List of Indian states and union territories by poverty rate

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'. 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).

List State/UT% of population State/UT specific poverty line (2019-21) % of population living below the

Multidimensional Poverty Index in 2023Rural UrbanStates1 Goa1.900.120.372Kerala0.760.320.483 Tamil Nadu2.901.411.434Sikkim3.750.512.105 Telangana7.512.733.766 Mizoram10.770.583.777 Himachal Pradesh5.232.963.888 Andhra Pradesh7.712.204.199 Punjab4.744.764.3510 Haryana8.414.265.3011 Manipur10.953.435.3712 Maharashtra11.493.075.4813 Karnataka10.333.225.6714 Uttarakhand10.847.006.9215 West Bengal32.1518.048.6016 Gujarat17.153.819.0317 Arunachal Pradesh15.145.9010.0518 Rajasthan23.6210.5410.7719 Odisha17.725.4211.07All India19.285.2711.2820 Tripura16.474.6911.4921 Chhattisgarh19.714.5911.7122 Nagaland19.886.1411.7623 Assam21.416.8814.4724 Madhya Pradesh25.327.1015.0125 Uttar Pradesh15.356.5717.4026 Jharkhand34.938.6723.3427 Meghalaya32.438.1425.4628 Bihar56.9529.6726.59Union Territories1 Puducherry0.710.910.582 Lakshadweep0.361.320.843 Andaman and Nicobar Islands2.711.601.634Ladakh - -1.735 Chandigarh3.883.512.626 Jammu and Kashmir6.101.092.817 Delhi2.573.452.978 Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu12.275.676.06

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+Various poverty lines and resulting percentage of BPL populationMethodLineFigure% of poor populationPoor populationWorld Bank (2021)poverty line1.90 (PPP $ day)684mlower middle-income line3.20 (PPP $ day)26.2365mupper middle-income line5.50 (PPP $ day)60.1838mAsian Development Bank (2014)poverty line$ 1.51 per person per dayTendulkar Expert Group (2009)urban poverty lineRs 32 per person per day consumptionrural poverty lineRs 26 per person per day consumption Rangrajan Committee (2014)urban poverty lineRs 47 daily per capita expenditurerural poverty lineRs 32 daily per capita expenditure

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