List of Indian states and union territories by poverty rate

States and union territories of India ordered by
Area Population GDP (per capita) Abbreviations Capitals Child nutrition Crime rate Electricity penetration Fertility rate Forest cover Ease of doing business rank Highest point HIV awareness HDI Home ownership Household size Human trafficking Institutional delivery Internet Users Life expectancy at birth Literacy rate Media exposure Number of vehicles Number of voters Obesity Open defecation Origin of name Places of worship Poverty Power capacity Access to safe drinking water Safety of women School enrollment rate Sex ratio Suicides Tax revenues TV ownership Toilet availability Transport network Underweight people Unemployment Vaccination coverage

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 in 2013. 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 (includes Telangana)	9.20
U/T	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	Bihar	33.74
25	Arunachal Pradesh	34.67
26	Manipur	36.89
27	Jharkhand	36.96
28	Chhattisgarh	39.93
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