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Jammu & Kashmir

287 indicators tracked · RBI Handbook 2024-25 · 25 GI-registered products

What the numbers say

Are people living longer here?

Long view
200220082014

65.9 Years (2002) to 74.4 Years (2023) — +12.9%

Vs all-India

Jammu & Kashmir: 74.4 Years (2023) · India: 70.3 Years (2023)

Are fewer babies dying?

Long view
20082014

49 (2004) to 14 (2023) — -71.4%

Vs all-India

Jammu & Kashmir: 14 (2023) · India: 25 (2023)

Rank

Higher than 13 of the other 33 states reporting it for 2023.

Highest / lowest (2023)

Chhattisgarh 37 · Manipur 3

How many children are people having?

Long view
20082014

2.4 (2004) to 1.5 (2023) — -37.5%

Vs all-India

Jammu & Kashmir: 1.5 (2023) · India: 1.9 (2023)

How many babies are born each year?

Long view
20082014

18.7 (2004) to 14.8 (2023) — -20.9%

Vs all-India

Jammu & Kashmir: 14.8 (2023) · India: 18.4 (2023)

Rank

Higher than 17 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
2014

12.3% (2011) to 9.2% (2023) — -25.2%

Vs all-India

Jammu & Kashmir: 9.2% (2023) · India: 12% (2023)

Rank

Higher than 20 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
19962002200820142024

7 Per 1,000 (1994) to 50 Per 1,000 (2024) — +614.3%

Vs all-India

Jammu & Kashmir: 50 Per 1,000 (2024) · India: 25 Per 1,000 (2024)

Rank

Higher than 22 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
19962002200820142024

66 Per 1,000 (1994) to 114 Per 1,000 (2024) — +72.7%

Vs all-India

Jammu & Kashmir: 114 Per 1,000 (2024) · India: 51 Per 1,000 (2024)

Rank

Higher than 29 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
2024

₹368 (2015) to ₹590 (2025) — +60.4%

Vs all-India

Jammu & Kashmir: ₹590 (2025) · India: ₹398 (2025)

How much does the average person earn here?

Long view
20142024

₹51,775 (2012) to ₹1,54,826 (2025) — +199.0%

Rank

Higher than 4 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

53 (2018) to 74 (2023) — +39.6%

Vs all-India

Jammu & Kashmir: 74 (2023) · India: 71 (2023)

Rank

Higher than 23 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2023.

Highest / lowest (2023)

Keralam 79 · Bihar 57

Is the groundwater running out?

Long view
2024

29.5% (2017) to 22.3% (2024) — -24.4%

Vs all-India

Jammu & Kashmir: 22.3% (2024) · India: 60.5% (2024)

Rank

Higher than 9 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
19871996200220082014

20,905 (1987) to 21,346 (2023) — +2.1%

Do government schools have working computers?

Long view
2024

12.6% (2019) to 26% (2025) — +106.3%

Vs all-India

Jammu & Kashmir: 26% (2025) · India: 52.7% (2025)

Rank

Higher than 5 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
2024

56.2% (2023) to 55.2% (2025) — -1.8%

Vs all-India

Jammu & Kashmir: 55.2% (2025) · India: 68.5% (2025)

Rank

Higher than 2 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
2024

1 (2023) to 1.1 (2025) — +7.8%

Vs all-India

Jammu & Kashmir: 1.1 (2025) · India: 1.1 (2025)

Rank

Higher than 19 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
200820142024

3 (2004) to 89.6 (2025) — +2885.0%

Vs all-India

Jammu & Kashmir: 89.6 (2025) · India: 52.7 (2010)

Do banks lend back what they take in?

Long view
200820142024

37.4% (2004) to 56.9% (2025) — +52.1%

Vs all-India

Jammu & Kashmir: 56.9% (2025) · India: 80.1% (2025)

Rank

Higher than 17 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
200820142024

1,686 Kg. Per Hectare (2005) to 2,074 Kg. Per Hectare (2025) — +23.0%

Vs all-India

Jammu & Kashmir: 2,074 Kg. Per Hectare (2025) · India: 2,601 Kg. Per Hectare (2025)

Rank

Higher than 8 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
200820142024

146% (2005) to 153% (2024) — +4.2%

Vs all-India

Jammu & Kashmir: 153% (2024) · India: 157% (2024)

Rank

Higher than 18 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
200820142024

1,422 Thousand Tonnes (2005) to 2,875 Thousand Tonnes (2024) — +102.2%

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

Jammu & Kashmir: 192 per lakh (2024) · India: 419 per lakh (2024)

Rank

Higher than 12 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

Jammu & Kashmir: 51.4 per lakh women (2024) · India: 64.6 per lakh women (2024)

Rank

Higher than 18 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
2024

920 (2022) to 887 (2024) — -3.6%

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
200820142024

728 (2005) to 1,480 (2025) — +103.3%

Vs all-India

Jammu & Kashmir: 1,480 (2025) · India: 1,208 (2025)

Rank

Higher than 21 of the other 33 states reporting it for 2025.

Highest / lowest (2025)

Goa 3,418 · Manipur 329

How much road is there?

Long view
20082014

21,811 (2005) to 1,18,791 (2020) — +444.6%

How many people work in factories?

Long view
200820142024

24,557 (2005) to 51,826 (2024) — +111.0%

How many people visit?

Long view
20142024

13.1 (2011) to 23 (2024) — +76.1%

How many rural clinic doctor posts sit vacant?

Long view
20082014

25 (2005) to 647 (2023) — +2488.0%

How many people live in poverty?

Long view

12.6% (2016) to 4.8% (2021) — -61.8%

Vs all-India

Jammu & Kashmir: 4.8% (2021) · India: 15% (2021)

Rank

Higher than 11 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
2024

6% (2015) to 4.5% (2025) — -25.0%

Vs all-India

Jammu & Kashmir: 4.5% (2025) · India: 4.6% (2025)

Rank

Higher than 19 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
2024

6% (2015) to 1.8% (2025) — -70.0%

Vs all-India

Jammu & Kashmir: 1.8% (2025) · India: 2.8% (2025)

Rank

Higher than 5 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
20082014

58.6% (2006) to 72.7% (2021) — +24.1%

Vs all-India

Jammu & Kashmir: 72.7% (2021) · India: 67.1% (2021)

Rank

Higher than 32 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
20082014

54% (2006) to 44.1% (2021) — -18.3%

Vs all-India

Jammu & Kashmir: 44.1% (2021) · India: 52.2% (2021)

Rank

Higher than 12 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
2008

41.1% (2005) to 56.6% (2013) — +37.7%

Vs all-India

Jammu & Kashmir: 56.6% (2013) · India: 17.7% (2023)

Rank

Jammu & Kashmir reports this for 2013, not 2023 — the year the other 33 states are ranked on — so it isn't included in that ranking.

Highest / lowest (2023)

Arunachal Pradesh 43% · Goa 7.1%

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