South Asia January 2026
~2.5m
Questions answered
over 12 months- /
~400
Organizations
These insights represent ~2.5m 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, Telecommunications
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 South Asia employees are engaged
This is in the top 29% compared with other regions.
The median eNPS score for organizations in this benchmark is 33 and is in the top 9% compared with other regions.
How does South Asia compare?
People in South Asia were much more positive than average regarding Equity, Action, and Feedback & Recognition.
On the lower side, people in South Asia had much lower favorable scores than average in Transparency.
People working in South Asia are more engaged than Benelux, DACH, Central Europe, and Nordic.
The highest scoring question for South Asia 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 South Asia were generally least favourable about Decision Making, and were most negative towards 'I believe my total compensation (base salary+any bonuses+benefits+equity) is fair, relative to similar roles at other companies' with 26% of people disagreeing (+3% 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 South Asia organizations.
1 I have confidence in the leaders at %[Company]% | Leadership |
2 %[Company]% is a great company for me to make a contribution to my development | Learning & Development |
3 We acknowledge people who deliver outstanding service here | Service & Quality Focus |
How long do people stay?
In the short term, 14% of people in this benchmark are thinking of or actually seeking jobs elsewhere (-6% 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
21%
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
8%