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Tamil Nadu
271 indicators tracked · RBI Handbook 2024-25 · 73 GI-registered products
What the numbers say
Are people living longer here?
64.2 Years (1997) to 73.4 Years (2023) — +14.3%
Tamil Nadu: 73.4 Years (2023) · India: 70.3 Years (2023)
Are fewer babies dying?
41 (2004) to 12 (2023) — -70.7%
Tamil Nadu: 12 (2023) · India: 25 (2023)
Higher than 9 of the other 33 states reporting it for 2023.
Chhattisgarh 37 · Manipur 3
Is childbirth getting safer?
167 (2001) to 35 (2023) — -79.0%
Tamil Nadu: 35 (2023) · India: 88 (2023)
How many children are people having?
1.9 (2003) to 1.3 (2023) — -31.6%
Tamil Nadu: 1.3 (2023) · India: 1.9 (2023)
How many babies are born each year?
17.1 (2004) to 12 (2023) — -29.8%
Tamil Nadu: 12 (2023) · India: 18.4 (2023)
Higher than 3 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2023.
Bihar 25.8 · Andaman & Nicobar Islands 10.1
Is the population still growing?
8.5% (2011) to 5% (2023) — -41.2%
Tamil Nadu: 5% (2023) · India: 12% (2023)
Higher than 2 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 31 Per 1,000 (2024) — +138.5%
Tamil Nadu: 31 Per 1,000 (2024) · India: 25 Per 1,000 (2024)
Higher than 14 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?
50 Per 1,000 (1994) to 41 Per 1,000 (2024) — -18.0%
Tamil Nadu: 41 Per 1,000 (2024) · India: 51 Per 1,000 (2024)
Higher than 8 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2024.
Meghalaya 140 · Delhi 20
What does a day of farm work pay?
₹334 (2015) to ₹573 (2025) — +71.5%
Tamil Nadu: ₹573 (2025) · India: ₹398 (2025)
How much does the average person earn here?
₹93,112 (2012) to ₹3,61,619 (2025) — +288.4%
Higher than 21 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?
66 (2018) to 78 (2023) — +18.2%
Tamil Nadu: 78 (2023) · India: 71 (2023)
Higher than 32 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2023.
Keralam 79 · Bihar 57
Is the groundwater running out?
80.9% (2017) to 74.3% (2024) — -8.3%
Tamil Nadu: 74.3% (2024) · India: 60.5% (2024)
Higher than 29 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2024.
Punjab 157% · Arunachal Pradesh 0.39%
How much forest is there?
17,472 (1987) to 26,450 (2023) — +51.4%
Do government schools have working computers?
45.4% (2019) to 99.2% (2025) — +118.5%
Tamil Nadu: 99.2% (2025) · India: 52.7% (2025)
Higher than 31 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2025.
Chandigarh 100% · Meghalaya 10.3%
Do children stay in school to Class XII?
87.2% (2023) to 89.4% (2025) — +2.5%
Tamil Nadu: 89.4% (2025) · India: 68.5% (2025)
Higher than 28 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2025.
Chandigarh 109% · Bihar 44.7%
Do as many girls reach secondary school as boys?
1.1 (2023) to 1.1 (2025) — +2.8%
Tamil Nadu: 1.1 (2025) · India: 1.1 (2025)
Higher than 13 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2025.
Meghalaya 1.4 · Uttar Pradesh 1
How connected is the state?
8.5 (2004) to 102 (2025) — +1101.1%
Tamil Nadu: 102 (2025) · India: 52.7 (2010)
Do banks lend back what they take in?
93.1% (2004) to 115% (2025) — +24.0%
Tamil Nadu: 115% (2025) · India: 80.1% (2025)
Higher than 33 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2025.
Andhra Pradesh 151% · Lakshadweep 12.7%
Are farms getting more productive?
1,874 Kg. Per Hectare (2005) to 2,835 Kg. Per Hectare (2025) — +51.3%
Tamil Nadu: 2,835 Kg. Per Hectare (2025) · India: 2,601 Kg. Per Hectare (2025)
Higher than 20 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?
116% (2005) to 129% (2024) — +11.3%
Tamil Nadu: 129% (2024) · India: 157% (2024)
Higher than 8 of the other 30 states reporting it for 2024.
Punjab 201% · Mizoram 102%
How much milk does the state produce?
4,784 Thousand Tonnes (2005) to 10,808 Thousand Tonnes (2024) — +125.9%
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.
Tamil Nadu: 655 per lakh (2024) · India: 419 per lakh (2024)
Higher than 32 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.
Tamil Nadu: 29.4 per lakh women (2024) · India: 64.6 per lakh women (2024)
Higher than 5 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.
6,580 (2022) to 10,046 (2024) — +52.7%
⚠ 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?
762 (2005) to 1,692 (2025) — +121.9%
Tamil Nadu: 1,692 (2025) · India: 1,208 (2025)
Higher than 25 of the other 33 states reporting it for 2025.
Goa 3,418 · Manipur 329
How much road is there?
1,76,209 (2005) to 2,72,974 (2020) — +54.9%
How many people work in factories?
10,46,788 (2005) to 24,75,675 (2024) — +136.5%
How many people visit?
138 (2011) to 307 (2024) — +123.1%
How many rural clinic doctor posts sit vacant?
1,549 (2005) to 340 (2023) — -78.1%
How many people live in poverty?
4.8% (2016) to 2.2% (2021) — -53.8%
Tamil Nadu: 2.2% (2021) · India: 15% (2021)
Higher than 4 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2021.
Bihar 33.8% · Keralam 0.55%
How fast are prices rising?
6.2% (2015) to 4.7% (2025) — -24.2%
Tamil Nadu: 4.7% (2025) · India: 4.6% (2025)
Higher than 21 of the other 33 states reporting it for 2025.
Manipur 6.5% · Delhi 2.4%
How fast is urban housing getting more expensive?
7% (2015) to 2.5% (2025) — -64.3%
Tamil Nadu: 2.5% (2025) · India: 2.8% (2025)
Higher than 12 of the other 33 states reporting it for 2025.
Uttarakhand 8.1% · Delhi 0.20%
How many young children are anaemic?
64.2% (2006) to 57.4% (2021) — -10.6%
Tamil Nadu: 57.4% (2021) · India: 67.1% (2021)
Higher than 12 of the other 34 states reporting it for 2021.
Ladakh 93.9% · Keralam 39.4%
How many pregnant women are anaemic?
53.3% (2006) to 48.3% (2021) — -9.4%
Tamil Nadu: 48.3% (2021) · India: 52.2% (2021)
Higher than 19 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?
19.3% (2005) to 15.3% (2023) — -20.7%
Tamil Nadu: 15.3% (2023) · India: 17.7% (2023)
Higher than 11 of the other 32 states reporting it for 2023.
Arunachal Pradesh 43% · Goa 7.1%
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