List of Indian states and union territories by poverty rate explained

This is a list of states and union territories of India ranked according to poverty as of 2022 (2021–22) as hosted by NITI Aayog's Sustainable Development Goals dashboard; and Reserve Bank of India's 'Handbook of Statistics on Indian Economy'.^{[1] [2]} The rank is calculated according to the percentage of people below poverty -line which is computed as per Tendulkar method on Mixed Reference Period (MRP).^{[3] [4]}

List

	State/UT	% of population State/UT specific poverty line (2019-21)		% of population living below the Multidimensional Poverty Index in 2023^[5]
		Rural	Urban
	States
1	Goa	1.90	0.12	0.37
2	Kerala	0.76	0.32	0.48
3	Tamil Nadu	2.90	1.41	1.43
4	Sikkim	3.75	0.51	2.10
5	Telangana	7.51	2.73	3.76
6	Mizoram	10.77	0.58	3.77
7	Himachal Pradesh	5.23	2.96	3.88
8	Andhra Pradesh	7.71	2.20	4.19
9	Punjab	4.74	4.76	4.35
10	Haryana	8.41	4.26	5.30
11	Manipur	10.95	3.43	5.37
12	Maharashtra	11.49	3.07	5.48
13	Karnataka	10.33	3.22	5.67
14	Uttarakhand	10.84	7.00	6.92
15	West Bengal	12.15	12.04	8.60
16	Gujarat	17.15	3.81	9.03
17	Arunachal Pradesh	15.14	5.90	10.05
18	Rajasthan	18.62	4.54	10.77
19	Odisha	17.72	5.42	11.07
	All India	19.28	5.27	11.28
20	Tripura	16.47	4.69	11.49
21	Chhattisgarh	19.71	4.59	11.71
22	Nagaland	19.88	6.14	11.76
23	Assam	21.41	6.88	14.47
24	Madhya Pradesh	25.32	7.10	15.1
25	Uttar Pradesh	26.35	11.57	17.40
26	Jharkhand	34.93	8.67	23.34
27	Meghalaya	32.43	8.14	25.46
28	Bihar	36.95	16.67	26.59
	Union Territories
1	Puducherry	0.71	0.91	0.58
2	Lakshadweep	0.36	1.32	0.84
3	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	2.71	1.60	1.63
4	Ladakh	-	-	1.73
5	Chandigarh	3.88	3.51	2.62
6	Jammu and Kashmir	6.10	1.09	2.81
7	Delhi	2.57	3.45	2.97
8	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	12.27	5.67	6.06

Supporting content

Various poverty lines and resulting percentage of BPL population!Method!Line!Figure!% of poor population!Poor population!

World Bank (2021)	poverty line	1.90 (PPP $ day)	6	84m	^[6]
	lower middle-income line	3.20 (PPP $ day)	26.2	365m
	upper middle-income line	5.50 (PPP $ day)	60.1	838m
Asian Development Bank (2014)	poverty line	$ 1.51 per person per day			^[7]
Tendulkar Expert Group (2009)	urban poverty line	Rs 32 per person per day consumption			^[8]
	rural poverty line	Rs 26 per person per day consumption
Rangrajan Committee (2014)	urban poverty line	Rs 47 daily per capita expenditure
	rural poverty line	Rs 32 daily per capita expenditure

Further reading

• Book: Understanding Poverty in India. Asian Development Bank. 2011. 978-92-9092-318-3.

Notes and References

1. Web site: SDG India Index 2021-22. 3 June 2022. SDGs India Index. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210613021943/https://niti.gov.in/writereaddata/files/SDG_3.0_Final_04.03.2021_Web_Spreads.pdf. 13 June 2021.
2. Web site: Handbook of Statistics on Indian Economy. Table 154 : Number and Percentage of Population Below Poverty Line. (2011-12). 2021-09-13. Reserve Bank of India.
3. News: Balchand. K.. Sunderarajan. P.. 2011-05-21. You will be on BPL list if your annual income is Rs.27,000. en-IN. The Hindu. 2021-09-13. 0971-751X.
4. Web site: Vikram. Kumar. 9 July 2016. Rural India spends most on mobiles: NSSO. 2021-09-13. India Today.
5. Web site: 1 January 2024 . MULTIDIMENSIONAL POVERTY IN INDIA SINCE 2005-06 . Niti Aayog.
6. Web site: 2 November 2017. Infographic: New lines, but India still home to biggest chunk of global poor. 2021-09-13. The Times of India.
7. Book: Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2014. Special Chapter: Poverty in Asia. A Deeper Look.. Asian Development Bank.. 2014. 978-92-9254-595-6. 45. Philippines.
8. Web site: Gaur. Seema. Rao. Srinivasa. September 2020. Poverty Measurement in India: A Status Update. 13 September 2021. Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India. Authors are Principal Economic Adviser and Economic Adviser respectively in the Department of Rural Development..