Overview
- WPR in Delhi was 14.2% for women versus 52.8% for men in 2023-24, with LFPR at 14.5% for women and 54% for men, and both figures trailing national averages.
- Women dominate teaching posts, with 415 female teachers per 100 male at primary level in 2024-25, rising from 363 in 2012-13, with gains also at upper primary and higher secondary.
- Women’s share in higher education reached 50.57% in 2023-24, and female students per 100 male increased across MPhil, postgraduate, undergraduate, PG diploma and diploma programs between 2013-14 and 2021-22.
- Employment patterns show 70.2% of working women in regular salaried roles, only 26.4% self-employed versus 40.3% of men, and over 61% of women workers in the broad ‘other services’ sector.
- NCRB data show crimes against women at 133.60 per 100,000 in 2023, more than double the national rate, while politics recorded 7.24 million registered female electors for 2025, five women MLAs in the new Assembly, and two women MPs from Delhi in 2024; women’s health indicators also improved, including lower MMR and higher institutional births.