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Madhya Pradesh in numbers

Official figures for Madhya Pradesh, how it ranks among the states the survey covers, and how it compares with India as a whole.

Each card shows where Madhya Pradesh sits among the states: the box holds the middle half of states, the whiskers run to the lowest and highest, and the dot is Madhya Pradesh. Box and median are worked out from the state figures; they are not official all-India numbers.

Prices

Retail inflation

6.68%

Sep 2026 · ▲ 1.15 vs Aug 2026

  • Rank #33 of 36 states (lowest first)
  • 1.14 points above the national figure of 5.54%
Madhya Pradesh among 36 states: retail inflation, Sep 2026
Lowest stateMizoram, 2.85%
Lower quartile (of states)4.04%
Median state5.06%
Upper quartile (of states)5.87%
Highest statePuducherry, 6.86%
Madhya Pradesh6.68%, rank 33 of 36

middle half of statesmedian stateMadhya Pradesh

What is measured

Year-on-year CPI inflation (base 2024=100), combined rural and urban. Source: MoSPI, Consumer Price Index (base 2024=100), State/UT-wise.

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Jobs

Urban unemployment

7.5%

Apr–Jun 2026 · ▲ 1.7 vs Jan–Mar 2026

  • Rank #11 of 22 states (lowest first)
  • 0.8 points above the national figure of 6.7%
Madhya Pradesh among 22 states: urban unemployment, Apr–Jun 2026
Lowest stateGujarat, 3.9%
Lower quartile (of states)5.5%
Median state7.6%
Upper quartile (of states)9.2%
Highest stateJammu & Kashmir, 14.9%
Madhya Pradesh7.5%, rank 11 of 22

middle half of statesmedian stateMadhya Pradesh

What is measured

Unemployment rate in urban areas, persons aged 15 and above, current weekly status. Source: MoSPI, Periodic Labour Force Survey, Quarterly Bulletin.

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Unemployment

4.8%

Apr–Jun 2026 · ▲ 1.4 vs Jan–Mar 2026

  • Rank #10 of 22 states (lowest first)
  • 0.6 points below the national figure of 5.4%
Madhya Pradesh among 22 states: unemployment, Apr–Jun 2026
Lowest stateKarnataka, 2.9%
Lower quartile (of states)4.1%
Median state5.1%
Upper quartile (of states)6.8%
Highest stateChhattisgarh, 12.8%
Madhya Pradesh4.8%, rank 10 of 22

middle half of statesmedian stateMadhya Pradesh

What is measured

Unemployment rate, persons aged 15 and above, rural and urban combined, current weekly status. State estimates rest on small samples (the bulletin publishes their standard errors), so small gaps between states are not meaningful. Source: MoSPI, Periodic Labour Force Survey, Quarterly Bulletin.

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Jobs

Labour force participation

57.7%

Apr–Jun 2026 · ▼ 2.9 vs Jan–Mar 2026

  • Rank #8 of 22 states (highest first)
  • 3.1 points above the national figure of 54.6%
Madhya Pradesh among 22 states: labour force participation, Apr–Jun 2026
Lowest stateDelhi, 41.4%
Lower quartile (of states)51.8%
Median state56.7%
Upper quartile (of states)58.0%
Highest stateHimachal Pradesh, 67.2%
Madhya Pradesh57.7%, rank 8 of 22

middle half of statesmedian stateMadhya Pradesh

What is measured

Labour force participation rate: persons working or seeking work as a share of the population aged 15 and above, rural and urban combined, current weekly status. Source: MoSPI, Periodic Labour Force Survey, Quarterly Bulletin.

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Employment rate

55.0%

Apr–Jun 2026 · ▼ 3.6 vs Jan–Mar 2026

  • Rank #7 of 22 states (highest first)
  • 3.3 points above the national figure of 51.7%
Madhya Pradesh among 22 states: employment rate, Apr–Jun 2026
Lowest stateDelhi, 39.8%
Lower quartile (of states)46.6%
Median state53.0%
Upper quartile (of states)55.2%
Highest stateHimachal Pradesh, 63.0%
Madhya Pradesh55.0%, rank 7 of 22

middle half of statesmedian stateMadhya Pradesh

What is measured

Worker population ratio: employed persons as a share of the population aged 15 and above, rural and urban combined, current weekly status. Source: MoSPI, Periodic Labour Force Survey, Quarterly Bulletin.

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Women's labour force participation

33.1%

Apr–Jun 2026 · ▼ 5.4 vs Jan–Mar 2026

  • Rank #13 of 22 states (highest first)
  • 0.1 points below the national figure of 33.2%
Madhya Pradesh among 22 states: women's labour force participation, Apr–Jun 2026
Lowest stateDelhi, 11.0%
Lower quartile (of states)26.6%
Median state34.9%
Upper quartile (of states)40.4%
Highest stateHimachal Pradesh, 56.5%
Madhya Pradesh33.1%, rank 13 of 22

middle half of statesmedian stateMadhya Pradesh

What is measured

Female labour force participation rate: women working or seeking work as a share of all women aged 15 and above, rural and urban combined, current weekly status. Source: MoSPI, Periodic Labour Force Survey, Quarterly Bulletin.

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Education

Secondary dropout

11.0%

2025-26

  • Rank #29 of 36 states (lowest first)
  • 4.0 points above the national figure of 7.0%
Madhya Pradesh among 36 states: secondary dropout, 2025-26
Lowest stateWest Bengal, 1.5%
Lower quartile (of states)4.7%
Median state6.6%
Upper quartile (of states)10.8%
Highest stateLadakh, 14.8%
Madhya Pradesh11.0%, rank 29 of 36

middle half of statesmedian stateMadhya Pradesh

What is measured

Dropout rate at the secondary stage (classes 9 to 12, NEP structure), boys and girls together, UDISE+ 2025-26. State figures can swing sharply between years (West Bengal 20.3% in 2024-25, 1.5% in 2025-26), so compare states within a year. Source: Ministry of Education, UDISE+ 2025-26 report (NEP structure).

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Health

Child stunting

31.4%

NFHS-6 (2023-24) · ▼ 4.3 vs NFHS-5 (2019-21)

  • Rank #28 of 35 states (lowest first)
  • 2.1 points above the national figure of 29.3%
Madhya Pradesh among 35 states: child stunting, NFHS-6 (2023-24)
Lowest statePuducherry, 16.6%
Lower quartile (of states)21.0%
Median state26.1%
Upper quartile (of states)30.0%
Highest stateDadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu, 37.1%
Madhya Pradesh31.4%, rank 28 of 35

middle half of statesmedian stateMadhya Pradesh

What is measured

Children under five who are stunted (height-for-age more than two standard deviations below the WHO median), NFHS-6 (2023-24) fact sheets, which the survey calls provisional. Manipur was not covered in NFHS-6; small states and UTs have small samples. Source: IIPS and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, National Family Health Survey (NFHS-6) 2023-24, India and State/UT Fact Sheets.

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Health

Institutional births

89.8%

NFHS-6 (2023-24) · ▼ 0.9 vs NFHS-5 (2019-21)

  • Rank #25 of 35 states (highest first)
  • 0.8 points below the national figure of 90.6%
Madhya Pradesh among 35 states: institutional births, NFHS-6 (2023-24)
Lowest stateNagaland, 62.2%
Lower quartile (of states)89.0%
Median state94.9%
Upper quartile (of states)98.2%
Highest stateLakshadweep, 100.0%
Madhya Pradesh89.8%, rank 25 of 35

middle half of statesmedian stateMadhya Pradesh

What is measured

Share of births in the five years before the survey that took place in a health facility, NFHS-6 (2023-24) fact sheets, which the survey calls provisional. Manipur was not covered in NFHS-6. Source: IIPS and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, National Family Health Survey (NFHS-6) 2023-24, India and State/UT Fact Sheets.

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Health

Infant mortality

35 per 1,000 live births

2024 · ▼ 2 vs 2023

  • Rank #34 of 36 states (lowest first)
  • 11 per 1,000 live births above the national figure of 24 per 1,000 live births
Madhya Pradesh among 36 states: infant mortality, 2024
Lowest stateManipur, 2 per 1,000 live births
Lower quartile (of states)9 per 1,000 live births
Median state15 per 1,000 live births
Upper quartile (of states)23 per 1,000 live births
Highest stateChhattisgarh, 36 per 1,000 live births
Madhya Pradesh35 per 1,000 live births, rank 34 of 36

middle half of statesmedian stateMadhya Pradesh

What is measured

Infant deaths per 1,000 live births, 2024, Sample Registration System. For the eight smaller states (Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura) and the six UTs the figure is the 2022-24 average, because their samples are small; the 2023 comparison is shown for the bigger states only. Source: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India, Sample Registration System Statistical Report 2024.

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Health

Fertility

2.4 children per woman

2024 · ■ 0.0 vs 2023

  • Rank #20 of 22 states (lowest first)
  • 0.5 children per woman above the national figure of 1.9 children per woman
Madhya Pradesh among 22 states: fertility, 2024
Lowest stateDelhi, 1.2 children per woman
Lower quartile (of states)1.4 children per woman
Median state1.6 children per woman
Upper quartile (of states)2.1 children per woman
Highest stateBihar, 2.9 children per woman
Madhya Pradesh2.4 children per woman, rank 20 of 22

middle half of statesmedian stateMadhya Pradesh

What is measured

Total fertility rate (children per woman), 2024, bigger states and UTs, Sample Registration System. Replacement level is about 2.1. Source: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India, Sample Registration System Statistical Report 2024.

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Health

Life expectancy

68.0 years

2020-24 · ▲ 0.4 vs 2019-23

  • Rank #21 of 22 states (highest first)
  • 2.6 years below the national figure of 70.6 years
Madhya Pradesh among 22 states: life expectancy, 2020-24
Lowest stateChhattisgarh, 64.7 years
Lower quartile (of states)69.5 years
Median state71.0 years
Upper quartile (of states)73.0 years
Highest stateKerala, 75.6 years
Madhya Pradesh68.0 years, rank 21 of 22

middle half of statesmedian stateMadhya Pradesh

What is measured

Expectation of life at birth in years, both sexes, 2020-24, bigger states and UTs, SRS abridged life tables. Source: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India, SRS-based Abridged Life Tables 2020-24.

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Society

Rural consumption spending

₹3,441 a month

2023-24 · ▲ 328 vs 2022-23

  • Rank #33 of 36 states (highest first)
  • ₹681 a month below the national figure of ₹4,122 a month
Madhya Pradesh among 36 states: rural consumption spending, 2023-24
Lowest stateChhattisgarh, ₹2,739 a month
Lower quartile (of states)₹4,050 a month
Median state₹5,083 a month
Upper quartile (of states)₹6,061 a month
Highest stateSikkim, ₹9,377 a month
Madhya Pradesh₹3,441 a month, rank 33 of 36

middle half of statesmedian stateMadhya Pradesh

What is measured

Average monthly per capita consumption expenditure in rural areas, rupees at current prices (HCES, without imputation). Source: MoSPI, Household Consumption Expenditure Survey (HCES), Factsheet 2023-24.

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Society

Crime against women

77.0 per lakh women

2024 · ▲ 0.2 vs 2023

  • Rank #27 of 36 states (lowest first)
  • 12.4 per lakh women above the national figure of 64.6 per lakh women
Madhya Pradesh among 36 states: crime against women, 2024
Lowest stateNagaland, 5.1 per lakh women
Lower quartile (of states)35.9 per lakh women
Median state48.3 per lakh women
Upper quartile (of states)77.3 per lakh women
Highest stateDelhi, 130.7 per lakh women
Madhya Pradesh77.0 per lakh women, rank 27 of 36

middle half of statesmedian stateMadhya Pradesh

What is measured

Crimes against women registered per lakh women (IPC/BNS and Special and Local Laws), 2024. These are cases registered: NCRB cautions that more registration can reflect better reporting, and that states should not be compared on these figures alone. Source: National Crime Records Bureau (Ministry of Home Affairs), Crime in India 2024, Volume I.

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Environment

Renewable power capacity

12.75 GW

Jul 2026 · ▲ 0.21 vs Jun 2026

  • Rank #8 of 36 states (highest first)
  • 4.4% of India's total of 291.73 GW
Madhya Pradesh among 36 states: renewable power capacity, Jul 2026
Lowest stateLakshadweep, 0.01 GW
Lower quartile (of states)0.15 GW
Median state2.31 GW
Upper quartile (of states)8.25 GW
Highest stateGujarat, 52.61 GW
Madhya Pradesh12.75 GW, rank 8 of 36

middle half of statesmedian stateMadhya Pradesh

What is measured

Installed renewable power capacity (solar, wind, small hydro, bio-power and large hydro) located in each state, in gigawatts, at the end of the month. The all-India total also includes 0.05 GW MNRE lists under 'Others', which no state row carries. Source: Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, State-wise (location based) installed capacity of renewable power, served by MoSPI's data server.

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Environment

Groundwater extraction

59.32%

2025 · ▲ 0.92 vs 2024

  • Rank #27 of 36 states (lowest first)
  • 1.31 points below the national figure of 60.63%
Madhya Pradesh among 36 states: groundwater extraction, 2025
Lowest stateArunachal Pradesh, 0.41%
Lower quartile (of states)21.09%
Median state46.45%
Upper quartile (of states)61.11%
Highest statePunjab, 156.36%
Madhya Pradesh59.32%, rank 27 of 36

middle half of statesmedian stateMadhya Pradesh

What is measured

Stage of groundwater extraction: annual extraction for all uses as a share of the annual extractable groundwater resource. Above 100% a state draws more than is replenished. Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu fell from 142.17% to 40.45% in 2025 after its extraction estimate was cut from 0.16 to 0.05 bcm. Source: Central Ground Water Board, National Compilation on Dynamic Ground Water Resources of India, 2025.

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