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Madhya Pradesh

297 indicators tracked · RBI Handbook 2024-25 · 27 GI-registered products

What the numbers say

Are people living longer here?

Long view
199820032008201320182023

55.4 Years (1997) to 67.6 Years (2023) — +22.0%

Vs all-India

Madhya Pradesh: 67.6 Years (2023) · India: 70.3 Years (2023)

Are fewer babies dying?

Long view
2008201320182023

79 (2004) to 37 (2023) — -53.2%

Vs all-India

Madhya Pradesh: 37 (2023) · India: 25 (2023)

Rank

Higher than 32 of the other 33 states reporting it for 2023.

Highest / lowest (2023)

Chhattisgarh 37 · Manipur 3

Is childbirth getting safer?

Long view
20032008201320182023

407 (2001) to 142 (2023) — -65.1%

Vs all-India

Madhya Pradesh: 142 (2023) · India: 88 (2023)

How many children are people having?

Long view
20032008201320182023

3.8 (2003) to 2.4 (2023) — -36.8%

Vs all-India

Madhya Pradesh: 2.4 (2023) · India: 1.9 (2023)

How many babies are born each year?

Long view
2008201320182023

29.8 (2004) to 22.5 (2023) — -24.5%

Vs all-India

Madhya Pradesh: 22.5 (2023) · India: 18.4 (2023)

Rank

Higher than 30 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

18.7% (2011) to 15.8% (2023) — -15.5%

Vs all-India

Madhya Pradesh: 15.8% (2023) · India: 12% (2023)

Rank

Higher than 30 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

5 Per 1,000 (1994) to 5 Per 1,000 (2024) — +0.0%

Vs all-India

Madhya Pradesh: 5 Per 1,000 (2024) · India: 25 Per 1,000 (2024)

Rank

Higher than 1 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

50 Per 1,000 (1994) to 28 Per 1,000 (2024) — -44.0%

Vs all-India

Madhya Pradesh: 28 Per 1,000 (2024) · India: 51 Per 1,000 (2024)

Rank

Higher than 2 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

₹151 (2015) to ₹256 (2025) — +70.4%

Vs all-India

Madhya Pradesh: ₹256 (2025) · India: ₹398 (2025)

How much does the average person earn here?

Long view
201320182023

₹38,497 (2012) to ₹1,52,615 (2025) — +296.4%

Rank

Higher than 3 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 67 (2023) — +28.8%

Vs all-India

Madhya Pradesh: 67 (2023) · India: 71 (2023)

Rank

Higher than 11 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2023.

Highest / lowest (2023)

Keralam 79 · Bihar 57

Is the groundwater running out?

Long view
20182023

54.8% (2017) to 58.4% (2024) — +6.6%

Vs all-India

Madhya Pradesh: 58.4% (2024) · India: 60.5% (2024)

Rank

Higher than 24 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
19901993199820032008201320182023

1,30,099 (1987) to 77,073 (2023) — -40.8%

Do government schools have working computers?

Long view
2023

3.5% (2019) to 48.4% (2025) — +1282.9%

Vs all-India

Madhya Pradesh: 48.4% (2025) · India: 52.7% (2025)

Rank

Higher than 11 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

57.9% (2023) to 56.7% (2025) — -2.1%

Vs all-India

Madhya Pradesh: 56.7% (2025) · India: 68.5% (2025)

Rank

Higher than 3 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 (2023) to 1 (2025) — -3.8%

Vs all-India

Madhya Pradesh: 1 (2025) · India: 1.1 (2025)

Rank

Higher than 2 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
2008201320182023

4 (2004) to 68.3 (2025) — +1606.3%

Vs all-India

Madhya Pradesh: 68.3 (2025) · India: 52.7 (2010)

Do banks lend back what they take in?

Long view
2008201320182023

46.9% (2004) to 78.3% (2025) — +67.0%

Vs all-India

Madhya Pradesh: 78.3% (2025) · India: 80.1% (2025)

Rank

Higher than 26 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

1,131 Kg. Per Hectare (2005) to 2,470 Kg. Per Hectare (2025) — +118.4%

Vs all-India

Madhya Pradesh: 2,470 Kg. Per Hectare (2025) · India: 2,601 Kg. Per Hectare (2025)

Rank

Higher than 17 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

135% (2005) to 194% (2024) — +43.4%

Vs all-India

Madhya Pradesh: 194% (2024) · India: 157% (2024)

Rank

Higher than 28 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

5,506 Thousand Tonnes (2005) to 21,326 Thousand Tonnes (2024) — +287.3%

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

Madhya Pradesh: 494 per lakh (2024) · India: 419 per lakh (2024)

Rank

Higher than 29 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

Madhya Pradesh: 77 per lakh women (2024) · India: 64.6 per lakh women (2024)

Rank

Higher than 26 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

20,415 (2022) to 21,908 (2024) — +7.3%

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

499 (2005) to 1,191 (2025) — +138.7%

Vs all-India

Madhya Pradesh: 1,191 (2025) · India: 1,208 (2025)

Rank

Higher than 16 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

1,63,920 (2005) to 3,69,271 (2020) — +125.3%

How many people work in factories?

Long view
2008201320182023

1,63,843 (2005) to 3,84,680 (2024) — +134.8%

How many people visit?

Long view
201320182023

44.1 (2011) to 133 (2024) — +201.9%

How many rural clinic doctor posts sit vacant?

Long view
2008201320182023

439 (2005) to 542 (2023) — +23.5%

How many people live in poverty?

Long view
2018

36.6% (2016) to 20.6% (2021) — -43.6%

Vs all-India

Madhya Pradesh: 20.6% (2021) · India: 15% (2021)

Rank

Higher than 30 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

5.5% (2015) to 4.7% (2025) — -14.5%

Vs all-India

Madhya Pradesh: 4.7% (2025) · India: 4.6% (2025)

Rank

Higher than 23 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

8.2% (2015) to 2.1% (2025) — -74.4%

Vs all-India

Madhya Pradesh: 2.1% (2025) · India: 2.8% (2025)

Rank

Higher than 7 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

74.1% (2006) to 72.6% (2021) — -2.0%

Vs all-India

Madhya Pradesh: 72.6% (2021) · India: 67.1% (2021)

Rank

Higher than 31 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

57.9% (2006) to 52.9% (2021) — -8.6%

Vs all-India

Madhya Pradesh: 52.9% (2021) · India: 52.2% (2021)

Rank

Higher than 22 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

41.3% (2005) to 22.4% (2023) — -45.8%

Vs all-India

Madhya Pradesh: 22.4% (2023) · India: 17.7% (2023)

Rank

Higher than 26 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.