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Meghalaya
286 indicators tracked · RBI Handbook 2024-25 · 8 GI-registered products
What the numbers say
Are fewer babies dying?
54 (2004) to 34 (2023) — -37.0%
Meghalaya: 34 (2023) · India: 25 (2023)
Higher than 30 of the other 33 states reporting it for 2023.
Chhattisgarh 37 · Manipur 3
How many babies are born each year?
25.2 (2004) to 22.7 (2023) — -9.9%
Meghalaya: 22.7 (2023) · India: 18.4 (2023)
Higher than 31 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2023.
Bihar 25.8 · Andaman & Nicobar Islands 10.1
Is the population still growing?
16.3% (2011) to 17.3% (2023) — +6.1%
Meghalaya: 17.3% (2023) · India: 12% (2023)
Higher than 33 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?
2 Per 1,000 (1994) to 51 Per 1,000 (2024) — +2450.0%
Meghalaya: 51 Per 1,000 (2024) · India: 25 Per 1,000 (2024)
Higher than 25 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?
17 Per 1,000 (1994) to 140 Per 1,000 (2024) — +723.5%
Meghalaya: 140 Per 1,000 (2024) · India: 51 Per 1,000 (2024)
Higher than 34 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2024.
Meghalaya 140 · Delhi 20
What does a day of farm work pay?
₹175 (2015) to ₹335 (2025) — +91.5%
Meghalaya: ₹335 (2025) · India: ₹398 (2025)
How much does the average person earn here?
₹59,794 (2012) to ₹1,57,141 (2025) — +162.8%
Higher than 5 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?
52 (2018) to 63 (2023) — +21.2%
Meghalaya: 63 (2023) · India: 71 (2023)
Higher than 3 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2023.
Keralam 79 · Bihar 57
Is the groundwater running out?
2.3% (2017) to 4.6% (2024) — +101.8%
Meghalaya: 4.6% (2024) · India: 60.5% (2024)
Higher than 3 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2024.
Punjab 157% · Arunachal Pradesh 0.39%
How much forest is there?
16,466 (1987) to 16,967 (2023) — +3.0%
Do government schools have working computers?
7.7% (2019) to 10.3% (2025) — +33.8%
Meghalaya: 10.3% (2025) · India: 52.7% (2025)
Higher than 0 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2025.
Chandigarh 100% · Meghalaya 10.3%
Do children stay in school to Class XII?
62.7% (2023) to 62.5% (2025) — -0.3%
Meghalaya: 62.5% (2025) · India: 68.5% (2025)
Higher than 10 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2025.
Chandigarh 109% · Bihar 44.7%
Do as many girls reach secondary school as boys?
1.4 (2023) to 1.4 (2025) — +2.9%
Meghalaya: 1.4 (2025) · India: 1.1 (2025)
Higher than 34 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2025.
Meghalaya 1.4 · Uttar Pradesh 1
Do banks lend back what they take in?
34.6% (2004) to 40.3% (2025) — +16.5%
Meghalaya: 40.3% (2025) · India: 80.1% (2025)
Higher than 5 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2025.
Andhra Pradesh 151% · Lakshadweep 12.7%
Are farms getting more productive?
1,649 Kg. Per Hectare (2005) to 2,439 Kg. Per Hectare (2025) — +47.9%
Meghalaya: 2,439 Kg. Per Hectare (2025) · India: 2,601 Kg. Per Hectare (2025)
Higher than 16 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?
121% (2005) to 120% (2024) — -0.5%
Meghalaya: 120% (2024) · India: 157% (2024)
Higher than 5 of the other 30 states reporting it for 2024.
Punjab 201% · Mizoram 102%
How much milk does the state produce?
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.
Meghalaya: 118 per lakh (2024) · India: 419 per lakh (2024)
Higher than 4 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.
Meghalaya: 38.9 per lakh women (2024) · India: 64.6 per lakh women (2024)
Higher than 11 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.
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?
530 (2005) to 607 (2025) — +14.6%
Meghalaya: 607 (2025) · India: 1,208 (2025)
Higher than 7 of the other 33 states reporting it for 2025.
Goa 3,418 · Manipur 329
How much road is there?
9,662 (2005) to 44,241 (2020) — +357.9%
How many people work in factories?
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?
0.67 (2011) to 1.6 (2024) — +137.3%
How many rural clinic doctor posts sit vacant?
4 (2005) to 9 (2023) — +125.0%
How many people live in poverty?
32.5% (2016) to 27.8% (2021) — -14.6%
Meghalaya: 27.8% (2021) · India: 15% (2021)
Higher than 32 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2021.
Bihar 33.8% · Keralam 0.55%
How fast are prices rising?
12.3% (2015) to 4% (2025) — -67.5%
Meghalaya: 4% (2025) · India: 4.6% (2025)
Higher than 10 of the other 33 states reporting it for 2025.
Manipur 6.5% · Delhi 2.4%
How fast is urban housing getting more expensive?
8.8% (2015) to 6% (2025) — -31.8%
Meghalaya: 6% (2025) · India: 2.8% (2025)
Higher than 31 of the other 33 states reporting it for 2025.
Uttarakhand 8.1% · Delhi 0.20%
How many young children are anaemic?
64.4% (2006) to 45.1% (2021) — -30.0%
Meghalaya: 45.1% (2021) · India: 67.1% (2021)
Higher than 5 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2021.
Ladakh 93.9% · Keralam 39.4%
How many pregnant women are anaemic?
56.1% (2006) to 45% (2021) — -19.8%
Meghalaya: 45% (2021) · India: 52.2% (2021)
Higher than 13 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?
28.4% (2005) to 22.1% (2023) — -22.2%
Meghalaya: 22.1% (2023) · India: 17.7% (2023)
Higher than 24 of the other 32 states reporting it for 2023.
Arunachal Pradesh 43% · Goa 7.1%
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