# List of Indian states and union territories by poverty rate

This is a list of states and union territories of India ranked according to poverty as of 2022 (2021–22) as hosted by NITI Aayog's Sustainable Development Goals dashboard; and Reserve Bank of India's 'Handbook of Statistics on Indian Economy'. The rank is calculated according to the percentage of people below poverty -line which is computed as per Tendulkar method on Mixed Reference Period (MRP).

## List

| | State/UT | % of population State/UT specific poverty line (2019-21) | % of population State/UT specific poverty line (2019-21) | % of population living below the Multidimensional Poverty Index in 2023 |
| | State/UT | Rural | Urban | % of population living below the Multidimensional Poverty Index in 2023 |
| | States | States | States | States |
| 1 | Goa | 1.90 | 0.12 | 0.37 |
| 2 | Kerala | 0.76 | 0.32 | 0.48 |
| 3 | Tamil Nadu | 2.90 | 1.41 | 1.43 |
| 4 | Sikkim | 3.75 | 0.51 | 2.10 |
| 5 | Telangana | 7.51 | 2.73 | 3.76 |
| 6 | Mizoram | 10.77 | 0.58 | 3.77 |
| 7 | Himachal Pradesh | 5.23 | 2.96 | 3.88 |
| 8 | Andhra Pradesh | 7.71 | 2.20 | 4.19 |
| 9 | Punjab | 4.74 | 4.76 | 4.35 |
| 10 | Haryana | 8.41 | 4.26 | 5.30 |
| 11 | Manipur | 10.95 | 3.43 | 5.37 |
| 12 | Maharashtra | 11.49 | 3.07 | 5.48 |
| 13 | Karnataka | 10.33 | 3.22 | 5.67 |
| 14 | Uttarakhand | 10.84 | 7.00 | 6.92 |
| 15 | West Bengal | 32.15 | 18.04 | 8.60 |
| 16 | Gujarat | 17.15 | 3.81 | 9.03 |
| 17 | Arunachal Pradesh | 15.14 | 5.90 | 10.05 |
| 18 | Rajasthan | 23.62 | 10.54 | 10.77 |
| 19 | Odisha | 17.72 | 5.42 | 11.07 |
| | All India | 19.28 | 5.27 | 11.28 |
| 20 | Tripura | 16.47 | 4.69 | 11.49 |
| 21 | Chhattisgarh | 19.71 | 4.59 | 11.71 |
| 22 | Nagaland | 19.88 | 6.14 | 11.76 |
| 23 | Assam | 21.41 | 6.88 | 14.47 |
| 24 | Madhya Pradesh | 25.32 | 7.10 | 15.01 |
| 25 | Uttar Pradesh | 15.35 | 6.57 | 17.40 |
| 26 | Jharkhand | 34.93 | 8.67 | 23.34 |
| 27 | Meghalaya | 32.43 | 8.14 | 25.46 |
| 28 | Bihar | 56.95 | 29.67 | 26.59 |
| | Union Territories | Union Territories | Union Territories | Union Territories |
| 1 | Puducherry | 0.71 | 0.91 | 0.58 |
| 2 | Lakshadweep | 0.36 | 1.32 | 0.84 |
| 3 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 2.71 | 1.60 | 1.63 |
| 4 | Ladakh | - | - | 1.73 |
| 5 | Chandigarh | 3.88 | 3.51 | 2.62 |
| 6 | Jammu and Kashmir | 6.10 | 1.09 | 2.81 |
| 7 | Delhi | 2.57 | 3.45 | 2.97 |
| 8 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 12.27 | 5.67 | 6.06 |

## Supporting content

Various poverty lines and resulting percentage of BPL population :
| Method | Line | Figure | % of poor population | Poor population |
| World Bank (2021) | poverty line | 1.90 (PPP $ day) | 6 | 84m |
| World Bank (2021) | lower middle-income line | 3.20 (PPP $ day) | 26.2 | 365m |
| World Bank (2021) | upper middle-income line | 5.50 (PPP $ day) | 60.1 | 838m |
| Asian Development Bank (2014) | poverty line | $ 1.51 per person per day | | |
| Tendulkar Expert Group (2009) | urban poverty line | Rs 32 per person per day consumption | | |
| Tendulkar Expert Group (2009) | rural poverty line | Rs 26 per person per day consumption | | |
| Rangrajan Committee (2014) | urban poverty line | Rs 47 daily per capita expenditure | | |
| Rangrajan Committee (2014) | rural poverty line | Rs 32 daily per capita expenditure | | |