Poverty and living standards in Himachal Pradesh, India: official figures
4.9% of people in Himachal Pradesh were multidimensionally poor in 2019-21, down from 7.6% in 2015-16, by NITI Aayog's national index (all-India: 14.96%). That counts people deprived in health, schooling and living standards such as cooking fuel, sanitation, housing and bank accounts; 13th lowest of 36.
How many people in Himachal Pradesh have left poverty?
Applied to the official population projections, that means about 365,000 people in Himachal Pradesh were poor in 2021, against about 545,000 in 2016: roughly 179,000 fewer in five years.
Source: Reserve Bank of India · saved copyHow deep is poverty in Himachal Pradesh?
Poor people in Himachal Pradesh were on average deprived in 40.2% of the weighted indicators in 2019-21 (the intensity of poverty), compared with 39.4% in 2015-16; the all-India figure was 44.4%.
Source: Reserve Bank of India · saved copyHow many people in Himachal Pradesh are saving for a pension?
82,838 people in Himachal Pradesh joined the Atal Pension Yojana, the government-backed pension for workers without a formal pension, in 2024-25; 44% of them were women. That is 11.0 new members per 1,000 residents.
Source: Reserve Bank of India · saved copyMore figures
- Combining how many are poor and how poor they are, Himachal Pradesh's multidimensional poverty index was 0.02 in 2019-21 (2015-16: 0.03), on a scale where 0 means nobody is deprived; India: 0.07. Source: Reserve Bank of India · saved copy
How Himachal Pradesh compares with other states
People multidimensionally poor (2019-21)
Himachal Pradesh ranks 24 of 36, highest first.
| Rank | Region | People multidimensionally poor |
|---|---|---|
| 21 | Andhra Pradesh | 6.06% |
| 22 | Telangana | 5.88% |
| 23 | Mizoram | 5.30% |
| 24 | Himachal Pradesh | 4.93% |
| 25 | Jammu and Kashmir | 4.80% |
| 26 | Punjab | 4.75% |
| 27 | Ladakh | 3.53% |
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Sources
- Reserve Bank of India: Handbook of Statistics on Indian States 2024-25, Table 180: State-wise Gender-wise Enrolments under Atal Pension Yojana (APY), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 c9b0eeab4f9d…)
- Reserve Bank of India: Handbook of Statistics on Indian States 2024-25, Table 10: State-wise Poverty Estimates - Multi-dimensional Poverty Index, read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 c0d6483061a8…)
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