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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?

Long view
199920042008201320182023

63.3 Years (1997) to 70 Years (2023) — +10.6%

Vs all-India

Karnataka: 70 Years (2023) · India: 70.3 Years (2023)

Are fewer babies dying?

Long view
20042008201320182023

49 (2004) to 14 (2023) — -71.4%

Vs all-India

Karnataka: 14 (2023) · India: 25 (2023)

Rank

Higher than 12 of the other 33 states reporting it for 2023.

Highest / lowest (2023)

Chhattisgarh 37 · Manipur 3

Is childbirth getting safer?

Long view
20042008201320182023

266 (2001) to 68 (2023) — -74.4%

Vs all-India

Karnataka: 68 (2023) · India: 88 (2023)

How many children are people having?

Long view
20042008201320182023

2.3 (2003) to 1.5 (2023) — -34.8%

Vs all-India

Karnataka: 1.5 (2023) · India: 1.9 (2023)

How many babies are born each year?

Long view
20042008201320182023

20.9 (2004) to 15.2 (2023) — -27.3%

Vs all-India

Karnataka: 15.2 (2023) · India: 18.4 (2023)

Rank

Higher than 19 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
201320182023

11.7% (2011) to 8.3% (2023) — -29.1%

Vs all-India

Karnataka: 8.3% (2023) · India: 12% (2023)

Rank

Higher than 14 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
1994199920042008201320182023

7 Per 1,000 (1994) to 19 Per 1,000 (2024) — +171.4%

Vs all-India

Karnataka: 19 Per 1,000 (2024) · India: 25 Per 1,000 (2024)

Rank

Higher than 7 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
1994199920042008201320182023

36 Per 1,000 (1994) to 42 Per 1,000 (2024) — +16.7%

Vs all-India

Karnataka: 42 Per 1,000 (2024) · India: 51 Per 1,000 (2024)

Rank

Higher than 9 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
20182023

₹205 (2015) to ₹454 (2025) — +121.5%

Vs all-India

Karnataka: ₹454 (2025) · India: ₹398 (2025)

How much does the average person earn here?

Long view
201320182023

₹90,263 (2012) to ₹3,80,906 (2025) — +322.0%

Rank

Higher than 22 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
20182023

64 (2018) to 75 (2023) — +17.2%

Vs all-India

Karnataka: 75 (2023) · India: 71 (2023)

Rank

Higher than 26 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2023.

Highest / lowest (2023)

Keralam 79 · Bihar 57

Is the groundwater running out?

Long view
20182023

69.9% (2017) to 68.4% (2024) — -2.0%

Vs all-India

Karnataka: 68.4% (2024) · India: 60.5% (2024)

Rank

Higher than 27 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
19891994199920042008201320182023

32,268 (1987) to 39,254 (2023) — +21.6%

Do government schools have working computers?

Long view
2023

91.1% (2019) to 35.8% (2025) — -60.7%

Vs all-India

Karnataka: 35.8% (2025) · India: 52.7% (2025)

Rank

Higher than 8 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
2023

80.8% (2023) to 81.3% (2025) — +0.6%

Vs all-India

Karnataka: 81.3% (2025) · India: 68.5% (2025)

Rank

Higher than 22 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
2023

1.1 (2023) to 1.1 (2025) — +3.8%

Vs all-India

Karnataka: 1.1 (2025) · India: 1.1 (2025)

Rank

Higher than 18 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
20042008201320182023

9.5 (2004) to 104 (2025) — +994.2%

Vs all-India

Karnataka: 104 (2025) · India: 52.7 (2010)

Do banks lend back what they take in?

Long view
20042008201320182023

63.1% (2004) to 67.7% (2025) — +7.3%

Vs all-India

Karnataka: 67.7% (2025) · India: 80.1% (2025)

Rank

Higher than 20 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
2008201320182023

1,388 Kg. Per Hectare (2005) to 1,749 Kg. Per Hectare (2025) — +26.0%

Vs all-India

Karnataka: 1,749 Kg. Per Hectare (2025) · India: 2,601 Kg. Per Hectare (2025)

Rank

Higher than 7 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
2008201320182023

122% (2005) to 126% (2024) — +3.1%

Vs all-India

Karnataka: 126% (2024) · India: 157% (2024)

Rank

Higher than 6 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
2008201320182023

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.

Vs all-India

Karnataka: 291 per lakh (2024) · India: 419 per lakh (2024)

Rank

Higher than 19 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

Karnataka: 59.3 per lakh women (2024) · India: 64.6 per lakh women (2024)

Rank

Higher than 22 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
2023

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?

Long view
2008201320182023

637 (2005) to 1,357 (2025) — +112.9%

Vs all-India

Karnataka: 1,357 (2025) · India: 1,208 (2025)

Rank

Higher than 17 of the other 33 states reporting it for 2025.

Highest / lowest (2025)

Goa 3,418 · Manipur 329

How much road is there?

Long view
200820132018

2,10,415 (2005) to 3,69,687 (2020) — +75.7%

How many people work in factories?

Long view
2008201320182023

4,31,196 (2005) to 9,68,922 (2024) — +124.7%

How many people visit?

Long view
201320182023

84.1 (2011) to 305 (2024) — +262.1%

How many rural clinic doctor posts sit vacant?

Long view
2008201320182023

196 (2005) to 340 (2023) — +73.5%

How many people live in poverty?

Long view
2018

12.8% (2016) to 7.6% (2021) — -40.6%

Vs all-India

Karnataka: 7.6% (2021) · India: 15% (2021)

Rank

Higher than 17 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
20182023

6.5% (2015) to 4.9% (2025) — -24.6%

Vs all-India

Karnataka: 4.9% (2025) · India: 4.6% (2025)

Rank

Higher than 24 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
20182023

6.7% (2015) to 2.5% (2025) — -62.7%

Vs all-India

Karnataka: 2.5% (2025) · India: 2.8% (2025)

Rank

Higher than 13 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
200820132018

70.4% (2006) to 65.5% (2021) — -7.0%

Vs all-India

Karnataka: 65.5% (2021) · India: 67.1% (2021)

Rank

Higher than 18 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
200820132018

59.5% (2006) to 45.7% (2021) — -23.2%

Vs all-India

Karnataka: 45.7% (2021) · India: 52.2% (2021)

Rank

Higher than 15 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
2008201320182023

26.1% (2005) to 16.3% (2023) — -37.5%

Vs all-India

Karnataka: 16.3% (2023) · India: 17.7% (2023)

Rank

Higher than 13 of the other 32 states reporting it for 2023.

Highest / lowest (2023)

Arunachal Pradesh 43% · Goa 7.1%

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⚠ GI Registry (IP India) · not RBI Handbook — state-tier only, no district/seat attribution in the source data.