Female unemployment rate falls by 3 times in three years

BETWEEN 2020 and 2023, the female unemployment rate in delhi has fallen from 6.4% to 2.2% — a drop of three times in as many years, according to the recent economic survey. This has occurred due to the urban unemployment rate falling from 6.5% to 2.2% in the same period, the report further stated. significantly, this has come at a time when labor force participationrates in women have margin ally risen.

Female labour force participation rate is, however, stagnant—it has grown by a mere 0.6 percentage points in the last three years (from 10.7% to 11.3%). rural female labour force participation, on the other hand, has fallen from 6.9% to 2.9% in the same period. this number is slightly less significant because Delhi is highly urban is ed and has only 3% of its population in rural areas. Another trend that stands out is the fall in Delhi's female unemployment rate for women aged 15 to 29 years. After Na ga land and la ks had weep, delhi has seen the sharp est fall in the female unemployment rates (15 to 29 years) in India from 2019-20 to 2022-23, according to data.

Nagaland and Lakshadweep combined have a population of just over 20 lakhs according to the 2011 census - almost 10 times lower than delhi. of the states and UTS with over 1 crore population, Delhiperformedthebestbyfar.in four years, Delhi's female unemployment rate (15 to 29 years old) fell by over 21 percentage points— from 27.5% to 6.2%. Around the same time, the national female unemployment rate fell from 14.6% to 10.6%. delhi' s female unemployment rate in 2019-20 was almost double of India's average, while in 2022-23, it was almost half the average for the country.

While the female unemployment rate has reduced and their labour force rate has gone up margin ally, men still dominate the workforce — they have a labor force participation rate of 57.1% as of 2022-23, over 5 times greater.