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% poorer households (with IWI value under 50)
| 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | |
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| India (Asia/Pacific) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 82.3 | 81.7 | 81.0 | 80.3 | 79.6 | 78.9 | 78.3 | 77.6 | 76.9 | 75.8 | 74.6 | 73.5 | 72.4 | 71.3 | 70.1 | 69.0 | 66.3 | 63.6 | 61.0 | 58.3 | 55.6 | 53.0 | 50.6 | 48.2 | 45.8 | 43.4 | 41.1 | 38.7 |
| Urban | 47.2 | 46.0 | 44.8 | 43.6 | 42.4 | 41.2 | 40.0 | 38.8 | 37.6 | 37.4 | 37.2 | 36.9 | 36.7 | 36.5 | 36.3 | 36.1 | 33.0 | 30.0 | 27.0 | 23.9 | 20.9 | 17.8 | 16.9 | 16.1 | 15.2 | 14.3 | 13.4 | 12.5 |
| Rural | 95.7 | 95.2 | 94.7 | 94.3 | 93.8 | 93.3 | 92.9 | 92.4 | 91.9 | 90.9 | 89.9 | 88.9 | 87.9 | 86.9 | 85.9 | 84.9 | 82.3 | 79.7 | 77.2 | 74.6 | 72.0 | 69.4 | 66.8 | 64.2 | 61.6 | 59.1 | 56.5 | 53.9 |
| Poor | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Nonpoor | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Lowest 25% | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 99.8 | 99.6 | 99.5 | 99.3 | 99.1 | 98.9 |
| Second 25% | 100.0 | 100 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 99.9 | 99.9 | 99.9 | 99.8 | 99.7 | 99.6 | 99.5 | 99.4 | 99.3 | 99.2 | 99.3 | 99.4 | 99.6 | 99.7 | 99.9 | 100 | 91.4 | 82.9 | 74.3 | 65.8 | 57.2 | 48.7 |
| Third 25% | 98.5 | 97.8 | 96.4 | 95.1 | 93.7 | 92.4 | 91.0 | 89.7 | 88.3 | 85.9 | 83.5 | 81.1 | 78.6 | 76.2 | 73.8 | 71.4 | 61.5 | 51.5 | 41.6 | 31.7 | 21.8 | 11.9 | 11.1 | 10.3 | 9.48 | 8.68 | 7.88 | 7.08 |
| Highest 25% | 30.1 | 28.8 | 27.4 | 26.1 | 24.7 | 23.4 | 22.1 | 20.7 | 19.4 | 17.4 | 15.4 | 13.4 | 11.4 | 9.44 | 7.45 | 5.46 | 4.55 | 3.64 | 2.73 | 1.82 | 0.91 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.03 |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 15.3 | 15.3 | 15.3 | 15.3 | 15.3 | 15.3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 84.7 | 84.4 | 84.0 | 83.7 | 83.4 | 83.1 | 82.8 | 82.5 | 82.2 | 80.6 | 79.0 | 77.3 | 75.7 | 74.1 | 72.4 | 70.8 | 65.8 | 60.9 | 56.0 | 51.0 | 46.1 | 41.2 | 39.1 | 37.1 | 35.0 | 32.9 | 30.9 | 28.8 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 84.4 | 84.2 | 83.9 | 83.7 | 83.4 | 83.2 | 82.9 | 82.7 | 82.4 | 79.8 | 77.2 | 74.7 | 72.1 | 69.5 | 66.9 | 64.3 | 59.1 | 53.9 | 48.7 | 43.5 | 38.3 | 33.1 | 33.4 | 33.7 | 34.0 | 34.3 | 34.6 | 34.8 |
| Assam | 90.6 | 90.5 | 90.4 | 90.3 | 90.2 | 90.1 | 90.0 | 89.9 | 89.8 | 88.7 | 87.7 | 86.7 | 85.6 | 84.6 | 83.6 | 82.6 | 80.6 | 78.6 | 76.7 | 74.7 | 72.8 | 70.8 | 70.0 | 69.2 | 68.4 | 67.6 | 66.8 | 66.0 |
| Bihar | 90.1 | 90.3 | 90.5 | 90.7 | 90.9 | 91.1 | 91.3 | 91.5 | 91.7 | 91.0 | 90.3 | 89.6 | 89.0 | 88.3 | 87.6 | 87.0 | 87.1 | 87.2 | 87.3 | 87.4 | 87.5 | 87.6 | 85.5 | 83.4 | 81.2 | 79.1 | 77.0 | 74.9 |
| Chandigarth | 44.2 | 38.7 | 33.1 | 27.5 | 21.9 | 16.3 | 10.7 | 5.08 | 3.39 | 1.70 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 83.0 | 79.6 | 76.1 | 72.7 | 69.2 | 65.8 | 62.3 | 58.9 | 55.4 | 52.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 8.20 | 13.4 | 18.7 | 23.9 | 29.2 | 34.4 | 39.6 | 44.9 | 50.1 | 55.4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Daman and Diu | 17.6 | 17.6 | 17.6 | 17.6 | 17.6 | 17.6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Goa | 67.2 | 65.2 | 63.1 | 61.1 | 59.0 | 57.0 | 54.9 | 52.9 | 50.8 | 47.7 | 44.5 | 41.3 | 38.2 | 35.0 | 31.8 | 28.7 | 24.7 | 20.8 | 16.9 | 12.9 | 9.00 | 5.06 | 5.49 | 5.91 | 6.34 | 6.76 | 7.19 | 7.61 |
| Gujarat | 69.3 | 68.6 | 67.9 | 67.2 | 66.5 | 65.8 | 65.1 | 64.4 | 63.8 | 61.5 | 59.3 | 57.1 | 54.8 | 52.6 | 50.4 | 48.1 | 45.8 | 43.5 | 41.1 | 38.8 | 36.5 | 34.1 | 31.7 | 29.4 | 27.0 | 24.6 | 22.2 | 19.9 |
| Haryana | 83.3 | 81.0 | 78.7 | 76.4 | 74.0 | 71.7 | 69.4 | 67.1 | 64.8 | 62.8 | 60.9 | 59.0 | 57.0 | 55.1 | 53.1 | 51.2 | 47.4 | 43.6 | 39.8 | 36.0 | 32.2 | 28.4 | 24.1 | 19.8 | 15.6 | 11.3 | 7.54 | 3.77 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 90.5 | 87.5 | 84.6 | 81.6 | 78.6 | 75.7 | 72.7 | 69.7 | 66.8 | 63.6 | 60.4 | 57.2 | 54.0 | 50.8 | 47.6 | 44.4 | 40.6 | 36.8 | 33.0 | 29.2 | 25.5 | 21.7 | 19.0 | 16.3 | 13.6 | 10.9 | 8.19 | 5.49 |
| Jammu and Kashmir | 82.6 | 81.1 | 79.6 | 78.0 | 76.5 | 75.0 | 73.5 | 72.0 | 70.5 | 68.5 | 66.6 | 64.7 | 62.8 | 60.9 | 58.9 | 57.0 | 53.3 | 49.5 | 45.8 | 42.1 | 38.3 | 34.6 | 32.1 | 29.6 | 27.2 | 24.7 | 22.2 | 19.7 |
| Jharkhand | 79.7 | 78.5 | 77.4 | 76.2 | 75.0 | 73.8 | 72.6 | 71.5 | 70.3 | 69.1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 82.3 | 81.4 | 80.4 | 79.4 | 78.4 | 77.4 | 76.4 | 75.4 | 74.4 | 73.0 | 71.5 | 70.0 | 68.5 | 67.1 | 65.6 | 64.1 | 59.5 | 54.9 | 50.3 | 45.7 | 41.1 | 36.5 | 34.8 | 33.0 | 31.3 | 29.6 | 27.9 | 26.2 |
| Kerala | 74.9 | 75.8 | 76.6 | 77.5 | 78.4 | 79.2 | 80.1 | 81.0 | 81.9 | 74.5 | 67.2 | 59.9 | 52.6 | 45.3 | 37.9 | 30.6 | 27.7 | 24.8 | 21.8 | 18.9 | 16.0 | 13.0 | 10.6 | 8.21 | 5.80 | 3.38 | 2.26 | 1.13 |
| Lakshadweep | 1.87 | 1.87 | 1.87 | 1.87 | 1.87 | 1.87 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 84.6 | 84.1 | 83.7 | 83.2 | 82.7 | 82.2 | 81.7 | 81.2 | 80.8 | 80.7 | 80.7 | 80.6 | 80.6 | 80.6 | 80.5 | 80.5 | 79.1 | 77.7 | 76.3 | 74.9 | 73.5 | 72.1 | 68.6 | 65.1 | 61.7 | 58.2 | 54.8 | 51.3 |
| Maharashtra | 68.7 | 67.6 | 66.5 | 65.4 | 64.4 | 63.3 | 62.2 | 61.1 | 60.0 | 59.2 | 58.3 | 57.4 | 56.5 | 55.6 | 54.8 | 53.9 | 51.0 | 48.1 | 45.2 | 42.4 | 39.5 | 36.6 | 34.5 | 32.4 | 30.3 | 28.2 | 26.1 | 24.0 |
| Manipur | 93.0 | 91.6 | 90.2 | 88.8 | 87.4 | 86.0 | 84.6 | 83.2 | 81.9 | 81.2 | 80.5 | 79.8 | 79.2 | 78.5 | 77.8 | 77.2 | 68.5 | 59.8 | 51.1 | 42.4 | 33.7 | 25.0 | 31.0 | 36.9 | 42.9 | 48.8 | 54.8 | 60.7 |
| Meghalaya | 84.8 | 85.4 | 86.0 | 86.5 | 87.1 | 87.7 | 88.3 | 88.9 | 89.5 | 87.0 | 84.5 | 82.0 | 79.5 | 77.0 | 74.5 | 72.0 | 64.6 | 57.3 | 49.9 | 42.6 | 35.2 | 27.8 | 31.9 | 36.0 | 40.1 | 44.2 | 48.3 | 52.4 |
| Mizoram | 86.8 | 85.4 | 83.9 | 82.4 | 81.0 | 79.5 | 78.0 | 76.6 | 75.1 | 70.6 | 66.1 | 61.6 | 57.1 | 52.6 | 48.1 | 43.6 | 37.1 | 30.6 | 24.1 | 17.6 | 11.1 | 4.59 | 7.64 | 10.7 | 13.7 | 16.8 | 19.9 | 22.9 |
| Nagaland | 78.4 | 79.2 | 79.9 | 80.7 | 81.5 | 82.3 | 83.1 | 83.9 | 84.7 | 82.7 | 80.6 | 78.6 | 76.5 | 74.5 | 72.4 | 70.4 | 60.0 | 49.6 | 39.2 | 28.8 | 18.5 | 8.07 | 15.2 | 22.3 | 29.5 | 36.6 | 43.7 | 50.9 |
| New Delhi | 31.1 | 28.8 | 26.5 | 24.3 | 22.0 | 19.8 | 17.5 | 15.3 | 13.0 | 14.1 | 15.1 | 16.1 | 17.2 | 18.2 | 19.3 | 20.3 | 17.9 | 15.5 | 13.2 | 10.8 | 8.41 | 6.03 | 6.47 | 6.91 | 7.34 | 7.78 | 8.22 | 8.66 |
| Orissa | 94.0 | 93.7 | 93.3 | 93.0 | 92.7 | 92.4 | 92.0 | 91.7 | 91.4 | 90.6 | 89.8 | 89.0 | 88.2 | 87.5 | 86.7 | 85.9 | 84.3 | 82.7 | 81.1 | 79.5 | 77.9 | 76.4 | 74.2 | 72.1 | 69.9 | 67.8 | 65.7 | 63.5 |
| Puducherry | 5.40 | 6.69 | 7.97 | 9.25 | 10.5 | 11.8 | 13.1 | 14.4 | 15.7 | 16.9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Punjab | 73.8 | 70.7 | 67.7 | 64.6 | 61.5 | 58.5 | 55.4 | 52.3 | 49.2 | 47.4 | 45.6 | 43.7 | 41.9 | 40.0 | 38.2 | 36.3 | 32.9 | 29.4 | 26.0 | 22.5 | 19.1 | 15.6 | 13.4 | 11.2 | 8.93 | 6.70 | 4.47 | 2.24 |
| Rajasthan | 85.3 | 84.1 | 82.8 | 81.5 | 80.3 | 79.0 | 77.7 | 76.5 | 75.2 | 74.6 | 74.0 | 73.4 | 72.8 | 72.1 | 71.5 | 70.9 | 68.8 | 66.7 | 64.6 | 62.5 | 60.5 | 58.4 | 54.1 | 49.8 | 45.5 | 41.3 | 37.0 | 32.7 |
| Sikkim | 50.2 | 50.1 | 50.1 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 49.9 | 49.9 | 49.8 | 49.8 | 49.8 | 49.7 | 48.0 | 46.2 | 44.5 | 42.7 | 41.0 | 39.2 | 30.6 | 21.9 | 13.2 | 4.57 | 3.05 | 1.53 | |||||
| Tamil Nadu | 81.5 | 80.4 | 79.4 | 78.3 | 77.3 | 76.3 | 75.2 | 74.2 | 73.1 | 72.1 | 71.2 | 70.2 | 69.2 | 68.2 | 67.2 | 66.2 | 58.8 | 51.4 | 43.9 | 36.5 | 29.1 | 21.7 | 22.6 | 23.6 | 24.5 | 25.5 | 26.4 | 27.4 |
| Telangana | 28.5 | 28.5 | 28.5 | 28.5 | 28.5 | 28.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tripura | 91.8 | 91.0 | 90.2 | 89.3 | 88.5 | 87.7 | 86.9 | 86.1 | 85.3 | 84.9 | 84.5 | 84.1 | 83.7 | 83.3 | 82.9 | 82.5 | 80.0 | 77.6 | 75.2 | 72.7 | 70.3 | 67.9 | 65.7 | 63.6 | 61.5 | 59.4 | 57.3 | 55.2 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 87.4 | 87.4 | 87.5 | 87.5 | 87.6 | 87.6 | 87.7 | 87.7 | 87.8 | 86.4 | 85.1 | 83.8 | 82.5 | 81.1 | 79.8 | 78.5 | 78.3 | 78.0 | 77.8 | 77.5 | 77.3 | 77.0 | 73.2 | 69.4 | 65.6 | 61.8 | 58.0 | 54.2 |
| Uttaranchal | 58.6 | 54.2 | 49.8 | 45.4 | 41.0 | 36.6 | 32.2 | 27.9 | 23.5 | 19.1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 82.5 | 81.8 | 81.1 | 80.4 | 79.7 | 79.0 | 78.3 | 77.6 | 76.9 | 76.9 | 76.9 | 77.0 | 77.0 | 77.0 | 77.0 | 77.1 | 75.7 | 74.2 | 72.8 | 71.4 | 70.0 | 68.6 | 65.2 | 61.7 | 58.3 | 54.9 | 51.5 | 48.1 |