List of Indian states and territories by Human Development Index

Human Development Index map for Indian states in 2006, as calculated by Government of India and UNDP India.[1]

This is a list of Indian states by their respective Human Development Index (HDI), as of 2008.[2] Kerala stands first in Human Development Index among the states in India.

The national average HDI for India in 2008 was 0.467.[2] By 2010, its average HDI had risen to 0.519.[3][4] UNDP, the sponsor of Human Development Index methodology since 1990, reported India's HDI to be 0.554 for 2012,[5] an 18% increase over its 2008 HDI. United Nations Declared India's HDI is 0.586 in 2014,[6] an 5.77% increase over 2012. As for the year 2015, HDI for India stood at 0.609.[7]

There are many ways to calculate HDI, and its calculation is sensitive to base data and assumptions. Using another approach, UNDP India and Government of India calculated the HDI nationwide average to be 0.605 in 2006.[8] This data was published by the Indian Government.[2] Note that the 2007-2008 HDI values in the table below is not based on income as is the UNDP standard practice for global comparisons, but on estimated consumption expenditure - an assumption which underestimates the HDI than actual.[9] Further, data was unavailable for the following states and union territories: Chandigarh, Lakshadweep, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Daman and Diu, Puducherry, and Dadra and Nagar Haveli.[10][11]

Rank State/Union Territory consumption
based HDI[12]
(2014–2015)		 HDI (1999–2000)[2] Status Country of Comparable HDI (HDI rank)
1 Kerala 0.825 0.677 Very High  Bahrain (45)
2 Delhi 0.799 0.783 High  Belarus (50)
3 Himachal Pradesh 0.709 0.581 High  Maldives (104)
4 NE (excluding Assam) 0.675 0.473 Medium  Uzbekistan (114)
5 Punjab 0.667 0.543 Medium  South Africa (116)
6 Goa 0.632 0.586 Medium  Nicaragua (125)
7 Maharashtra 0.631 0.501 Medium  Nicaragua (125)
8 Tamil Nadu 0.629 0.465 Medium  Morocco (126)
9 Karnataka 0.615 0.432 Medium  Tajikistan (129)
10 Haryana 0.612 0.501 Medium  Honduras (131)
– National average 0.609 0.436 Medium
11 Uttarakhand 0.600 0.339 Medium  Bhutan (132)
12 Gujarat 0.599 0.466 Medium  Timor-Leste (133)
13 Jammu and Kashmir 0.595 0.465 Medium  Timor-Leste (133)
14 Andhra Pradesh 0.570 0.368 Medium  Bangladesh (142)
15 West Bengal 0.560 0.422 Medium  Cambodia (143)
16 Assam 0.554 0.336 Medium  São Tomé and Príncipe (143)
17 Rajasthan 0.499 0.387 Low  Yemen (160)
18 Jharkhand 0.471 0.270 Low  Djibouti (168)
19 Madhya Pradesh 0.470 0.295 Low  Djibouti (168)
20 Uttar Pradesh 0.457 0.360 Low  Ivory Coast (172)
21 Bihar 0.455 0.292 Low  Ivory Coast (172)
22 Odisha 0.450 0.275 Low  Malawi (173)
23 Chhattisgarh 0.430 0.278 Low  Liberia (177)

Trend analysis

Compared with the previous Indian National Human Development Reports and the latest state-level government statistical report, India has significantly improved its HDI in all of its administrative subdivisions:

Legend

Very High/High Human Development Index

  0.850–0.899
  0.800–0.849

Medium human development index

  0.750–0.799
  0.700–0.749
  0.650–0.699
  0.600–0.649
  0.550–0.599
  0.500–0.549

Low human development index

  0.450–0.499
  0.400–0.449
  0.350–0.399
  0.300–0.349
  0.250–0.299
  ≤0.250
  Lack of information

References

  1. ↑ "Gendering Human Development Indices" (PDF). Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India with UNDP India. March 2009.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "India Human Development Report 2011 (Towards Social Inclusion)" (PDF). IAMR, Planning Commission, Government of India. p. 257. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  3. ↑ "Selected Socio-Economic Statistics India, 2011" (PDF). Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India. October 2011. Table 11.1, page 165. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "India Human Development Report 2011 (Towards Social Inclusion)" (PDF). IAMR, Planning Commission, Government of India. p. 17. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
  5. ↑ Human Development Report 2013 UNDP, page 64, Tabel 3.1
  6. ↑ "Human Development Report 2014 – Sustaining Human Progress: Reducing Vulnerabilities and Building Resilience". United Nations Development Programme. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  7. ↑ "India ranks 130th in 2015 Human Development Index: Things you should know". indiatoday.intoday.in. India Today. December 2015. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  8. ↑ Gendering Human Development Indices, Ministry of Women and Child Development, Govt of India with UNDP India (2009)
  9. ↑ "India Human Development Report 2011 (Towards Social Inclusion)" (PDF). IAMR, Planning Commission, Government of India. p. 24. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
  10. ↑ "Meghalaya Human Development Report 2008" (PDF). p. 23.
  11. ↑ "General Reports: Planning Commission, Government of India". planningcommission.nic.in. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  12. ↑ "India Human Development Report 2011 (Towards Social Inclusion) - Summary" (PDF). IAMR, Planning Commission, Government of India. p. 2. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
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