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Karnataka
298 indicators tracked · RBI Handbook 2024-25 · 45 GI-registered products
What the numbers say
Are people living longer here?
63.3 Years (1997) to 70 Years (2023) — +10.6%
Karnataka: 70 Years (2023) · India: 70.3 Years (2023)
Are fewer babies dying?
49 (2004) to 14 (2023) — -71.4%
Karnataka: 14 (2023) · India: 25 (2023)
Higher than 12 of the other 33 states reporting it for 2023.
Chhattisgarh 37 · Manipur 3
Is childbirth getting safer?
266 (2001) to 68 (2023) — -74.4%
Karnataka: 68 (2023) · India: 88 (2023)
How many children are people having?
2.3 (2003) to 1.5 (2023) — -34.8%
Karnataka: 1.5 (2023) · India: 1.9 (2023)
How many babies are born each year?
20.9 (2004) to 15.2 (2023) — -27.3%
Karnataka: 15.2 (2023) · India: 18.4 (2023)
Higher than 19 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2023.
Bihar 25.8 · Andaman & Nicobar Islands 10.1
Is the population still growing?
11.7% (2011) to 8.3% (2023) — -29.1%
Karnataka: 8.3% (2023) · India: 12% (2023)
Higher than 14 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2023.
Bihar 19.7 · Andaman & Nicobar Islands 3.8
How many people are out of work in the villages?
7 Per 1,000 (1994) to 19 Per 1,000 (2024) — +171.4%
Karnataka: 19 Per 1,000 (2024) · India: 25 Per 1,000 (2024)
Higher than 7 of the other 33 states reporting it for 2024.
Andaman & Nicobar Islands 106 · Gujarat 4
How many people are out of work in the towns?
36 Per 1,000 (1994) to 42 Per 1,000 (2024) — +16.7%
Karnataka: 42 Per 1,000 (2024) · India: 51 Per 1,000 (2024)
Higher than 9 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2024.
Meghalaya 140 · Delhi 20
What does a day of farm work pay?
₹205 (2015) to ₹454 (2025) — +121.5%
Karnataka: ₹454 (2025) · India: ₹398 (2025)
How much does the average person earn here?
₹90,263 (2012) to ₹3,80,906 (2025) — +322.0%
Higher than 22 of the other 24 states reporting it for 2025.
Delhi ₹4,93,024 · Bihar ₹69,321
How is the state doing on the Sustainable Development Goals?
64 (2018) to 75 (2023) — +17.2%
Karnataka: 75 (2023) · India: 71 (2023)
Higher than 26 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2023.
Keralam 79 · Bihar 57
Is the groundwater running out?
69.9% (2017) to 68.4% (2024) — -2.0%
Karnataka: 68.4% (2024) · India: 60.5% (2024)
Higher than 27 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2024.
Punjab 157% · Arunachal Pradesh 0.39%
How much forest is there?
32,268 (1987) to 39,254 (2023) — +21.6%
Do government schools have working computers?
91.1% (2019) to 35.8% (2025) — -60.7%
Karnataka: 35.8% (2025) · India: 52.7% (2025)
Higher than 8 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2025.
Chandigarh 100% · Meghalaya 10.3%
Do children stay in school to Class XII?
80.8% (2023) to 81.3% (2025) — +0.6%
Karnataka: 81.3% (2025) · India: 68.5% (2025)
Higher than 22 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2025.
Chandigarh 109% · Bihar 44.7%
Do as many girls reach secondary school as boys?
1.1 (2023) to 1.1 (2025) — +3.8%
Karnataka: 1.1 (2025) · India: 1.1 (2025)
Higher than 18 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2025.
Meghalaya 1.4 · Uttar Pradesh 1
How connected is the state?
9.5 (2004) to 104 (2025) — +994.2%
Karnataka: 104 (2025) · India: 52.7 (2010)
Do banks lend back what they take in?
63.1% (2004) to 67.7% (2025) — +7.3%
Karnataka: 67.7% (2025) · India: 80.1% (2025)
Higher than 20 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2025.
Andhra Pradesh 151% · Lakshadweep 12.7%
Are farms getting more productive?
1,388 Kg. Per Hectare (2005) to 1,749 Kg. Per Hectare (2025) — +26.0%
Karnataka: 1,749 Kg. Per Hectare (2025) · India: 2,601 Kg. Per Hectare (2025)
Higher than 7 of the other 30 states reporting it for 2025.
Punjab 4,761 kg/ha · Maharashtra 1,574 kg/ha
How hard is the farmland worked?
122% (2005) to 126% (2024) — +3.1%
Karnataka: 126% (2024) · India: 157% (2024)
Higher than 6 of the other 30 states reporting it for 2024.
Punjab 201% · Mizoram 102%
How much milk does the state produce?
3,917 Thousand Tonnes (2005) to 13,463 Thousand Tonnes (2024) — +243.7%
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.
Karnataka: 291 per lakh (2024) · India: 419 per lakh (2024)
Higher than 19 of the other 35 states reporting it for 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.
Karnataka: 59.3 per lakh women (2024) · India: 64.6 per lakh women (2024)
Higher than 22 of the other 35 states reporting it for 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.
7,988 (2022) to 9,568 (2024) — +19.8%
⚠ 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?
637 (2005) to 1,357 (2025) — +112.9%
Karnataka: 1,357 (2025) · India: 1,208 (2025)
Higher than 17 of the other 33 states reporting it for 2025.
Goa 3,418 · Manipur 329
How much road is there?
2,10,415 (2005) to 3,69,687 (2020) — +75.7%
How many people work in factories?
4,31,196 (2005) to 9,68,922 (2024) — +124.7%
How many people visit?
84.1 (2011) to 305 (2024) — +262.1%
How many rural clinic doctor posts sit vacant?
196 (2005) to 340 (2023) — +73.5%
How many people live in poverty?
12.8% (2016) to 7.6% (2021) — -40.6%
Karnataka: 7.6% (2021) · India: 15% (2021)
Higher than 17 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2021.
Bihar 33.8% · Keralam 0.55%
How fast are prices rising?
6.5% (2015) to 4.9% (2025) — -24.6%
Karnataka: 4.9% (2025) · India: 4.6% (2025)
Higher than 24 of the other 33 states reporting it for 2025.
Manipur 6.5% · Delhi 2.4%
How fast is urban housing getting more expensive?
6.7% (2015) to 2.5% (2025) — -62.7%
Karnataka: 2.5% (2025) · India: 2.8% (2025)
Higher than 13 of the other 33 states reporting it for 2025.
Uttarakhand 8.1% · Delhi 0.20%
How many young children are anaemic?
70.4% (2006) to 65.5% (2021) — -7.0%
Karnataka: 65.5% (2021) · India: 67.1% (2021)
Higher than 18 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2021.
Ladakh 93.9% · Keralam 39.4%
How many pregnant women are anaemic?
59.5% (2006) to 45.7% (2021) — -23.2%
Karnataka: 45.7% (2021) · India: 52.2% (2021)
Higher than 15 of the other 33 states reporting it for 2021.
Ladakh 78.1% · Andaman & Nicobar Islands -53.7%
How much electricity leaks away before it is billed?
26.1% (2005) to 16.3% (2023) — -37.5%
Karnataka: 16.3% (2023) · India: 17.7% (2023)
Higher than 13 of the other 32 states reporting it for 2023.
Arunachal Pradesh 43% · Goa 7.1%
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