Table 1 Percent prevalence of four measures of poverty in 2021 across states and Union Territories in India.
Bottom 10th percentile | Bottom 20th percentile | Below poverty line | Multidimensional poverty | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
All India | 9.3 | 19.1 | 48.9 | 15.7 |
States | ||||
Andhra Pradesh | 1.5 | 3.4 | 91.4 | 6.7 |
Arunachal Pradesh | 8.1 | 18.9 | 64.6 | 11.7 |
Assam | 11.4 | 31.9 | 53.3 | 19.7 |
Bihar | 18.8 | 38.4 | 57.3 | 35.0 |
Chhattisgarh | 20.6 | 34.5 | 89.4 | 22.2 |
Goa | 0.0 | 0.2 | 26.1 | 0.9 |
Gujarat | 5.9 | 12.8 | 38.4 | 15.3 |
Haryana | 0.5 | 1.7 | 24.7 | 6.5 |
Himachal Pradesh | 1.1 | 3.9 | 19.9 | 4.8 |
Jharkhand | 29.3 | 46.3 | 61.6 | 31.9 |
Karnataka | 2.2 | 6.5 | 85.3 | 8.4 |
Kerala | 0.3 | 0.8 | 44.9 | 0.9 |
Madhya Pradesh | 16.1 | 29.9 | 56.9 | 24.3 |
Maharashtra | 4.3 | 9.4 | 41.5 | 9.8 |
Manipur | 7.5 | 21.5 | 46.5 | 13.3 |
Meghalaya | 12.2 | 29.4 | 64.2 | 26.9 |
Mizoram | 3.2 | 7.1 | 29.9 | 7.1 |
Nagaland | 10.2 | 28.8 | 74.7 | 19.8 |
Odisha | 19.4 | 33.5 | 51.6 | 21.4 |
Punjab | 0.2 | 0.1 | 19.9 | 4.2 |
Rajasthan | 5.6 | 13.1 | 25.5 | 17.6 |
Sikkim | 0.7 | 2.7 | 46.7 | 4.5 |
Tamil Nadu | 1.5 | 4.2 | 25.0 | 3.6 |
Telangana | 1.5 | 4.8 | 87.8 | 6.9 |
Tripura | 11.4 | 30.1 | 45.3 | 17.4 |
Uttar Pradesh | 10.6 | 21.6 | 37.2 | 22.3 |
Uttarakhand | 1.4 | 5.7 | 40.8 | 7.7 |
West Bengal | 14.8 | 29.8 | 42.9 | 15.5 |
Union Territories | ||||
Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 4.5 | 10.0 | 18.9 | 4.7 |
Chandigarh | 0.2 | 0.1 | 6.3 | 2.2 |
Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu | 1.9 | 5.2 | 28.9 | 7.7 |
Jammu & Kashmir | 3.4 | 10.1 | 59.3 | 6.6 |
Ladakh | 1.1 | 9.7 | 62.1 | 5.8 |
Lakshadweep | 0.0 | 0.0 | 34.4 | 0.7 |
Delhi | 0.0 | 0.2 | 12.3 | 2.7 |
Puducherry | 0.6 | 1.4 | 36.6 | 1.7 |
