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Indices · Modelled on UNDP Gender Inequality Index and NITI Aayog SDG 5
Women's economic participation, autonomy, health and safety.
India: 48.1 / 100
Score out of 100. Darker means a higher score.
Boundaries as per Survey of India; not an authenticated map. Circles mark small states and UTs.
Three dimensions with equal weight: economic (women's labour-force participation, women's own bank accounts), health and autonomy (anaemia among women, child marriage, sex ratio at birth), and safety (violence by husbands, measured by NFHS rather than police records).
36 of 36 states and UTs have data
| Rank | State / UT | Score out of 100 | Rank in group |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nagaland | 84.9Front Runner | 1 · North-East & Himalayan states |
| 2 | Sikkim | 79.1Front Runner | 2 · North-East & Himalayan states |
| 3 | Lakshadweep | 78.3Front Runner | 1 · Union Territories |
| 4 | Himachal Pradesh | 75.7Front Runner | 3 · North-East & Himalayan states |
| 5 | Keralam | 75.6Front Runner | 1 · Large states |
| 6 | Jammu and Kashmir | 74.9Front Runner | 2 · Union Territories |
| 7 | Mizoram | 74.1Front Runner | 4 · North-East & Himalayan states |
| 8 | Meghalaya | 69.9Front Runner | 5 · North-East & Himalayan states |
| 9 | Ladakh | 69.1Front Runner | 3 · Union Territories |
| 10 | Uttarakhand | 68.1Front Runner | 6 · North-East & Himalayan states |
| 11 | Chhattisgarh | 66.4Front Runner | 2 · Large states |
| 12 | Arunachal Pradesh | 65.4Front Runner | 7 · North-East & Himalayan states |
| 13 | Goa | 64.4Performer | 3 · Large states |
| 14 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 63.9Performer | 4 · Union Territories |
| 15 | Gujarat | 61.9Performer | 4 · Large states |
| 16 | Punjab | 61.8Performer | 5 · Large states |
| 17 | Chandigarh | 59.9Performer | 5 · Union Territories |
| 18 | Puducherry | 53.9Performer | 6 · Union Territories |
| 19 | Rajasthan | 53.2Performer | 6 · Large states |
| 20 | Madhya Pradesh | 52.7Performer | 7 · Large states |
| 21 | Manipur | 52.4Performer | 8 · North-East & Himalayan states |
| 22 | Tripura | 52.1Performer | 9 · North-East & Himalayan states |
| 23 | Haryana | 50.6Performer | 8 · Large states |
| 24 | Maharashtra | 50.2Performer | 9 · Large states |
| 25 | Delhi | 49.5Aspirant | 7 · Union Territories |
| 26 | Andhra Pradesh | 47.9Aspirant | 10 · Large states |
| 27 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 47.5Aspirant | 8 · Union Territories |
| 28 | Odisha | 47.0Aspirant | 11 · Large states |
| 29 | Karnataka | 45.3Aspirant | 12 · Large states |
| 30 | Uttar Pradesh | 45.0Aspirant | 13 · Large states |
| 31 | Tamil Nadu | 44.8Aspirant | 14 · Large states |
| 32 | Assam | 44.3Aspirant | 10 · North-East & Himalayan states |
| 33 | West Bengal | 42.8Aspirant | 15 · Large states |
| 34 | Telangana | 41.6Aspirant | 16 · Large states |
| 35 | Jharkhand | 40.9Aspirant | 17 · Large states |
| 36 | Bihar | 26.2Aspirant | 18 · Large states |