Indian states in numbers
Official figures for every state each source reports, ranked against each other and the all-India figure, and how two measures line up. Rank 1 is the highest figure, or the lowest where lower is better (unemployment, inflation, dropout).
| State / UT | Retail inflation%, Sep 2026 | Urban unemployment%, Apr–Jun 2026 | Unemployment%, Apr–Jun 2026 | Labour force participation%, Apr–Jun 2026 | Employment rate%, Apr–Jun 2026 | Women's labour force participation%, Apr–Jun 2026 | Secondary dropout%, 2025-26 | Child stunting%, NFHS-6 (2023-24) | Institutional births%, NFHS-6 (2023-24) | Infant mortalityper 1,000 live births, 2024 | Fertilitychildren per woman, 2024 | Life expectancyyears, 2020-24 | Rural consumption spending₹ a month, 2023-24 | Crime against womenper lakh women, 2024 | Renewable power capacityGW, Jul 2026 | Groundwater extraction%, 2025 |
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| Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 4.30 #12/36 | – | – | – | – | – | 3.7 #8/36 | 26.7 #21/35 | 99.5 #6/35 | 9 #9/36 | – | – | 7,771 #4/36 | 81.7 #31/36 | 0.04 #35/36 | 2.27 #2/36 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 6.29 #30/36 | 7.7 #12/22 | 7.4 #18/22 | 57.4 #10/22 | 53.1 #11/22 | 39.6 #7/22 | 7.8 #22/36 | 24.6 #14/35 | 98.4 #9/35 | 18 #24/36 | 1.4 #5/22 | 71.1 #9/22 | 5,327 #17/36 | 74.7 #26/36 | 16.68 #6/36 | 31.51 #13/36 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 3.70 #5/36 | – | – | – | – | – | 10.7 #26/36 | 24.1 #13/35 | 88.7 #28/35 | 17 #22/36 | – | – | 5,995 #10/36 | 41.8 #15/36 | 2.27 #19/36 | 0.41 #1/36 |
| Assam | 4.62 #15/36 | 6.6 #8/22 | 4.1 #6/22 | 61.0 #2/22 | 58.5 #2/22 | 41.9 #4/22 | 11.0 #28/36 | 30.3 #27/35 | 87.6 #29/35 | 29 #32/36 | 1.9 #15/22 | 69.0 #18/22 | 3,793 #29/36 | 59.3 #23/36 | 1.12 #21/36 | 14.45 #9/36 |
| Bihar | 5.48 #25/36 | 8.5 #15/22 | 3.8 #4/22 | 46.8 #21/22 | 45.0 #21/22 | 23.0 #20/22 | 6.8 #19/36 | 35.6 #33/35 | 81.1 #32/35 | 23 #27/36 | 2.9 #22/22 | 69.5 #16/22 | 3,670 #30/36 | 44.1 #17/36 | 0.71 #22/36 | 46.20 #18/36 |
| Chandigarh | 4.39 #14/36 | – | – | – | – | – | 3.3 #7/36 | 19.0 #2/35 | 95.8 #17/35 | 6 #4/36 | – | – | 8,857 #2/36 | 78.6 #29/36 | 0.08 #33/36 | 67.00 #29/36 |
| Chhattisgarh | 5.00 #17/36 | 12.5 #21/22 | 12.8 #22/22 | 52.1 #16/22 | 45.5 #19/22 | 26.5 #17/22 | 13.8 #34/36 | 27.5 #24/35 | 86.9 #30/35 | 36 #36/36 | 2.2 #17/22 | 64.7 #22/22 | 2,739 #36/36 | 56.3 #20/36 | 2.55 #17/36 | 48.18 #20/36 |
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu | 6.59 #31/36 | – | – | – | – | – | 11.5 #32/36 | 37.1 #35/35 | 96.3 #14/35 | 9 #10/36 | – | – | 4,311 #25/36 | 18.7 #3/36 | 0.15 #27/36 | 40.45 #16/36 |
| Delhi | 3.40 #3/36 | 4.0 #2/22 | 4.0 #5/22 | 41.4 #22/22 | 39.8 #22/22 | 11.0 #22/22 | 7.3 #20/36 | 26.4 #19/35 | 93.1 #22/35 | 11 #11/36 | 1.2 #1/22 | 73.9 #4/22 | 7,400 #6/36 | 130.7 #36/36 | 0.55 #24/36 | 92.10 #33/36 |
| Goa | 3.92 #6/36 | – | – | – | – | – | 5.7 #16/36 | 19.4 #3/35 | 99.6 #5/35 | 7 #5/36 | – | – | 8,048 #3/36 | 45.2 #18/36 | 0.10 #31/36 | 23.30 #10/36 |
| Gujarat | 5.11 #20/36 | 3.9 #1/22 | 3.2 #2/22 | 57.6 #9/22 | 55.8 #5/22 | 32.4 #15/22 | 12.5 #33/36 | 35.3 #32/35 | 97.1 #12/35 | 19 #25/36 | 1.7 #13/22 | 70.7 #13/22 | 4,116 #27/36 | 22.0 #4/36 | 52.61 #1/36 | 55.95 #25/36 |
| Haryana | 4.37 #13/36 | 4.6 #5/22 | 4.8 #9/22 | 47.7 #20/22 | 45.4 #20/22 | 20.0 #21/22 | 4.2 #9/36 | 25.9 #16/35 | 96.3 #15/35 | 24 #28/36 | 1.9 #16/22 | 68.9 #19/22 | 5,377 #16/36 | 96.4 #33/36 | 3.26 #16/36 | 136.75 #34/36 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 4.02 #9/36 | 11.0 #19/22 | 6.3 #14/22 | 67.2 #1/22 | 63.0 #1/22 | 56.5 #1/22 | 4.8 #10/36 | 20.6 #8/35 | 91.7 #23/35 | 11 #12/36 | 1.5 #9/22 | 74.7 #2/22 | 5,825 #12/36 | 43.3 #16/36 | 12.98 #7/36 | 38.50 #15/36 |
| Jammu & Kashmir | 4.27 #11/36 | 14.9 #22/22 | 9.1 #21/22 | 58.9 #4/22 | 53.5 #10/22 | 42.3 #3/22 | 11.3 #31/36 | 21.4 #10/35 | 93.6 #21/35 | 14 #18/36 | 1.4 #6/22 | 74.6 #3/22 | 4,774 #22/36 | 51.4 #19/36 | 3.72 #13/36 | 24.73 #11/36 |
| Jharkhand | 5.02 #18/36 | 8.3 #14/22 | 4.2 #7/22 | 47.9 #19/22 | 45.9 #18/22 | 25.2 #19/22 | 3.0 #6/36 | 35.0 #31/35 | 77.4 #33/35 | 27 #29/36 | 2.2 #18/22 | 69.5 #17/22 | 2,946 #35/36 | 32.5 #8/36 | 0.55 #23/36 | 32.89 #14/36 |
| Karnataka | 5.86 #27/36 | 4.0 #3/22 | 2.9 #1/22 | 58.0 #6/22 | 56.3 #3/22 | 37.4 #8/22 | 14.3 #35/36 | 26.5 #20/35 | 98.7 #8/35 | 15 #19/36 | 1.5 #10/22 | 70.2 #15/22 | 4,903 #21/36 | 59.3 #24/36 | 27.44 #5/36 | 66.49 #28/36 |
| Kerala | 5.26 #22/36 | 9.2 #16/22 | 8.9 #20/22 | 51.7 #17/22 | 47.2 #16/22 | 35.1 #11/22 | 2.9 #5/36 | 20.1 #5/35 | 99.7 #3/35 | 8 #8/36 | 1.3 #2/22 | 75.6 #1/22 | 6,611 #7/36 | 80.5 #30/36 | 4.99 #12/36 | 49.95 #22/36 |
| Ladakh | 5.90 #28/36 | – | – | – | – | – | 14.8 #36/36 | 26.0 #17/35 | 98.0 #10/35 | 3 #2/36 | – | – | 5,010 #19/36 | 25.6 #5/36 | 0.15 #26/36 | 30.93 #12/36 |
| Lakshadweep | 3.95 #7/36 | – | – | – | – | – | 2.3 #3/36 | 34.1 #30/35 | 100.0 #1/35 | 3 #3/36 | – | – | 6,350 #8/36 | 38.2 #11/36 | 0.01 #36/36 | 57.79 #26/36 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 6.68 #33/36 | 7.5 #11/22 | 4.8 #10/22 | 57.7 #8/22 | 55.0 #7/22 | 33.1 #13/22 | 11.0 #29/36 | 31.4 #28/35 | 89.8 #25/35 | 35 #34/36 | 2.4 #20/22 | 68.0 #21/22 | 3,441 #33/36 | 77.0 #27/36 | 12.75 #8/36 | 59.32 #27/36 |
| Maharashtra | 5.18 #21/36 | 5.6 #7/22 | 4.7 #8/22 | 54.7 #14/22 | 52.1 #14/22 | 32.9 #14/22 | 6.2 #17/36 | 29.5 #25/35 | 96.4 #13/35 | 13 #17/36 | 1.4 #7/22 | 73.1 #6/22 | 4,145 #26/36 | 78.3 #28/36 | 33.19 #3/36 | 51.79 #23/36 |
| Manipur | 5.10 #19/36 | – | – | – | – | – | 4.8 #11/36 | – | – | 2 #1/36 | – | – | 4,531 #23/36 | 12.0 #2/36 | 0.13 #29/36 | 9.09 #7/36 |
| Meghalaya | 3.59 #4/36 | – | – | – | – | – | 5.0 #14/36 | 36.8 #34/35 | 65.6 #34/35 | 31 #33/36 | – | – | 3,852 #28/36 | 38.9 #12/36 | 0.40 #25/36 | 5.24 #5/36 |
| Mizoram | 2.85 #1/36 | – | – | – | – | – | 7.8 #23/36 | 26.1 #18/35 | 91.2 #24/35 | 12 #14/36 | – | – | 5,963 #11/36 | 41.7 #14/36 | 0.14 #28/36 | 4.03 #3/36 |
| Nagaland | 3.22 #2/36 | – | – | – | – | – | 11.0 #30/36 | 25.1 #15/35 | 62.2 #35/35 | 12 #15/36 | – | – | 5,155 #18/36 | 5.1 #1/36 | 0.11 #30/36 | 4.72 #4/36 |
| Odisha | 6.70 #34/36 | 8.1 #13/22 | 5.1 #11/22 | 55.7 #13/22 | 52.8 #12/22 | 35.9 #10/22 | 10.0 #25/36 | 26.8 #22/35 | 93.9 #20/35 | 28 #30/36 | 1.6 #12/22 | 70.4 #14/22 | 3,357 #34/36 | 118.3 #34/36 | 3.49 #14/36 | 48.75 #21/36 |
| Puducherry | 6.86 #36/36 | – | – | – | – | – | 2.5 #4/36 | 16.6 #1/35 | 99.8 #2/35 | 7 #6/36 | – | – | 7,598 #5/36 | 30.5 #7/36 | 0.09 #32/36 | 75.98 #32/36 |
| Punjab | 5.27 #23/36 | 7.3 #9/22 | 8.5 #19/22 | 53.3 #15/22 | 48.8 #15/22 | 26.7 #16/22 | 4.8 #12/36 | 20.4 #7/35 | 96.1 #16/35 | 16 #20/36 | 1.4 #8/22 | 71.0 #10/22 | 5,817 #13/36 | 36.3 #10/36 | 3.46 #15/36 | 156.36 #36/36 |
| Rajasthan | 5.71 #26/36 | 11.0 #20/22 | 6.8 #17/22 | 60.0 #3/22 | 55.9 #4/22 | 46.3 #2/22 | 7.5 #21/36 | 29.6 #26/35 | 94.1 #19/35 | 28 #31/36 | 2.3 #19/22 | 70.9 #12/22 | 4,510 #24/36 | 91.3 #32/36 | 50.34 #2/36 | 147.11 #35/36 |
| Sikkim | 4.83 #16/36 | – | – | – | – | – | 10.7 #27/36 | 20.1 #6/35 | 97.7 #11/35 | 7 #7/36 | – | – | 9,377 #1/36 | 39.7 #13/36 | 2.34 #18/36 | 5.87 #6/36 |
| Tamil Nadu | 6.81 #35/36 | 5.5 #6/22 | 5.1 #12/22 | 58.0 #7/22 | 55.0 #8/22 | 40.7 #6/22 | 4.8 #13/36 | 20.7 #9/35 | 99.7 #4/35 | 11 #13/36 | 1.3 #3/22 | 73.6 #5/22 | 5,701 #14/36 | 29.4 #6/36 | 29.80 #4/36 | 73.50 #31/36 |
| Telangana | 6.64 #32/36 | 7.3 #10/22 | 5.7 #13/22 | 58.2 #5/22 | 54.9 #9/22 | 40.8 #5/22 | 1.7 #2/36 | 27.0 #23/35 | 98.8 #7/35 | 17 #23/36 | 1.5 #11/22 | 71.0 #11/22 | 5,435 #15/36 | 128.6 #35/36 | 8.03 #10/36 | 46.69 #19/36 |
| Tripura | 3.96 #8/36 | – | – | – | – | – | 9.0 #24/36 | 21.9 #11/35 | 89.1 #26/35 | 12 #16/36 | – | – | 6,259 #9/36 | 34.7 #9/36 | 0.06 #34/36 | 10.06 #8/36 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 6.08 #29/36 | 10.0 #18/22 | 6.7 #16/22 | 49.8 #18/22 | 46.4 #17/22 | 25.7 #18/22 | 6.4 #18/36 | 31.5 #29/35 | 85.9 #31/35 | 35 #35/36 | 2.6 #21/22 | 68.7 #20/22 | 3,481 #32/36 | 58.0 #21/36 | 8.91 #9/36 | 70.00 #30/36 |
| Uttarakhand | 5.47 #24/36 | 9.2 #17/22 | 6.6 #15/22 | 56.1 #12/22 | 52.4 #13/22 | 36.1 #9/22 | 5.3 #15/36 | 20.0 #4/35 | 88.9 #27/35 | 19 #26/36 | 1.7 #14/22 | 71.7 #8/22 | 5,003 #20/36 | 58.2 #22/36 | 6.32 #11/36 | 53.92 #24/36 |
| West Bengal | 4.04 #10/36 | 4.3 #4/22 | 3.7 #3/22 | 57.3 #11/22 | 55.2 #6/22 | 34.6 #12/22 | 1.5 #1/36 | 22.4 #12/35 | 94.9 #18/35 | 16 #21/36 | 1.3 #4/22 | 72.7 #7/22 | 3,620 #31/36 | 70.3 #25/36 | 2.16 #20/36 | 45.19 #17/36 |
Sources: MoSPI, Consumer Price Index (base 2024=100), State/UT-wise (Sep 2026); MoSPI, Periodic Labour Force Survey, Quarterly Bulletin (Apr–Jun 2026); MoSPI, Periodic Labour Force Survey, Quarterly Bulletin (Apr–Jun 2026); MoSPI, Periodic Labour Force Survey, Quarterly Bulletin (Apr–Jun 2026); MoSPI, Periodic Labour Force Survey, Quarterly Bulletin (Apr–Jun 2026); MoSPI, Periodic Labour Force Survey, Quarterly Bulletin (Apr–Jun 2026); Ministry of Education, UDISE+ 2025-26 report (NEP structure) (2025-26); IIPS and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, National Family Health Survey (NFHS-6) 2023-24, India and State/UT Fact Sheets (NFHS-6 (2023-24)); IIPS and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, National Family Health Survey (NFHS-6) 2023-24, India and State/UT Fact Sheets (NFHS-6 (2023-24)); Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India, Sample Registration System Statistical Report 2024 (2024); Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India, Sample Registration System Statistical Report 2024 (2024); Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India, SRS-based Abridged Life Tables 2020-24 (2020-24); MoSPI, Household Consumption Expenditure Survey (HCES), Factsheet 2023-24 (2023-24); National Crime Records Bureau (Ministry of Home Affairs), Crime in India 2024, Volume I (2024); Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, State-wise (location based) installed capacity of renewable power, served by MoSPI's data server (Jul 2026); Central Ground Water Board, National Compilation on Dynamic Ground Water Resources of India, 2025 (2025). Not every source covers every state; a dash means not reported.
Do two measures move together?
Each dot is a state, placed by one measure across and another up. Dots rising to the right mean states high on one tend to be high on the other; a shapeless cloud means no link. Pick any two measures.