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Punjab

293 indicators tracked · RBI Handbook 2024-25 · 2 GI-registered products

What the numbers say

Are people living longer here?

Long view
199720022007201220172022

67.8 Years (1997) to 70.8 Years (2023) — +4.4%

Vs all-India

Punjab: 70.8 Years (2023) · India: 70.3 Years (2023)

Are fewer babies dying?

Long view
2007201220172022

45 (2004) to 17 (2023) — -62.2%

Vs all-India

Punjab: 17 (2023) · India: 25 (2023)

Rank

Higher than 18 of the other 33 states reporting it for 2023.

Highest / lowest (2023)

Chhattisgarh 37 · Manipur 3

Is childbirth getting safer?

Long view
20022007201220172022

177 (2001) to 90 (2023) — -49.2%

Vs all-India

Punjab: 90 (2023) · India: 88 (2023)

How many children are people having?

Long view
2007201220172022

2.3 (2003) to 1.5 (2023) — -34.8%

Vs all-India

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

How many babies are born each year?

Long view
2007201220172022

18.7 (2004) to 13.8 (2023) — -26.2%

Vs all-India

Punjab: 13.8 (2023) · India: 18.4 (2023)

Rank

Higher than 10 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
201220172022

9.4% (2011) to 6.4% (2023) — -31.9%

Vs all-India

Punjab: 6.4% (2023) · India: 12% (2023)

Rank

Higher than 5 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
199720022007201220172022

13 Per 1,000 (1994) to 54 Per 1,000 (2024) — +315.4%

Vs all-India

Punjab: 54 Per 1,000 (2024) · India: 25 Per 1,000 (2024)

Rank

Higher than 26 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
199720022007201220172022

34 Per 1,000 (1994) to 56 Per 1,000 (2024) — +64.7%

Vs all-India

Punjab: 56 Per 1,000 (2024) · India: 51 Per 1,000 (2024)

Rank

Higher than 11 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
20172022

₹284 (2015) to ₹421 (2025) — +48.2%

Vs all-India

Punjab: ₹421 (2025) · India: ₹398 (2025)

How much does the average person earn here?

Long view
201220172022

₹85,577 (2012) to ₹2,21,197 (2025) — +158.5%

Rank

Higher than 12 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
2022

60 (2018) to 76 (2023) — +26.7%

Vs all-India

Punjab: 76 (2023) · India: 71 (2023)

Rank

Higher than 28 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2023.

Highest / lowest (2023)

Keralam 79 · Bihar 57

Is the groundwater running out?

Long view
20172022

166% (2017) to 157% (2024) — -5.4%

Vs all-India

Punjab: 157% (2024) · India: 60.5% (2024)

Rank

Higher than 34 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
1992199720022007201220172022

943 (1987) to 1,846 (2023) — +95.8%

Do government schools have working computers?

Long view
2022

40.3% (2019) to 98.3% (2025) — +143.9%

Vs all-India

Punjab: 98.3% (2025) · India: 52.7% (2025)

Rank

Higher than 30 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

85.6% (2023) to 86% (2025) — +0.5%

Vs all-India

Punjab: 86% (2025) · India: 68.5% (2025)

Rank

Higher than 25 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 1.1 (2025) — +6.8%

Vs all-India

Punjab: 1.1 (2025) · India: 1.1 (2025)

Rank

Higher than 16 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
2007201220172022

17.3 (2004) to 111 (2025) — +540.7%

Vs all-India

Punjab: 111 (2025) · India: 52.7 (2010)

Do banks lend back what they take in?

Long view
2007201220172022

43.1% (2004) to 58.5% (2025) — +35.7%

Vs all-India

Punjab: 58.5% (2025) · India: 80.1% (2025)

Rank

Higher than 18 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
2007201220172022

4,040 Kg. Per Hectare (2005) to 4,761 Kg. Per Hectare (2025) — +17.8%

Vs all-India

Punjab: 4,761 Kg. Per Hectare (2025) · India: 2,601 Kg. Per Hectare (2025)

Rank

Higher than 30 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
2007201220172022

189% (2005) to 201% (2024) — +6.5%

Vs all-India

Punjab: 201% (2024) · India: 157% (2024)

Rank

Higher than 30 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
2007201220172022

8,554 Thousand Tonnes (2005) to 14,000 Thousand Tonnes (2024) — +63.7%

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

Punjab: 223 per lakh (2024) · India: 419 per lakh (2024)

Rank

Higher than 14 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

Punjab: 36.3 per lakh women (2024) · India: 64.6 per lakh women (2024)

Rank

Higher than 9 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
2022

2,494 (2022) to 2,468 (2024) — -1.0%

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
2007201220172022

1,247 (2005) to 2,503 (2025) — +100.7%

Vs all-India

Punjab: 2,503 (2025) · India: 1,208 (2025)

Rank

Higher than 32 of the other 33 states reporting it for 2025.

Highest / lowest (2025)

Goa 3,418 · Manipur 329

How much road is there?

Long view
200720122017

46,490 (2005) to 1,48,768 (2020) — +220.0%

How many people work in factories?

Long view
2007201220172022

3,09,820 (2005) to 6,27,499 (2024) — +102.5%

How many people visit?

Long view
201220172022

16.4 (2011) to 27.8 (2024) — +69.0%

How many rural clinic doctor posts sit vacant?

Long view
2007201220172022

273 (2005) to 175 (2023) — -35.9%

How many people live in poverty?

Long view
2017

5.6% (2016) to 4.8% (2021) — -14.7%

Vs all-India

Punjab: 4.8% (2021) · India: 15% (2021)

Rank

Higher than 10 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
20172022

5.7% (2015) to 4.2% (2025) — -26.3%

Vs all-India

Punjab: 4.2% (2025) · India: 4.6% (2025)

Rank

Higher than 14 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
20172022

3.1% (2015) to 3.4% (2025) — +9.7%

Vs all-India

Punjab: 3.4% (2025) · India: 2.8% (2025)

Rank

Higher than 20 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
200720122017

66.4% (2006) to 71.1% (2021) — +7.1%

Vs all-India

Punjab: 71.1% (2021) · India: 67.1% (2021)

Rank

Higher than 29 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
200720122017

41.6% (2006) to 51.7% (2021) — +24.3%

Vs all-India

Punjab: 51.7% (2021) · India: 52.2% (2021)

Rank

Higher than 20 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
2007201220172022

25.4% (2005) to 14.2% (2023) — -44.1%

Vs all-India

Punjab: 14.2% (2023) · India: 17.7% (2023)

Rank

Higher than 5 of the other 32 states reporting it for 2023.

Highest / lowest (2023)

Arunachal Pradesh 43% · Goa 7.1%

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