Indices · Modelled on Social Progress Imperative's Social Progress Index

Social Progress Index

How well a state meets its people's needs, measured only through outcomes, never income or spending.

India: 55.0 / 100

< 52.4
52.4 – 59.6
59.6 – 66.8
66.8 – 75.4
≥ 75.4
Not available

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.

How it's built

Three dimensions with equal weight: basic human needs (sanitation, electricity, clean cooking fuel, infant survival, child nutrition), foundations of well-being (secondary enrolment, internet access, life expectancy, groundwater stress), and opportunity (women's bank accounts, child marriage, women's work, freedom from violence by husbands, higher education).

What goes into it

Basic human needs: Households with improved sanitation
Households with electricity
Households using clean cooking fuel
Infant mortality rate
Stunted children under 5
Foundations of well-being: Gross enrolment ratio, secondary
Internet subscribers per 100 people
Life expectancy at birth
Groundwater extraction stage
Opportunity: Women with a bank account they use
Child marriage
Female labour force participation
Violence against women by their husbands
Gross enrolment ratio, higher education

Social Progress Index 2026

36 of 36 states and UTs have data

Rank	State / UT	Score out of 100	Rank in group
1	Goa	85.3Front Runner	1 · Large states
2	Chandigarh	84.5Front Runner	1 · Union Territories
3	Keralam	82.2Front Runner	2 · Large states
4	Himachal Pradesh	80.5Front Runner	1 · North-East & Himalayan states
5	Puducherry	76.5Front Runner	2 · Union Territories
6	Delhi	76.3Front Runner	3 · Union Territories
7	Mizoram	75.9Front Runner	2 · North-East & Himalayan states
8	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	75.4Front Runner	4 · Union Territories
9	Sikkim	74.2Front Runner	3 · North-East & Himalayan states
10	Tamil Nadu	73.5Front Runner	3 · Large states
11	Ladakh	71.2Front Runner	5 · Union Territories
12	Uttarakhand	70.1Front Runner	4 · North-East & Himalayan states
13	Jammu and Kashmir	69.6Front Runner	6 · Union Territories
14	Telangana	68.1Front Runner	4 · Large states
15	Lakshadweep	66.8Front Runner	7 · Union Territories
16	Maharashtra	66.7Front Runner	5 · Large states
17	Karnataka	65.0Front Runner	6 · Large states
18	Andhra Pradesh	63.2Performer	7 · Large states
19	Punjab	62.7Performer	8 · Large states
20	Manipur	62.5Performer	5 · North-East & Himalayan states
21	Arunachal Pradesh	60.4Performer	6 · North-East & Himalayan states
22	Nagaland	59.6Performer	7 · North-East & Himalayan states
23	Gujarat	57.7Performer	9 · Large states
24	Haryana	57.6Performer	10 · Large states
25	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	56.9Performer	8 · Union Territories
26	West Bengal	56.5Performer	11 · Large states
27	Meghalaya	54.7Performer	8 · North-East & Himalayan states
28	Tripura	54.5Performer	9 · North-East & Himalayan states
29	Odisha	52.4Performer	12 · Large states
30	Chhattisgarh	50.0Performer	13 · Large states
31	Rajasthan	48.0Aspirant	14 · Large states
32	Madhya Pradesh	46.0Aspirant	15 · Large states
33	Assam	45.1Aspirant	10 · North-East & Himalayan states
34	Jharkhand	41.7Aspirant	16 · Large states
35	Uttar Pradesh	41.2Aspirant	17 · Large states
36	Bihar	33.1Aspirant	18 · Large states

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