MoSPI Releases ‘Women and Men in India 2025’ Report: Key Education, Employment & Health Trends
In April 2026, the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoS&PI), released the 27th edition of its publication titled ‘Women and Men in India 2025: Selected Indicators and Data’ at the National Deliberative Summit on “Data for Development”, at Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
Overview of Report:
Metadata inclusion: Metadata for 50 key indicators has been included to improve clarity and provide a better understanding of concepts, definitions, sources, and methodology.
Sex Ratio: India’s sex ratio at birth improved from 904 (2017-19) to 917 (2021-23), indicating improved survival of females.
Total Fertility Rate (TFR): The TFR in urban areas has shown a decline between 2019 to 2023. In 2023, the TFR for Urban is 1.5 and rural is 2.1.
GER Trend: GER at Higher Education has improved from 28.5 to 30.2 for females and 28.3 to 28.9 for males between 2021-22 and 2022-23.
Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR): There has been an increase in LFPR for ages 15 and above for both men and women. In particular, rural females have seen the highest increase in LFPR, going from 37.5% to 45.9% during the period 2022 to 2025.