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title: "Indian States Ranked: Multidimensional Poverty, 2019-21"
description: "Multidimensional Poverty by State, 2019-21: all 31 states and UTs ranked, lower is better, with the official source. Top: Kerala 0.55%, Goa 0.84%."
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# Multidimensional Poverty by State, 2019-21

Share of people who are multidimensionally poor (National MPI headcount ratio), per cent of people, 2019-21, lower is better. All India: 14.96%. Source: [RBI, Handbook of Statistics on Indian States 2024-25, Table 10](https://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/PublicationsView.aspx?id=23459), data: NITI Aayog, National Multidimensional Poverty Index: A Progress Review 2023. Based on the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5), 2019-21.

| Rank | State | Multidimensional poverty |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kerala | 0.55% |
| 2 | Goa | 0.84% |
| 3 | Puducherry | 0.85% |
| 4 | Tamil Nadu | 2.20% |
| 5 | Sikkim | 2.60% |
| 6 | Delhi | 3.43% |
| 7 | Punjab | 4.75% |
| 8 | Jammu and Kashmir | 4.80% |
| 9 | Himachal Pradesh | 4.93% |
| 10 | Mizoram | 5.30% |
| 11 | Telangana | 5.88% |
| 12 | Andhra Pradesh | 6.06% |
| 13 | Haryana | 7.07% |
| 14 | Karnataka | 7.58% |
| 15 | Maharashtra | 7.81% |
| 16 | Manipur | 8.10% |
| 17 | Uttarakhand | 9.67% |
| 18 | Gujarat | 11.66% |
| 19 | West Bengal | 11.89% |
| 20 | Tripura | 13.11% |
| 21 | Arunachal Pradesh | 13.76% |
| 22 | Rajasthan | 15.31% |
| 23 | Nagaland | 15.43% |
| 24 | Odisha | 15.68% |
| 25 | Chhattisgarh | 16.37% |
| 26 | Assam | 19.35% |
| 27 | Madhya Pradesh | 20.63% |
| 28 | Uttar Pradesh | 22.93% |
| 29 | Meghalaya | 27.79% |
| 30 | Jharkhand | 28.81% |
| 31 | Bihar | 33.76% |