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Keralam

286 indicators tracked · RBI Handbook 2024-25 · 39 GI-registered products

What the numbers say

Are people living longer here?

Long view
20012006201120162021

73.2 Years (1997) to 75.1 Years (2023) — +2.6%

Vs all-India

Keralam: 75.1 Years (2023) · India: 70.3 Years (2023)

Are fewer babies dying?

Long view
2006201120162021

12 (2004) to 5 (2023) — -58.3%

Vs all-India

Keralam: 5 (2023) · India: 25 (2023)

Rank

Higher than 1 of the other 33 states reporting it for 2023.

Highest / lowest (2023)

Chhattisgarh 37 · Manipur 3

Is childbirth getting safer?

Long view
20012006201120162021

149 (2001) to 30 (2023) — -79.9%

Vs all-India

Keralam: 30 (2023) · India: 88 (2023)

How many children are people having?

Long view
2006201120162021

1.8 (2003) to 1.5 (2023) — -16.7%

Vs all-India

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

How many babies are born each year?

Long view
2006201120162021

15.2 (2004) to 12.3 (2023) — -19.1%

Vs all-India

Keralam: 12.3 (2023) · India: 18.4 (2023)

Rank

Higher than 5 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
201120162021

8.2% (2011) to 5% (2023) — -39.0%

Vs all-India

Keralam: 5% (2023) · India: 12% (2023)

Rank

Higher than 3 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
199620012006201120162021

69 Per 1,000 (1994) to 76 Per 1,000 (2024) — +10.1%

Vs all-India

Keralam: 76 Per 1,000 (2024) · India: 25 Per 1,000 (2024)

Rank

Higher than 30 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
199620012006201120162021

103 Per 1,000 (1994) to 67 Per 1,000 (2024) — -35.0%

Vs all-India

Keralam: 67 Per 1,000 (2024) · India: 51 Per 1,000 (2024)

Rank

Higher than 17 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
20162021

₹575 (2015) to ₹869 (2025) — +51.1%

Vs all-India

Keralam: ₹869 (2025) · India: ₹398 (2025)

How much does the average person earn here?

Long view
20162021

₹97,912 (2012) to ₹3,08,338 (2025) — +214.9%

Rank

Higher than 18 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
2021

69 (2018) to 79 (2023) — +14.5%

Vs all-India

Keralam: 79 (2023) · India: 71 (2023)

Rank

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

Highest / lowest (2023)

Keralam 79 · Bihar 57

Is the groundwater running out?

Long view
2021

51.3% (2017) to 53.8% (2024) — +4.9%

Vs all-India

Keralam: 53.8% (2024) · India: 60.5% (2024)

Rank

Higher than 22 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
19871991199620012006201120162021

10,292 (1987) to 22,059 (2023) — +114.3%

Do government schools have working computers?

Long view
2021

88.7% (2019) to 99.3% (2025) — +12.0%

Vs all-India

Keralam: 99.3% (2025) · India: 52.7% (2025)

Rank

Higher than 32 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

91.8% (2023) to 94.1% (2025) — +2.5%

Vs all-India

Keralam: 94.1% (2025) · India: 68.5% (2025)

Rank

Higher than 31 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 (2025) — -2.9%

Vs all-India

Keralam: 1 (2025) · India: 1.1 (2025)

Rank

Higher than 6 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
2006201120162021

14.9 (2004) to 119 (2025) — +698.6%

Vs all-India

Keralam: 119 (2025) · India: 52.7 (2010)

Do banks lend back what they take in?

Long view
2006201120162021

45.5% (2004) to 68.8% (2025) — +51.2%

Vs all-India

Keralam: 68.8% (2025) · India: 80.1% (2025)

Rank

Higher than 22 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
2006201120162021

2,278 Kg. Per Hectare (2005) to 2,906 Kg. Per Hectare (2025) — +27.6%

Vs all-India

Keralam: 2,906 Kg. Per Hectare (2025) · India: 2,601 Kg. Per Hectare (2025)

Rank

Higher than 21 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
2006201120162021

139% (2005) to 129% (2024) — -7.6%

Vs all-India

Keralam: 129% (2024) · India: 157% (2024)

Rank

Higher than 7 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
2006201120162021

2,025 Thousand Tonnes (2005) to 2,580 Thousand Tonnes (2024) — +27.4%

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

Keralam: 1,389 per lakh (2024) · India: 419 per lakh (2024)

Rank

Higher than 35 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

Keralam: 80.5 per lakh women (2024) · India: 64.6 per lakh women (2024)

Rank

Higher than 29 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

5,640 (2022) to 5,929 (2024) — +5.1%

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
2006201120162021

394 (2005) to 880 (2025) — +123.5%

Vs all-India

Keralam: 880 (2025) · India: 1,208 (2025)

Rank

Higher than 12 of the other 33 states reporting it for 2025.

Highest / lowest (2025)

Goa 3,418 · Manipur 329

How much road is there?

Long view
200620112016

1,69,516 (2005) to 2,58,375 (2020) — +52.4%

How many people work in factories?

Long view
2006201120162021

2,74,486 (2005) to 2,82,993 (2024) — +3.1%

How many people visit?

Long view
201120162021

9.4 (2011) to 22.3 (2024) — +137.2%

How many rural clinic doctor posts sit vacant?

Long view
2006201120162021

396 (2005) to 84 (2023) — -78.8%

How many people live in poverty?

Long view
20162021

0.70% (2016) to 0.55% (2021) — -21.4%

Vs all-India

Keralam: 0.55% (2021) · India: 15% (2021)

Rank

Higher than 0 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
20162021

7.3% (2015) to 5.9% (2025) — -19.2%

Vs all-India

Keralam: 5.9% (2025) · India: 4.6% (2025)

Rank

Higher than 30 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
20162021

6.5% (2015) to 2% (2025) — -69.2%

Vs all-India

Keralam: 2% (2025) · India: 2.8% (2025)

Rank

Higher than 6 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
2006201120162021

44.5% (2006) to 39.4% (2021) — -11.5%

Vs all-India

Keralam: 39.4% (2021) · India: 67.1% (2021)

Rank

Higher than 0 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
2006201120162021

33.1% (2006) to 31.4% (2021) — -5.1%

Vs all-India

Keralam: 31.4% (2021) · India: 52.2% (2021)

Rank

Higher than 5 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
2006201120162021

22.5% (2005) to 13.5% (2023) — -40.0%

Vs all-India

Keralam: 13.5% (2023) · India: 17.7% (2023)

Rank

Higher than 3 of the other 32 states reporting it for 2023.

Highest / lowest (2023)

Arunachal Pradesh 43% · Goa 7.1%

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Geographical Indications 39

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