List of Indian states and union territories by Human Development Index

This article lists the Human Development Index (HDI) rating of the States and union territories of India.

HDI is a composite index that takes into consideration health, education and income.

The national average HDI for India in 2008 was 0.467.^[1] By 2010, its average HDI had risen to 0.519.^[2][3] UNDP, the sponsor of the Human Development Index methodology since 1990, reported India's HDI to be 0.554 for 2012,^[4] an 18% increase over its 2008 HDI. The United Nations declared India's HDI to be 0.586 in 2014,^[5] a 5.77% increase over 2012. As for the year 2018, HDI for India stood at 0.645.^[6][7][8]

HDI (UNDP method)

Indian states by HDI (UNDP method, 2022)

The following values are estimates from 2022 calculated by Global Data Lab,^[9] using the same method of calculation as UNDP.^[10] It is important to note that other sources report different HDI rankings (typically higher).

Rank	State/Union Territory	HDI (2022)
1	Goa	0.760
2	Kerala	0.758
3	Chandigarh	0.751
4	Puducherry	0.741
5	Delhi	0.734
6	Jammu and Kashmir	0.720
7	Lakshadweep	0.719
8	Himachal Pradesh	0.715
9	Sikkim	0.712
10	Mizoram	0.709
11	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	0.706
12	Punjab	0.698
13	Haryana	0.696
14	Maharashtra	0.695
15	Tamil Nadu	0.692
16	Arunachal Pradesh	0.683
17	Manipur	0.683
18	Uttarakhand	0.681
19	Nagaland	0.679
20	Daman and Diu	0.674
21	Karnataka	0.673
22	Telangana	0.660
23	Rajasthan	0.652
24	Meghalaya	0.650
25	Gujarat	0.646
–	India (average)	0.644
26	Andhra Pradesh	0.642
27	West Bengal	0.635
28	Chhattisgarh	0.625
29	Dadra and Nagar Haveli	0.624
30	Tripura	0.624
31	Assam	0.615
32	Madhya Pradesh	0.611
33	Odisha	0.610
34	Uttar Pradesh	0.609
35	Jharkhand	0.600
36	Bihar	0.577

HDI of some cities in India by (UNDP method)

Rank	City name	HDI (2025)	State/U.T
1	Noida	0.902	Uttar Pradesh
2	New Delhi	0.898	Delhi
3	Gurugram	0.889	Haryana
4	Panaji	0.873	Goa
5	Gangtok	0.869	Sikkim
6	Vasco Da Gama	0.868	Goa
7	Bangalore	0.859	Karnataka
8	Pune	0.846	Maharashtra
9	Rangareddy	0.843	Telangana
10	Mumbai	0.841	Maharashtra
11	Coimbatore	0.830	Tamil Nadu
12	Chennai	0.824	Tamil Nadu
13	Kochi	0.817	Kerala
14	Nagpur	0.803	Maharashtra
15	Ludhiana	0.793	Punjab
16	Dehradun	0.783	Uttarakhand
17	Indore	0.767	Madhya Pradesh
18	Vishakapatnam	0.762	Andhra Pradesh
19	Bhopal	0.749	Madhya Pradesh
20	Jaipur	0.744	Rajasthan
21	Lucknow	0.740	Uttar Pradesh
22	Patna	0.722	Bihar
23	Agra	0.698	Uttar Pradesh

Trends by UNDP reports

Human Development Index (by UN Method) of Indian states since 1990 (2019 revision).^[11]

State	HDI
	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2019
Northern India
Chandigarh	0.635	0.635	0.630	0.658	0.643	0.737	0.759
Delhi	0.580	0.615	0.657	0.685	0.702	0.734	0.744
Haryana	0.471	0.501	0.543	0.587	0.628	0.689	0.704
Himachal Pradesh	0.484	0.526	0.584	0.641	0.661	0.707	0.717
Jammu and Kashmir	0.498	0.508	0.523	0.583	0.636	0.677	0.712
Madhya Pradesh	0.407	0.427	0.453	0.495	0.531	0.585	0.607
Punjab	0.501	0.533	0.573	0.69	0.651	0.706	0.707
Uttar Pradesh	0.398	0.423	0.456	0.498	0.528	0.577	0.603
Uttarakhand	0.627	0.626	0.621	0.650	0.634	0.666	0.684
Western India
Dadra and Nagar Haveli	0.672	0.673	0.673	0.702	0.688	0.665	0.631
Daman and Diu	0.651	0.652	0.655	0.682	0.669	0.693	0.674
Goa	0.557	0.578	0.609	0.668	0.731	0.758	0.765
Gujarat	0.474	0.493	0.521	0.569	0.599	0.654	0.650
Maharashtra	0.498	0.521	0.552	0.598	0.638	0.683	0.701
Rajasthan	0.406	0.431	0.463	0.505	0.542	0.606	0.650
Eastern India
Andaman and Nicobar Islands	0.685	0.685	0.686	0.714	0.700	0.726	0.719
West Bengal	0.443	0.468	0.500	0.534	0.567	0.622	0.636
Bihar	0.379	0.402	0.430	0.465	0.508	0.558	0.581
Chhattisgarh	0.562	0.559	0.555	0.581	0.566	0.595	0.617
Jharkhand	0.562	0.560	0.555	0.582	0.567	0.585	0.600
Odisha	0.402	0.424	0.452	0.489	0.529	0.586	0.608
Northeastern India
Assam	0.412	0.442	0.482	0.526	0.560	0.599	0.609
Arunachal Pradesh	0.442	0.467	0.497	0.530	0.635	0.664	0.677
Manipur	0.499	0.522	0.553	0.593	0.674	0.698	0.691
Meghalaya	0.461	0.465	0.471	0.528	0.613	0.651	0.654
Mizoram	0.531	0.544	0.564	0.626	0.679	0.700	0.701
Nagaland	0.539	0.531	0.518	0.553	0.654	0.682	0.683
Sikkim	0.546	0.543	0.543	0.587	0.628	0.695	0.715
Tripura	0.449	0.483	0.525	0.557	0.602	0.646	0.640
Southern India
Andhra Pradesh	0.427	0.446	0.473	0.526	0.574	0.631	0.642
Karnataka	0.447	0.474	0.512	0.561	0.599	0.662	0.679
Kerala	0.550	0.565	0.593	0.675	0.709	0.763	0.766
Lakshadweep	0.694	0.694	0.695	0.724	0.710	0.735	0.728
Puducherry	0.711	0.720	0.720	0.750	0.736	0.734	0.739
Tamil Nadu	0.475	0.500	0.537	0.596	0.641	0.693	0.699
Telangana	0.624	0.621	0.618	0.646	0.631	0.654	0.658
India	0.434	0.458	0.491	0.534	0.575	0.629	0.645

Trends by Indian National Development Reports

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   0.750–0.799   0.700–0.749	Medium human development index   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

Human Development Index map for Indian states in 2006, as calculated by Government of India and UNDP India.^[12]

This is a list of Indian states by their respective Human Development Index (HDI), as of 2008.^[1] Kerala stands first in Human Development Index among the states in India.

• 1981 to 2011 Human development index in India
• 
  National Human Development Report 1981
  (1981 data)
• 
  National Human Development Report 1991
  (1991 data)
• 
  National Human Development Report 2001
  (2001 data)
• 
  National Human Development Report 2011
  (2007–2008 data)

Consumption-based HDI

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.^[13] This data was published by the Indian Government.^[1] 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 compared to the actual value.^[14] Further, data was unavailable for the following union territories: Chandigarh, Lakshadweep, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Daman and Diu, Puducherry, and Dadra and Nagar Haveli.^[15][16]

Consumption-based HDI^[17] (2007–08) Indian states only

Rank	State/Union Territory	HDI
1	Kerala	0.810
2	Delhi	0.750
3	Himachal Pradesh	0.652
4	Goa	0.617
5	Punjab	0.605
6	Northeast India	0.573
7	Maharashtra	0.572
8	Tamil Nadu	0.570
9	Haryana	0.552
10	Jammu and Kashmir	0.542
11	Gujarat	0.527
12	Karnataka	0.519
–	National average	0.513
13	West Bengal	0.492
14	Uttarakhand	0.490
15	Andhra Pradesh	0.473
17	Rajasthan	0.434
18	Uttar Pradesh	0.380
19	Jharkhand	0.376
20	Madhya Pradesh	0.375
21	Bihar	0.367
22	Odisha	0.362
23	Chhattisgarh	0.358

Demographics

Custom set of indicators (2022)^[18]

	Subnational HDI	Health index	Educational index	Income index	Life expectancy	Life expectancy females	Life expectancy males	Expected years schooling	Expected years schooling girls	Expected years schooling boys	Mean years schooling	Mean years schooling females	Mean years schooling males	Log Gross National Income per capita	Log Gross National Income per capita females	Log Gross National Income per capita males
Total	0.644	0.735	0.569	0.641	67.74	69.38	66.26	12.58	12.61	12.56	6.571	5.529	7.626	8.847	7.992	9.278
Andaman and Nicobar Islands	0.706	0.789	0.624	0.714	71.26	73.62	69.57	13.12	13.49	12.74	7.800	7.451	8.136	9.344	8.433	9.789
Andhra Pradesh	0.642	0.741	0.534	0.668	68.19	69.93	66.88	12.66	12.71	12.63	5.476	4.542	6.457	9.027	8.155	9.467
Arunachal Pradesh	0.683	0.795	0.595	0.674	71.65	74.08	69.93	13.99	14.06	13.94	6.178	5.411	6.916	9.064	8.189	9.506
Assam	0.615	0.745	0.546	0.571	68.42	70.20	66.90	12.03	12.35	11.74	6.364	5.852	6.856	8.387	7.577	8.796
Bihar	0.577	0.702	0.497	0.551	65.65	66.83	64.24	12.16	12.00	12.47	4.783	3.339	6.357	8.253	7.456	8.655
Chandigarh	0.751	0.773	0.721	0.759	70.27	72.44	68.65	13.72	13.92	13.58	10.19	9.867	10.50	9.633	8.703	10.10
Chhattisgarh	0.625	0.725	0.546	0.617	67.13	68.64	65.67	12.56	12.99	12.14	5.899	4.681	7.096	8.688	7.879	9.111
Dadra and Nagar Haveli	0.624	0.751	0.521	0.621	68.80	70.66	67.26	11.01	11.55	10.61	6.467	4.971	7.626	8.718	7.876	9.143
Daman and Diu	0.674	0.788	0.568	0.683	71.24	73.60	69.56	11.23	11.67	10.85	7.686	6.668	8.545	9.125	8.244	9.570
Delhi	0.734	0.760	0.702	0.742	69.40	71.39	67.83	14.10	14.61	13.61	9.308	8.589	9.955	9.518	8.598	9.981
Goa	0.760	0.808	0.714	0.761	72.51	75.11	70.73	14.28	14.44	14.14	9.525	9.223	9.915	9.643	8.712	10.11
Gujarat	0.646	0.745	0.534	0.678	68.44	70.23	66.92	11.26	10.95	11.46	6.643	5.519	7.726	9.092	8.214	9.535
Haryana	0.696	0.739	0.631	0.721	68.03	69.73	66.53	13.67	13.85	13.46	7.542	6.302	8.715	9.381	8.475	9.838
Himachal Pradesh	0.715	0.765	0.667	0.717	69.73	71.78	68.14	14.07	14.61	13.52	8.296	7.494	9.195	9.355	8.451	9.811
Jammu and Kashmir	0.720	0.796	0.664	0.705	71.75	74.20	70.03	15.09	15.23	14.93	7.356	6.109	8.475	9.270	8.374	9.721
Jharkhand	0.600	0.721	0.529	0.565	66.84	68.28	65.39	12.48	12.57	12.43	5.486	4.080	6.946	8.346	7.540	8.752
Karnataka	0.673	0.767	0.585	0.681	69.88	71.96	68.28	12.88	13.03	12.73	6.808	5.905	7.736	9.112	8.232	9.556
Kerala	0.758	0.822	0.732	0.724	73.43	76.20	71.58	15.05	15.59	14.52	9.422	9.620	9.305	9.400	8.493	9.858
Lakshadweep	0.719	0.767	0.666	0.726	69.88	72.15	68.17	13.59	14.09	13.17	8.668	8.321	9.205	9.413	8.504	9.871
Madhya Pradesh	0.611	0.715	0.525	0.608	66.46	67.83	65.03	11.98	11.86	12.07	5.765	4.477	6.966	8.629	7.796	9.050
Maharashtra	0.695	0.771	0.637	0.684	70.12	72.26	68.51	13.51	13.41	13.54	7.862	6.893	8.815	9.132	8.250	9.577
Manipur	0.683	0.769	0.674	0.614	69.96	72.06	68.36	13.94	13.92	13.96	8.616	7.870	9.445	8.671	7.834	9.094
Meghalaya	0.650	0.744	0.590	0.624	68.34	70.10	66.82	13.42	14.13	12.74	6.529	6.571	6.536	8.737	7.893	9.162
Mizoram	0.709	0.766	0.653	0.713	69.82	71.89	68.23	13.39	13.42	13.30	8.441	8.267	8.655	9.327	8.426	9.781
Nagaland	0.679	0.765	0.632	0.647	69.75	71.81	68.16	13.45	13.87	13.05	7.738	7.387	8.086	8.888	8.030	9.321
Odisha	0.610	0.731	0.520	0.595	67.54	69.14	66.06	11.73	11.71	11.79	5.837	4.896	6.816	8.544	7.719	8.960
Puducherry	0.741	0.815	0.682	0.733	73.00	75.69	71.18	13.77	14.45	13.11	8.988	8.332	9.825	9.456	8.542	9.916
Punjab	0.698	0.748	0.616	0.738	68.60	70.42	67.07	13.07	13.66	12.53	7.573	7.215	7.936	9.489	8.573	9.952
Rajasthan	0.652	0.740	0.561	0.668	68.10	69.82	66.60	13.38	13.18	13.59	5.693	3.951	7.396	9.027	8.196	9.467
Sikkim	0.712	0.786	0.664	0.692	71.10	73.42	69.42	14.72	15.17	14.24	7.655	7.387	7.916	9.183	8.297	9.631
Tamil Nadu	0.692	0.778	0.626	0.679	70.54	72.76	68.90	13.43	13.87	13.00	7.593	7.000	8.286	9.102	8.233	9.545
Telangana	0.660	0.759	0.560	0.676	69.31	71.28	67.74	13.22	13.35	13.08	5.796	4.606	7.066	9.077	8.201	9.519
Tripura	0.624	0.722	0.566	0.594	66.94	68.41	65.49	12.54	12.34	12.84	6.519	5.927	7.116	8.538	7.713	8.954
Uttar Pradesh	0.609	0.699	0.540	0.599	65.46	66.60	64.05	11.89	11.73	12.06	6.302	4.896	7.716	8.571	7.743	8.989
Uttarakhand	0.681	0.734	0.627	0.686	67.72	69.36	66.24	13.24	13.56	12.94	7.769	6.614	8.965	9.148	8.265	9.594
West Bengal	0.635	0.765	0.551	0.606	69.70	71.75	68.12	12.47	12.95	12.02	6.147	5.465	6.836	8.619	7.787	9.039