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Meghalaya

286 indicators tracked · RBI Handbook 2024-25 · 8 GI-registered products

What the numbers say

Are fewer babies dying?

Long view
2008201320182023

54 (2004) to 34 (2023) — -37.0%

Vs all-India

Meghalaya: 34 (2023) · India: 25 (2023)

Rank

Higher than 30 of the other 33 states reporting it for 2023.

Highest / lowest (2023)

Chhattisgarh 37 · Manipur 3

How many babies are born each year?

Long view
2008201320182023

25.2 (2004) to 22.7 (2023) — -9.9%

Vs all-India

Meghalaya: 22.7 (2023) · India: 18.4 (2023)

Rank

Higher than 31 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

16.3% (2011) to 17.3% (2023) — +6.1%

Vs all-India

Meghalaya: 17.3% (2023) · India: 12% (2023)

Rank

Higher than 33 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
199820032008201320182023

2 Per 1,000 (1994) to 51 Per 1,000 (2024) — +2450.0%

Vs all-India

Meghalaya: 51 Per 1,000 (2024) · India: 25 Per 1,000 (2024)

Rank

Higher than 25 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
199820032008201320182023

17 Per 1,000 (1994) to 140 Per 1,000 (2024) — +723.5%

Vs all-India

Meghalaya: 140 Per 1,000 (2024) · India: 51 Per 1,000 (2024)

Rank

Higher than 34 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

₹175 (2015) to ₹335 (2025) — +91.5%

Vs all-India

Meghalaya: ₹335 (2025) · India: ₹398 (2025)

How much does the average person earn here?

Long view
201320182023

₹59,794 (2012) to ₹1,57,141 (2025) — +162.8%

Rank

Higher than 5 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

52 (2018) to 63 (2023) — +21.2%

Vs all-India

Meghalaya: 63 (2023) · India: 71 (2023)

Rank

Higher than 3 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2023.

Highest / lowest (2023)

Keralam 79 · Bihar 57

Is the groundwater running out?

Long view
20182023

2.3% (2017) to 4.6% (2024) — +101.8%

Vs all-India

Meghalaya: 4.6% (2024) · India: 60.5% (2024)

Rank

Higher than 3 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
19881993199820032008201320182023

16,466 (1987) to 16,967 (2023) — +3.0%

Do government schools have working computers?

Long view
2023

7.7% (2019) to 10.3% (2025) — +33.8%

Vs all-India

Meghalaya: 10.3% (2025) · India: 52.7% (2025)

Rank

Higher than 0 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

62.7% (2023) to 62.5% (2025) — -0.3%

Vs all-India

Meghalaya: 62.5% (2025) · India: 68.5% (2025)

Rank

Higher than 10 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

1.4 (2023) to 1.4 (2025) — +2.9%

Vs all-India

Meghalaya: 1.4 (2025) · India: 1.1 (2025)

Rank

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

Highest / lowest (2025)

Meghalaya 1.4 · Uttar Pradesh 1

Do banks lend back what they take in?

Long view
2008201320182023

34.6% (2004) to 40.3% (2025) — +16.5%

Vs all-India

Meghalaya: 40.3% (2025) · India: 80.1% (2025)

Rank

Higher than 5 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

1,649 Kg. Per Hectare (2005) to 2,439 Kg. Per Hectare (2025) — +47.9%

Vs all-India

Meghalaya: 2,439 Kg. Per Hectare (2025) · India: 2,601 Kg. Per Hectare (2025)

Rank

Higher than 16 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

121% (2005) to 120% (2024) — -0.5%

Vs all-India

Meghalaya: 120% (2024) · India: 157% (2024)

Rank

Higher than 5 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

71 Thousand Tonnes (2005) to 97 Thousand Tonnes (2024) — +36.6%

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

Meghalaya: 118 per lakh (2024) · India: 419 per lakh (2024)

Rank

Higher than 4 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

Meghalaya: 38.9 per lakh women (2024) · India: 64.6 per lakh women (2024)

Rank

Higher than 11 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

496 (2022) to 556 (2024) — +12.1%

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
2008201320182023

530 (2005) to 607 (2025) — +14.6%

Vs all-India

Meghalaya: 607 (2025) · India: 1,208 (2025)

Rank

Higher than 7 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

9,662 (2005) to 44,241 (2020) — +357.9%

How many people work in factories?

Long view
2008201320182023

2,405 (2005) to 10,682 (2024)

The opening value is too close to zero for a percentage to mean much here — shown as absolute values, no comparable trend %.

How many people visit?

Long view
201320182023

0.67 (2011) to 1.6 (2024) — +137.3%

How many rural clinic doctor posts sit vacant?

Long view
2008201320182023

4 (2005) to 9 (2023) — +125.0%

How many people live in poverty?

Long view
2018

32.5% (2016) to 27.8% (2021) — -14.6%

Vs all-India

Meghalaya: 27.8% (2021) · India: 15% (2021)

Rank

Higher than 32 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

12.3% (2015) to 4% (2025) — -67.5%

Vs all-India

Meghalaya: 4% (2025) · India: 4.6% (2025)

Rank

Higher than 10 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

8.8% (2015) to 6% (2025) — -31.8%

Vs all-India

Meghalaya: 6% (2025) · India: 2.8% (2025)

Rank

Higher than 31 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

64.4% (2006) to 45.1% (2021) — -30.0%

Vs all-India

Meghalaya: 45.1% (2021) · India: 67.1% (2021)

Rank

Higher than 5 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

56.1% (2006) to 45% (2021) — -19.8%

Vs all-India

Meghalaya: 45% (2021) · India: 52.2% (2021)

Rank

Higher than 13 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

28.4% (2005) to 22.1% (2023) — -22.2%

Vs all-India

Meghalaya: 22.1% (2023) · India: 17.7% (2023)

Rank

Higher than 24 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.