Women & gender · India
Half the population. Nine ways to ask if opportunity is equal.
No single ranking can explain women’s lives. CurioLens puts education, health, work, income, safety, political voice, assets, digital access and welfare side by side.
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UNDP Gender Inequality Index0.403India · rank 102UNDP methodology ↗
India in global gender measures
Checking latest sources…More than one index tells the story.
These measures answer different questions: parity, economic opportunity, peace and security, and political representation. CurioLens checks stable source pages/APIs for the newest available value.
Women, Business and the Law uses a different methodology from the Global Gender Gap Index. CurioLens keeps each source, edition and definition visible rather than combining them into one score.
NFHS-6 · 2023–24
Education
Who gets enough years of schooling?
46.4%women with 10+ years of schooling
vs
54.6%men
women with 10+ years of schooling
men
−8.2 pp
About 46 of every 100 women aged 15–49 had completed at least 10 years of schooling, compared with about 55 men.
Check official data ↗SRS · 2022–24
Health
Is pregnancy becoming safer?
87maternal deaths per 100,000 live births
vs
<70SDG 2030 target
maternal deaths per 100,000 live births
SDG 2030 target
17+ above target
India has improved sharply, but maternal mortality is still above the SDG threshold of fewer than 70 deaths per 100,000 live births.
Check official data ↗PLFS · Jul 2026
Employment
How many women are in the labour force?
34.4%female LFPR
vs
55.4%all adults
female LFPR
all adults
rural 38.8% · urban 25.3%
About one in three women aged 15+ were working or looking for work in the survey week. Rural participation was much higher than urban participation.
Check official data ↗PLFS · 2025
Income & earnings
When women work, what do they earn?
₹324women · casual labour/day
vs
₹489men · casual labour/day
women · casual labour/day
men · casual labour/day
₹165/day gap
For casual labour outside public works, women averaged roughly two-thirds of men’s daily earnings in this PLFS measure.
Check official data ↗NFHS-5 · 2019–21
Safety
How common is spousal violence?
29.2%ever-married women reporting spousal violence
vs
24.5%urban women
ever-married women reporting spousal violence
urban women
rural 31.2%
Nearly 3 in 10 ever-married women reported physical or sexual spousal violence. Survey reporting can still understate violence.
Check official data ↗IPU · 2025/2026
Political voice
Who gets a seat at the table?
13.8%women in Lok Sabha
vs
27.5%world parliamentary share
women in Lok Sabha
world parliamentary share
about half the world share
Women hold about 14 of every 100 seats in India’s lower house, compared with roughly 28 of every 100 parliamentary seats worldwide.
Check official data ↗DHS/World Bank · 2021
Property & finance
Who owns assets and financial accounts?
9.5%women owning land alone
vs
29.7%men owning land alone
women owning land alone
men owning land alone
3× male advantage
Bank-account ownership is now near parity, but land ownership alone remains much more unequal: 9.5% of women versus 29.7% of men.
Check official data ↗NFHS-6 · 2023–24
Digital access
Who can participate online?
64.3%women who have ever used internet
vs
80.5%men
women who have ever used internet
men
−16.2 pp
India’s survey shows a sizeable gender gap. Globally, ITU estimated 65% of women and 70% of men used the internet in 2024; the definitions are not identical.
Check official data ↗PMMVY · current scheme rules
Welfare & protection
What support exists around motherhood?
₹5,000PMMVY benefit · first child
vs
₹6,000second child if girl
PMMVY benefit · first child
second child if girl
eligibility ≠ coverage
PMMVY provides maternity cash support for eligible women. CurioLens treats scheme design and actual beneficiary coverage as separate questions.
Check official data ↗Selected lens · EducationCheck official data ↗
Who gets enough years of schooling?
About 46 of every 100 women aged 15–49 had completed at least 10 years of schooling, compared with about 55 men.
46.4%women with 10+ years of schooling
54.6%men
ComparisonWomen 46.4% | Men 54.6%
Read the direction together with the definition; a bigger number is not always automatically better.
“Ever used the internet”, “currently using the internet” and “owns a phone” measure different things.
Violence and safety statistics can be affected by under-reporting, access to police and survey design.
A bank account, land title or welfare benefit does not automatically mean equal control over money and decisions.