour force participation rate measures the share of working-age women who are either employed or actively seeking work within a defined reference period.
- Why is India's female labour force participation rate considered low despite recent increases?
- How does the FLFPR differ from the worker population ratio?
- What reference periods does India's PLFS use to measure female participation?
- Does the FLFPR capture unpaid care and household work?

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India's Periodic Labour Force Survey, released by the National Statistical Office in 2024, reported the female labour force participation rate for women aged 15 and above at 41.7 per cent for 2023–24, up from 23.3 per cent in 2017–18.

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