As per Annual Report of Reserve Bank of India published on 2013.
Rank |
State/U.T. |
Poverty (% of people below poverty line) |
1 |
Goa |
5.09 |
2 |
Punjab |
5.26 |
3 |
Kerala |
7.05 |
4 |
Himachal Pradesh |
8.06 |
5 |
Sikkim |
8.19 |
6 |
Andhra Pradesh |
9.20 |
7 |
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 |
20.40 |
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 |