Women's stock market participation rising since 2022, Delhi leads at 30%: NSE

The NSE report on Wednesday has stated that the Indian stock markets have seen a rise in participation of women in shares, adding a decline of mid-aged investors to 15.6% in 2024.

“Female participation in individual investor registrations has been increasing since CY22, to just short of a quarter as of Dec 2024,” it added.

Delhi (30%) has the highest female participation in the market. It was followed by Maharashtra (28%) and Tamil Nadu (27.7%). These states have more female investors than the national average of 24.1% in CY24.

On the other hand, states with low female participation are Bihar (15.6%), Uttar Pradesh (18.4%), and Odisha (19.7%).

Proportion of investors below 30 years has increased significantly from 22.7% in 2018 to 39.9% in 2024 and they are the largest investor group.