Indian states and territories ranked by poverty

This is a list of States and Union Territories of India ranked according to poverty as on 16 September 2013. The list is compiled from the Annual Report of Reserve Bank of India published on 2013.^[1] The rank is calculated according to the percentage of people below poverty-line and is based on MRP-consumption.

Goa ranks best with least poverty of 5.09% while national average stands at 21.92%.

Rank	State/U.T.	Poverty (% of people below poverty line)
1	Goa	5.09
2	Kerala	7.05
3	Himachal Pradesh	8.06
4	Sikkim	8.19
5	Punjab	8.26
6	Andhra Pradesh *	9.20
7	Jammu and Kashmir	10.35
8	Haryana	11.16
9	Uttarakhand	11.26
10	Tamil Nadu	11.28
11	Meghalaya	11.87
12	Tripura	14.05
13	Rajasthan	14.71
14	Gujarat	16.63
15	Maharashtra	17.35
16	Nagaland	18.88
17	West Bengal	19.98
18	Mizoram	20.87
19	Karnataka	20.91
**	All India Average	21.92
20	Uttar Pradesh	29.43
21	Madhya Pradesh	31.65
22	Assam	31.98
23	Odisha	32.59
24	Arunachal Pradesh	34.67
25	Manipur	36.89
26	Jharkhand	36.96
27	Chhattisgarh	39.93
28	Bihar	40.69
U/T	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	1.00
U/T	Lakshadweep	2.77
U/T	Puducherry	9.69
U/T	Daman and Diu	9.86
U/T	Delhi	9.91
U/T	Chandigarh	21.81
U/T	Dadra and Nagar Haveli	39.31

Notes

U/T = union territory

• including TELANGANA

References

1. "Table 162, Number and Percentage of Population Below Poverty Line". Reserve Bank of India, Government of India. 2013. Retrieved April 20, 2014.