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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?
67.8 Years (1997) to 70.8 Years (2023) — +4.4%
Punjab: 70.8 Years (2023) · India: 70.3 Years (2023)
Are fewer babies dying?
45 (2004) to 17 (2023) — -62.2%
Punjab: 17 (2023) · India: 25 (2023)
Higher than 18 of the other 33 states reporting it for 2023.
Chhattisgarh 37 · Manipur 3
Is childbirth getting safer?
177 (2001) to 90 (2023) — -49.2%
Punjab: 90 (2023) · India: 88 (2023)
How many children are people having?
2.3 (2003) to 1.5 (2023) — -34.8%
Punjab: 1.5 (2023) · India: 1.9 (2023)
How many babies are born each year?
18.7 (2004) to 13.8 (2023) — -26.2%
Punjab: 13.8 (2023) · India: 18.4 (2023)
Higher than 10 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2023.
Bihar 25.8 · Andaman & Nicobar Islands 10.1
Is the population still growing?
9.4% (2011) to 6.4% (2023) — -31.9%
Punjab: 6.4% (2023) · India: 12% (2023)
Higher than 5 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?
13 Per 1,000 (1994) to 54 Per 1,000 (2024) — +315.4%
Punjab: 54 Per 1,000 (2024) · India: 25 Per 1,000 (2024)
Higher than 26 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?
34 Per 1,000 (1994) to 56 Per 1,000 (2024) — +64.7%
Punjab: 56 Per 1,000 (2024) · India: 51 Per 1,000 (2024)
Higher than 11 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2024.
Meghalaya 140 · Delhi 20
What does a day of farm work pay?
₹284 (2015) to ₹421 (2025) — +48.2%
Punjab: ₹421 (2025) · India: ₹398 (2025)
How much does the average person earn here?
₹85,577 (2012) to ₹2,21,197 (2025) — +158.5%
Higher than 12 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?
60 (2018) to 76 (2023) — +26.7%
Punjab: 76 (2023) · India: 71 (2023)
Higher than 28 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2023.
Keralam 79 · Bihar 57
Is the groundwater running out?
166% (2017) to 157% (2024) — -5.4%
Punjab: 157% (2024) · India: 60.5% (2024)
Higher than 34 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2024.
Punjab 157% · Arunachal Pradesh 0.39%
How much forest is there?
943 (1987) to 1,846 (2023) — +95.8%
Do government schools have working computers?
40.3% (2019) to 98.3% (2025) — +143.9%
Punjab: 98.3% (2025) · India: 52.7% (2025)
Higher than 30 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2025.
Chandigarh 100% · Meghalaya 10.3%
Do children stay in school to Class XII?
85.6% (2023) to 86% (2025) — +0.5%
Punjab: 86% (2025) · India: 68.5% (2025)
Higher than 25 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2025.
Chandigarh 109% · Bihar 44.7%
Do as many girls reach secondary school as boys?
1 (2023) to 1.1 (2025) — +6.8%
Punjab: 1.1 (2025) · India: 1.1 (2025)
Higher than 16 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2025.
Meghalaya 1.4 · Uttar Pradesh 1
How connected is the state?
17.3 (2004) to 111 (2025) — +540.7%
Punjab: 111 (2025) · India: 52.7 (2010)
Do banks lend back what they take in?
43.1% (2004) to 58.5% (2025) — +35.7%
Punjab: 58.5% (2025) · India: 80.1% (2025)
Higher than 18 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2025.
Andhra Pradesh 151% · Lakshadweep 12.7%
Are farms getting more productive?
4,040 Kg. Per Hectare (2005) to 4,761 Kg. Per Hectare (2025) — +17.8%
Punjab: 4,761 Kg. Per Hectare (2025) · India: 2,601 Kg. Per Hectare (2025)
Higher than 30 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?
189% (2005) to 201% (2024) — +6.5%
Punjab: 201% (2024) · India: 157% (2024)
Higher than 30 of the other 30 states reporting it for 2024.
Punjab 201% · Mizoram 102%
How much milk does the state produce?
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.
Punjab: 223 per lakh (2024) · India: 419 per lakh (2024)
Higher than 14 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.
Punjab: 36.3 per lakh women (2024) · India: 64.6 per lakh women (2024)
Higher than 9 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.
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?
1,247 (2005) to 2,503 (2025) — +100.7%
Punjab: 2,503 (2025) · India: 1,208 (2025)
Higher than 32 of the other 33 states reporting it for 2025.
Goa 3,418 · Manipur 329
How much road is there?
46,490 (2005) to 1,48,768 (2020) — +220.0%
How many people work in factories?
3,09,820 (2005) to 6,27,499 (2024) — +102.5%
How many people visit?
16.4 (2011) to 27.8 (2024) — +69.0%
How many rural clinic doctor posts sit vacant?
273 (2005) to 175 (2023) — -35.9%
How many people live in poverty?
5.6% (2016) to 4.8% (2021) — -14.7%
Punjab: 4.8% (2021) · India: 15% (2021)
Higher than 10 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2021.
Bihar 33.8% · Keralam 0.55%
How fast are prices rising?
5.7% (2015) to 4.2% (2025) — -26.3%
Punjab: 4.2% (2025) · India: 4.6% (2025)
Higher than 14 of the other 33 states reporting it for 2025.
Manipur 6.5% · Delhi 2.4%
How fast is urban housing getting more expensive?
3.1% (2015) to 3.4% (2025) — +9.7%
Punjab: 3.4% (2025) · India: 2.8% (2025)
Higher than 20 of the other 33 states reporting it for 2025.
Uttarakhand 8.1% · Delhi 0.20%
How many young children are anaemic?
66.4% (2006) to 71.1% (2021) — +7.1%
Punjab: 71.1% (2021) · India: 67.1% (2021)
Higher than 29 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2021.
Ladakh 93.9% · Keralam 39.4%
How many pregnant women are anaemic?
41.6% (2006) to 51.7% (2021) — +24.3%
Punjab: 51.7% (2021) · India: 52.2% (2021)
Higher than 20 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?
25.4% (2005) to 14.2% (2023) — -44.1%
Punjab: 14.2% (2023) · India: 17.7% (2023)
Higher than 5 of the other 32 states reporting it for 2023.
Arunachal Pradesh 43% · Goa 7.1%
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