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Himachal Pradesh

290 indicators tracked · RBI Handbook 2024-25 · 10 GI-registered products

What the numbers say

Are people living longer here?

Long view
199820032007201220172022

64.9 Years (1997) to 74.4 Years (2023) — +14.6%

Vs all-India

Himachal Pradesh: 74.4 Years (2023) · India: 70.3 Years (2023)

Are fewer babies dying?

Long view
2007201220172022

51 (2004) to 14 (2023) — -72.5%

Vs all-India

Himachal Pradesh: 14 (2023) · India: 25 (2023)

Rank

Higher than 14 of the other 33 states reporting it for 2023.

Highest / lowest (2023)

Chhattisgarh 37 · Manipur 3

How many children are people having?

Long view
20032007201220172022

2.1 (2003) to 1.6 (2023) — -23.8%

Vs all-India

Himachal Pradesh: 1.6 (2023) · India: 1.9 (2023)

How many babies are born each year?

Long view
2007201220172022

19.2 (2004) to 14.3 (2023) — -25.5%

Vs all-India

Himachal Pradesh: 14.3 (2023) · India: 18.4 (2023)

Rank

Higher than 14 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2023.

Highest / lowest (2023)

Bihar 25.8 · Andaman & Nicobar Islands 10.1

Is the population still growing?

Long view
201220172022

9.8% (2011) to 7.6% (2023) — -22.4%

Vs all-India

Himachal Pradesh: 7.6% (2023) · India: 12% (2023)

Rank

Higher than 7 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2023.

Highest / lowest (2023)

Bihar 19.7 · Andaman & Nicobar Islands 3.8

How many people are out of work in the villages?

Long view
199820032007201220172022

5 Per 1,000 (1994) to 50 Per 1,000 (2024) — +900.0%

Vs all-India

Himachal Pradesh: 50 Per 1,000 (2024) · India: 25 Per 1,000 (2024)

Rank

Higher than 23 of the other 33 states reporting it for 2024.

Highest / lowest (2024)

Andaman & Nicobar Islands 106 · Gujarat 4

How many people are out of work in the towns?

Long view
199820032007201220172022

26 Per 1,000 (1994) to 90 Per 1,000 (2024) — +246.2%

Vs all-India

Himachal Pradesh: 90 Per 1,000 (2024) · India: 51 Per 1,000 (2024)

Rank

Higher than 27 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2024.

Highest / lowest (2024)

Meghalaya 140 · Delhi 20

What does a day of farm work pay?

Long view
20172022

₹309 (2015) to ₹516 (2025) — +67.0%

Vs all-India

Himachal Pradesh: ₹516 (2025) · India: ₹398 (2025)

How much does the average person earn here?

Long view
201220172022

₹87,721 (2012) to ₹2,56,137 (2025) — +192.0%

Rank

Higher than 14 of the other 24 states reporting it for 2025.

Highest / lowest (2025)

Delhi ₹4,93,024 · Bihar ₹69,321

How is the state doing on the Sustainable Development Goals?

Long view
2022

69 (2018) to 77 (2023) — +11.6%

Vs all-India

Himachal Pradesh: 77 (2023) · India: 71 (2023)

Rank

Higher than 29 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2023.

Highest / lowest (2023)

Keralam 79 · Bihar 57

Is the groundwater running out?

Long view
20172022

86.4% (2017) to 35.5% (2024) — -58.9%

Vs all-India

Himachal Pradesh: 35.5% (2024) · India: 60.5% (2024)

Rank

Higher than 14 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2024.

Highest / lowest (2024)

Punjab 157% · Arunachal Pradesh 0.39%

How much forest is there?

Long view
19901993199820032007201220172022

12,480 (1987) to 15,580 (2023) — +24.8%

Do government schools have working computers?

Long view
2022

22.3% (2019) to 68.6% (2025) — +207.6%

Vs all-India

Himachal Pradesh: 68.6% (2025) · India: 52.7% (2025)

Rank

Higher than 17 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2025.

Highest / lowest (2025)

Chandigarh 100% · Meghalaya 10.3%

Do children stay in school to Class XII?

Long view

93.2% (2023) to 93.6% (2025) — +0.4%

Vs all-India

Himachal Pradesh: 93.6% (2025) · India: 68.5% (2025)

Rank

Higher than 30 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2025.

Highest / lowest (2025)

Chandigarh 109% · Bihar 44.7%

Do as many girls reach secondary school as boys?

Long view

1 (2023) to 1.1 (2025) — +5.8%

Vs all-India

Himachal Pradesh: 1.1 (2025) · India: 1.1 (2025)

Rank

Higher than 21 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2025.

Highest / lowest (2025)

Meghalaya 1.4 · Uttar Pradesh 1

How connected is the state?

Long view
2007201220172022

10.1 (2004) to 119 (2025) — +1082.0%

Vs all-India

Himachal Pradesh: 119 (2025) · India: 52.7 (2010)

Do banks lend back what they take in?

Long view
2007201220172022

29.7% (2004) to 37.8% (2025) — +27.3%

Vs all-India

Himachal Pradesh: 37.8% (2025) · India: 80.1% (2025)

Rank

Higher than 3 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2025.

Highest / lowest (2025)

Andhra Pradesh 151% · Lakshadweep 12.7%

Are farms getting more productive?

Long view
2007201220172022

1,923 Kg. Per Hectare (2005) to 2,285 Kg. Per Hectare (2025) — +18.8%

Vs all-India

Himachal Pradesh: 2,285 Kg. Per Hectare (2025) · India: 2,601 Kg. Per Hectare (2025)

Rank

Higher than 13 of the other 30 states reporting it for 2025.

Highest / lowest (2025)

Punjab 4,761 kg/ha · Maharashtra 1,574 kg/ha

How hard is the farmland worked?

Long view
2007201220172022

176% (2005) to 170% (2024) — -3.4%

Vs all-India

Himachal Pradesh: 170% (2024) · India: 157% (2024)

Rank

Higher than 22 of the other 30 states reporting it for 2024.

Highest / lowest (2024)

Punjab 201% · Mizoram 102%

How much milk does the state produce?

Long view
2007201220172022

870 Thousand Tonnes (2005) to 1,749 Thousand Tonnes (2024) — +101.0%

How many crimes are recorded here?

NCRB figures count cases registered (FIRs), not actual incidence — differences between states reflect reporting and policing as much as real crime, and NCRB itself cautions against direct state-to-state rate comparison. 2024 was the first full year under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita; some year-on-year changes reflect offences being reclassified into new BNS heads rather than genuine change.

Vs all-India

Himachal Pradesh: 238 per lakh (2024) · India: 419 per lakh (2024)

Rank

Higher than 15 of the other 35 states reporting it for 2024.

Highest / lowest (2024)

Keralam 1,389 · Dadra & N.H. and Daman & Diu 42.7

How many crimes against women are recorded?

NCRB figures count cases registered (FIRs), not actual incidence — differences between states reflect reporting and policing as much as real crime, and NCRB itself cautions against direct state-to-state rate comparison. 2024 was the first full year under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita; some year-on-year changes reflect offences being reclassified into new BNS heads rather than genuine change.

Vs all-India

Himachal Pradesh: 43.3 per lakh women (2024) · India: 64.6 per lakh women (2024)

Rank

Higher than 15 of the other 35 states reporting it for 2024.

Highest / lowest (2024)

Delhi 131 · Nagaland 5.1

How many crimes against children are recorded?

NCRB figures count cases registered (FIRs), not actual incidence — differences between states reflect reporting and policing as much as real crime, and NCRB itself cautions against direct state-to-state rate comparison. 2024 was the first full year under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita; some year-on-year changes reflect offences being reclassified into new BNS heads rather than genuine change.

Long view
2022

740 (2022) to 794 (2024) — +7.3%

Year-on-year change partly reflects the IPC→Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita transition (2024 is the first full BNS year) and registered-case reporting, not only real change.

How much electricity does each person get?

Long view
2007201220172022

645 (2005) to 1,803 (2025) — +179.7%

Vs all-India

Himachal Pradesh: 1,803 (2025) · India: 1,208 (2025)

Rank

Higher than 27 of the other 33 states reporting it for 2025.

Highest / lowest (2025)

Goa 3,418 · Manipur 329

How much road is there?

Long view
200720122017

23,452 (2005) to 68,116 (2020) — +190.4%

How many people work in factories?

Long view
2007201220172022

33,750 (2005) to 1,72,793 (2024) — +412.0%

How many people visit?

Long view
201220172022

14.6 (2011) to 18 (2024) — +23.6%

How many rural clinic doctor posts sit vacant?

Long view
20172022

65 (2015) to 115 (2023) — +76.9%

How many people live in poverty?

Long view
2017

7.6% (2016) to 4.9% (2021) — -35.0%

Vs all-India

Himachal Pradesh: 4.9% (2021) · India: 15% (2021)

Rank

Higher than 12 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2021.

Highest / lowest (2021)

Bihar 33.8% · Keralam 0.55%

How fast are prices rising?

Long view
20172022

6.2% (2015) to 4% (2025) — -35.5%

Vs all-India

Himachal Pradesh: 4% (2025) · India: 4.6% (2025)

Rank

Higher than 11 of the other 33 states reporting it for 2025.

Highest / lowest (2025)

Manipur 6.5% · Delhi 2.4%

How fast is urban housing getting more expensive?

Long view
20172022

4% (2015) to 1.2% (2025) — -70.0%

Vs all-India

Himachal Pradesh: 1.2% (2025) · India: 2.8% (2025)

Rank

Higher than 4 of the other 33 states reporting it for 2025.

Highest / lowest (2025)

Uttarakhand 8.1% · Delhi 0.20%

How many young children are anaemic?

Long view
200720122017

54.7% (2006) to 55.4% (2021) — +1.3%

Vs all-India

Himachal Pradesh: 55.4% (2021) · India: 67.1% (2021)

Rank

Higher than 9 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2021.

Highest / lowest (2021)

Ladakh 93.9% · Keralam 39.4%

How many pregnant women are anaemic?

Long view
200720122017

37% (2006) to 42.2% (2021) — +14.1%

Vs all-India

Himachal Pradesh: 42.2% (2021) · India: 52.2% (2021)

Rank

Higher than 9 of the other 33 states reporting it for 2021.

Highest / lowest (2021)

Ladakh 78.1% · Andaman & Nicobar Islands -53.7%

How much electricity leaks away before it is billed?

Long view
2007201220172022

28.9% (2005) to 14.2% (2023) — -50.9%

Vs all-India

Himachal Pradesh: 14.2% (2023) · India: 17.7% (2023)

Rank

Higher than 6 of the other 32 states reporting it for 2023.

Highest / lowest (2023)

Arunachal Pradesh 43% · Goa 7.1%

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