Per Capita Income of Indian States 2019-20

The per-capita net national income of India rised to Rs 1,35,050/annum in 2019-20. This was 1,26,406 during 2018-19. In terms of NSDP per capita (INR at Current prices), Goa has the highest per capita income Rs 467,998 in FY 2018-19. Delhi is on second place with Rs. 365,529.

Hemant Singh Updated: Apr 7, 2020 18:31 IST

As per the report of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (released on 7 January 2020), the state per capita income of Goa is highest in the country followed by Delhi and Sikkim. Data released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI), says that Bihar has the lowest NSDP per capita (INR at Current prices)Rs .43,822 in FY 2018-19.

What is Per Capita Income: It is the mean income of the people in an economic unit such as a country a state or a city. To know per capita income, the total income of a unit is divided by the population of that unit.

1. Per capita income of Goa is 3.01 times more than India's average and 7.18 times more than the poorest state Bihar. NSDP per capita of Bihar is 43,822 INR for the year 2018-19 and 38,631 for 2017-18.

2. Goa has highest NSDP per capita among 33 Indian states and union territories. NSDP per capita of Goa is estimated at Rs 467,998 in 2018-19 at current prices. Ranking of Delhi is two with per capita income around of 365,529 INR. Sikkim is at third, Chandigarh is at forth and Puducherry is the fifth richest economy of India.

3. Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Manipur, Jharkhand, and Assam, are the top 5 poorest states in terms of NSDP Per Capita. These five states have Net State Domestic Product Per Capita below Rs. 80,000 per annum.

Position of other states is given in the table

Rank	State	NSDP capita (INR at Current prices)		$ (2014)	NSDP capita (INR at 2004-05 prices)
Rank	State	2018-19	2017-18	$ (2014)	14-15	13-14
1	Goa	467,998	422,149	4,903	-	137,401
2	Delhi	365,529	328,985	4,642	125809	118,411
3	Sikkim	357,643	317134	3,861	-	83,527
4	Chandigarh	--	297313	3,433	-	82,798
5	Puducherry	220461	203583	3,143	102965	94,787
6	Haryana	226644	203340	2,919	71493	67,260
7	Maharashtra	---	176102	2,561	72200	69,097
8	Tamil Nadu	193750	171583	2,464	66635	62,361
9	A. & N. Islands	-	159664	2,350	-	72,716
10	Gujarat	-	174652	2,337	-	63,168
11	Kerala	-	184000	2,271	-	58,961
12	Uttarakhand	198738	182320	2,269	63820	59,161
13	Telangana	205696	180697	2,086	51017	48,881
14	Punjab	154598	142644	2,020	51403	49,529
15	Himachal Pradesh	179188	167044	2,019	-	54,494
16	Karnataka	210887	187649	1,959	48907	46,012
17	Arunachal Pradesh	--	127748	1,870	37683	36,019
18	Andhra Pradesh	164025	143935	1,780	44831	42,170
19	Nagaland	...	102581	1,696	51888	49,963
20	Mizoram	-	141,210	1,665	-	41,094
21	West Bengal	109491	93711	1,532	38624	36,293
22	Tripura	-	105,044	1,525	-	47,261
23	Rajasthan	109105	99487	1,443	33186	31,836
24	Meghalaya	69516	81,098	1,346	39503	37,154
25	Jammu & Kashmir	58888	83,717	1,297	30612	31,448
26	Chhattisgarh	98887	89,813	1,281	29047	28,373
27	Odisha	93352	84,854	1,150	26531	24,929
28	Madhya Pradesh	90998	82,941	1,133	29218	26,853
29	Jharkhand	76019	69,265	1,009	30950	28,882
30	Assam	...	74204	968	23968	23,392
31	Manipur	...	65411	909	-	24,042
32	Uttar Pradesh	461351	55456	793	20057	19,233
33	Bihar	43822	38631	682	16801	15,506
	India	126,406	114,958	1,627		39,904

Source: Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation

So the above data shows that Goa has the highest per capita income in India followed by the Delhi and Sikkim. On the other hand, Bihar has the lowest per capita income that has Net SDP of just Rs. 43,822 in FY 2018-19.

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