Meghalaya in numbers
Official figures for Meghalaya, how it ranks among the states the survey covers, and how it compares with India as a whole.
Each card shows where Meghalaya sits among the states: the box holds the middle half of states, the whiskers run to the lowest and highest, and the dot is Meghalaya. Box and median are worked out from the state figures; they are not official all-India numbers.
Prices
Retail inflation
Sep 2026 · ▲ 0.81 vs Aug 2026
- Rank #4 of 36 states (lowest first)
- 1.95 points below the national figure of 5.54%
| Lowest state | Mizoram, 2.85% |
|---|---|
| Lower quartile (of states) | 4.04% |
| Median state | 5.06% |
| Upper quartile (of states) | 5.87% |
| Highest state | Puducherry, 6.86% |
| Meghalaya | 3.59%, rank 4 of 36 |
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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.
Education
Secondary dropout
2025-26
- Rank #14 of 36 states (lowest first)
- 2.0 points below the national figure of 7.0%
| Lowest state | West Bengal, 1.5% |
|---|---|
| Lower quartile (of states) | 4.7% |
| Median state | 6.6% |
| Upper quartile (of states) | 10.8% |
| Highest state | Ladakh, 14.8% |
| Meghalaya | 5.0%, rank 14 of 36 |
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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).
Health
Child stunting
NFHS-6 (2023-24) · ▼ 9.7 vs NFHS-5 (2019-21)
- Rank #34 of 35 states (lowest first)
- 7.5 points above the national figure of 29.3%
| Lowest state | Puducherry, 16.6% |
|---|---|
| Lower quartile (of states) | 21.0% |
| Median state | 26.1% |
| Upper quartile (of states) | 30.0% |
| Highest state | Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu, 37.1% |
| Meghalaya | 36.8%, rank 34 of 35 |
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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.
Health
Institutional births
NFHS-6 (2023-24) · ▲ 7.5 vs NFHS-5 (2019-21)
- Rank #34 of 35 states (highest first)
- 25.0 points below the national figure of 90.6%
| Lowest state | Nagaland, 62.2% |
|---|---|
| Lower quartile (of states) | 89.0% |
| Median state | 94.9% |
| Upper quartile (of states) | 98.2% |
| Highest state | Lakshadweep, 100.0% |
| Meghalaya | 65.6%, rank 34 of 35 |
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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.
Health
Infant mortality
2024
- Rank #33 of 36 states (lowest first)
- 7 per 1,000 live births above the national figure of 24 per 1,000 live births
| Lowest state | Manipur, 2 per 1,000 live births |
|---|---|
| Lower quartile (of states) | 9 per 1,000 live births |
| Median state | 15 per 1,000 live births |
| Upper quartile (of states) | 23 per 1,000 live births |
| Highest state | Chhattisgarh, 36 per 1,000 live births |
| Meghalaya | 31 per 1,000 live births, rank 33 of 36 |
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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.
Society
Rural consumption spending
2023-24 · ▲ 338 vs 2022-23
- Rank #28 of 36 states (highest first)
- ₹270 a month below the national figure of ₹4,122 a month
| Lowest state | Chhattisgarh, ₹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 state | Sikkim, ₹9,377 a month |
| Meghalaya | ₹3,852 a month, rank 28 of 36 |
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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.
Society
Crime against women
2024 · ▲ 1.4 vs 2023
- Rank #12 of 36 states (lowest first)
- 25.7 per lakh women below the national figure of 64.6 per lakh women
| Lowest state | Nagaland, 5.1 per lakh women |
|---|---|
| Lower quartile (of states) | 35.9 per lakh women |
| Median state | 48.3 per lakh women |
| Upper quartile (of states) | 77.3 per lakh women |
| Highest state | Delhi, 130.7 per lakh women |
| Meghalaya | 38.9 per lakh women, rank 12 of 36 |
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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.
Environment
Renewable power capacity
Jul 2026 · ▼ 0.00 vs Jun 2026
- Rank #25 of 36 states (highest first)
- 0.1% of India's total of 291.73 GW
| Lowest state | Lakshadweep, 0.01 GW |
|---|---|
| Lower quartile (of states) | 0.15 GW |
| Median state | 2.31 GW |
| Upper quartile (of states) | 8.25 GW |
| Highest state | Gujarat, 52.61 GW |
| Meghalaya | 0.40 GW, rank 25 of 36 |
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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.
Environment
Groundwater extraction
2025 · ▲ 0.64 vs 2024
- Rank #5 of 36 states (lowest first)
- 55.39 points below the national figure of 60.63%
| Lowest state | Arunachal Pradesh, 0.41% |
|---|---|
| Lower quartile (of states) | 21.09% |
| Median state | 46.45% |
| Upper quartile (of states) | 61.11% |
| Highest state | Punjab, 156.36% |
| Meghalaya | 5.24%, rank 5 of 36 |
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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.