India January 2026
~1.8m
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~400
Organizations
These insights represent ~1.8m questions answered from ~400 organizations, collected between January 2025 and December 2025.
The data meet our criteria as being robust and reliable; unlikely to substantially change over time; and representative of the wider industry. Read more about the methodology.
Data provided by Culture Amp
Most represented industries in this benchmark
Computer Software, Information Technology & Services, Financial Services, Marketing & Advertising, Computer & Network Security, Internet, Nonprofit Organization Management
Reported gender breakdown
Male
70%
Female
30%
Non-Binary
0.01%
Are employees committed to their organizations?
Engaged people are emotionally committed to their organization. These people stay at their organizations longer and are more productive and effective. Successful organizations have more engaged employees.
79% of India employees are engaged
This is in the top 24% compared with other regions.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 32 and is in the top 13% compared with other countries.
How does India compare?
People in India were much more positive than average regarding Action, Feedback & Recognition, and Voice.
On the lower side, people in India had much lower favorable scores than average in Transparency.
People working in India are more engaged than Hungary, Netherlands, Denmark, and Germany. People working in India are less engaged than China.
The highest scoring question for India had 93% of people agreeing that they understand how their work contributes to %[Company]%'s mission (+1% compared to overall) while they were generally most positive about Contribution to Broader Purpose.
People in India were generally least favourable about Decision Making, and were most negative towards 'I am satisfied with how decisions are made at %[Company]%' with 15% of people disagreeing (+1% above average).
Which questions matter the most?
Different things are important to different cultures. If you want to make more of your people engaged then you need to know what is important your people. These questions are most important to keeping people engaged in India organizations.
1 %[Company]% is a great company for me to make a contribution to my development | Learning & Development |
2 The leaders at %[Company]% have communicated a vision that motivates me | Leadership |
3 We acknowledge people who deliver outstanding service here | Service & Quality Focus |
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 13% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (-7% compared to overall) while on a longer time frame, 6% of people see themselves leaving within two years (-4% compared to overall).
Understanding Tenure distributions
Tenure describes how long an employee has worked for their company: we know through our research that newly hired employees tend to be more positive than their tenured counterparts. Positivity declines sharply before bottoming out between two to six years, then rises slightly for those that remain.
The tenure composition of a benchmark can influence overall scores.
Tenure distributions
Less than 3 months
1%
3 months to 6 months
4%
6 months to less than 1 year
11%
1 to less than 2 years
22%
2 to less than 4 years
33%
4 to less than 6 years
12%
6 to less than 10 years
10%
Greater than 10 years
7%