Updated 10 Oct 2026 Next print: September's consumer prices, about 12 October
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Delhi

How Delhi earns, spends, works, borrows, learns, falls ill and warms, set against India and its neighbours, in 118 figures from 67 official tables. Each figure carries its own year: states publish on different timetables.

Kind Union territory with a legislature Codes IN-DL, LGD 7 Neighbours Haryana, Uttar Pradesh Series naming it 9,763 in 18 guides
Income per person
₹4,92,592
2024-25, 3rd highest of 32
Real growth of GSDP
6.2%
2024-25, 5th lowest of 32India 6.5%
Retail inflation (CPI)
2.6%
Aug 2026, 2nd lowest of 36India 4.8%
Unemployment rate
5.9%
2025, 6th of 36, counted from the highestIndia 3.1%
Monthly spending per person, rural
₹7,400
2023-24, 6th of 36, counted from the highestIndia ₹4,122
Credit-deposit ratio
91.5%
end Jun 2026, 6th of 36, counted from the highestIndia 83.0%
01

Where Delhi stands

Each row puts every state and union territory with a figure for the same period on one line, lowest on the left and highest on the right. Delhi is the blue dot; India, where the source gives an all-India figure for that period, is the gold tick. Rows read on their own scales: a dot near the right of one row and the left of another says where Delhi ranks, not how big the numbers are.

A union territory with an elected legislature.

Delhi among the states and union territories

Each measure at its comparison period, the latest that at least three in four units have published.
Source: India Atlas, from the bundles named under each section below. Ranks count only units with a figure for the same period.
02

Income and growth

State domestic product is everything produced inside the state in a year. Divided by the people who live there, it is the nearest thing to an average income each state publishes, though it measures production, not what people take home. Every figure here is on MoSPI's 2011-12 base.

In Delhi, income per person was ₹4,92,592 in 2024-25, 3rd highest of 32 states and union territories with figures for 2024-25. That is about ₹1,350 a day for each person, before anyone pays for food, rent or school, and before it is split, very unequally, between wages, profits and taxes.

In Delhi, the economy's real growth (GSDP at constant prices) was 6.2% in 2024-25, 5th lowest of 32 states and union territories with figures for 2024-25. The all-India figure was 6.5%.

In Delhi, gross state domestic product (GSDP), the size of the economy was ₹12.13 lakh crore in 2024-25, near the middle of the 32 states and union territories with figures for 2024-25 (13th counted from the highest).

Income per person in Delhi, each year

Per-capita net state domestic product, ₹ a year at current prices, base 2011-12, against the middle state of the 31 that report every year.
Source: MoSPI, regional accounts (states-pcnsdp-current, states-spread). Each state's own population, as published.Data

How fast Delhi's economy grew, after inflation

Real growth of GSDP each year, per cent, at constant 2011-12 prices; the line is India's GDP on the same base, computed from MoSPI's levels.
Source: MoSPI, regional accounts (states-growth-real) and national accounts, base 2011-12 (gdp-annual-levels).
MeasureDelhiPeriodRankAll IndiaEvery cut
Income per person, 2011-12 prices ₹2,85,207 2024-25 4th highest of 32 no figure Row
Real growth of income per person 4.5% 2024-25 the lowest of 32 no figure Row

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03

What the economy runs on

What the state's output is made of: farms, forests and fishing; industry, which is mining, manufacturing, power and water, and construction; and services, from shops and transport to banks, schools, hospitals and government.

In Delhi, services' share was 86.1% in 2024-25, 2nd highest of 32 states and union territories with figures for 2024-25. The all-India figure was 54.9%.

In Delhi, farming's share of the state's output (GSVA) was 0.3% in 2024-25, the lowest of 32 states and union territories with figures for 2024-25. The all-India figure was 17.9%.

What Delhi's output is made of, against India

Shares of gross value added at current prices, per cent, 2024-25. Base 2011-12.
Source: MoSPI, regional accounts (states-structure) and national accounts, base 2011-12 (gdp-annual-industries).
MeasureDelhiPeriodRankAll IndiaEvery cut
Industry's share of output 13.6% 2024-25 3rd lowest of 32 27.1% Row
Manufacturing's share of output 4.2% 2024-25 26th of 32, counted from the highest 13.9% Row

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04

Prices

Retail inflation on the 2024 base of the Consumer Price Index, which began in January 2026: how much more the same basket of goods and services cost than a year earlier. Each state has its own basket, so a state's index and the all-India index weigh items differently.

In Delhi, retail inflation (prices against a year earlier) was 2.6% in August 2026, 2nd lowest of 36 states and union territories with figures for August 2026. The all-India figure was 4.8%. Something that cost ₹100 a year earlier cost about ₹103 in August 2026, on the average shopping basket of Delhi.

In Delhi, inflation in food and drink was 2.3% in August 2026, 4th lowest of 36 states and union territories with figures for August 2026. The all-India figure was 5.7%.

Prices in Delhi against a year earlier, on two rulers

Consumer Price Index, combined, per cent change on the same month a year earlier: base 2012 to December 2025, base 2024 from January 2026. The two are different indices and are not joined. Grey: All India.
Source: MoSPI, NSO, CPI (cpi-states, cpi-2024-states, cpi, cpi-2024).

No figure for Delhi: inflation for farm labourers (CPI-AL). The source does not publish it for this unit.

Read from: cpi-2024-states, cpialrl-states-2019, cpi-2024-states-divisions.

05

Work and pay

From the Periodic Labour Force Survey's calendar-year estimates for 2025, the survey's new design. Usual status counts what a person did for most of the year. Wages are the Labour Bureau's daily rates for men in rural India, as the RBI's Handbook reprints them.

In Delhi, the unemployment rate (age 15 and above, usual status) was 5.9% in 2025, 6th of the 36 states and union territories with figures for 2025, counted from the highest. The all-India figure was 3.1%.

In Delhi, the unemployment rate among graduates (usual status) was 9.0% in 2025, near the middle of the 36 states and union territories with figures for 2025 (24th counted from the highest). The all-India figure was 11.2%.

In Delhi, the share of women working or looking for work was 13.1% in 2025, the lowest of 36 states and union territories with figures for 2025. The all-India figure was 40.0%.

Women and men at work in Delhi, against India

Per cent, age 15 and above, usual status, calendar year 2025. Gold ticks: All India.
Source: MoSPI, Periodic Labour Force Survey, calendar-year estimates (plfs-cy25-states-ur, -lfpr, -wpr; plfs-cy25-india).
MeasureDelhiPeriodRankAll IndiaEvery cut
Unemployment, age 15 to 29 14.4% 2025 near the middle, 15th of 36 counted from the highest 9.9% Row
Unemployment, women 7.4% 2025 joint 6th of 36, counted from the highest 3.1% Row
Unemployment, men 5.7% 2025 4th highest of 36 3.1% Row
Men in the labour force 71.5% 2025 3rd lowest of 36 79.1% Row
Women in work 12.2% 2025 the lowest of 36 38.8% Row
Men in work 67.4% 2025 3rd lowest of 36 76.6% Row

No figure for Delhi: daily wage, farm labour (men); daily wage, non-farm labour (men); daily wage, construction (men). The source does not publish them for this unit.

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06

How households live

Spending from the Household Consumption Expenditure Survey 2023-24; poverty from NITI Aayog's multidimensional index; homes, women's lives and families from the sixth National Family Health Survey (2023-24), with the fifth round (2019-21) beside each figure as the NFHS-6 fact sheets print it. Toilets and cooking fuel are not in the NFHS-6 fact sheets, so they come from NFHS-5.

In Delhi, monthly spending per person in villages was ₹7,400 in 2023-24, 6th of the 36 states and union territories with figures for 2023-24, counted from the highest. The all-India figure was ₹4,122. A month's ₹7,400 is about ₹247 a day for each person in the household, for food, fuel, rent, travel, school and everything else.

In Delhi, monthly spending per person in towns and cities was ₹8,534 in 2023-24, 10th of the 36 states and union territories with figures for 2023-24, counted from the highest. The all-India figure was ₹6,996. A month's ₹8,534 is about ₹284 a day for each person in the household, for food, fuel, rent, travel, school and everything else.

In Delhi, monthly spending per person of the poorest 5% of village households was ₹3,719 in 2023-24, 3rd highest of 36 states and union territories with figures for 2023-24. The all-India figure was ₹1,677.

In Delhi, food's share of what village households spend was 40.3% in 2023-24, joint lowest of 36 states and union territories with figures for 2023-24. The all-India figure was 47.0%.

In Delhi, the average cash loan outstanding per rural household, counting those with none (AIDIS, 30 June 2018) was ₹12,492 in NSS 77 (AIDIS), 2019, 5th lowest of 33 states and union territories with figures for NSS 77 (AIDIS), 2019. The all-India figure was ₹59,748.

In Delhi, the share of people who are multidimensionally poor (NITI Aayog) was 3.4% in 2019-21, 29th of the 36 states and union territories with figures for 2019-21, counted from the highest. The all-India figure was 15.0%.

In Delhi, the share of people in homes with an improved toilet was 81.1% in NFHS-5, 2019-21, near the middle of the 36 states and union territories with figures for 2019-21 (15th counted from the highest). The all-India figure was 70.2%. In the previous round, NFHS-4, 2015-16, it was 74.0%.

MeasureDelhiPeriodRankAll IndiaEvery cut
Food's share of spending, urban 39.6% 2023-24 near the middle, 23rd of 36 counted from the highest 39.7% Row
Spending of the richest 5%, rural ₹17,050 2023-24 6th of 36, counted from the highest ₹10,137 Row
Inequality of spending (Gini), rural 0.205 2023-24 near the middle, 21st of 36 counted from the highest 0.237 Row
Inequality of spending (Gini), urban 0.275 2023-24 11th of 36, counted from the highest 0.284 Row
Monthly spending per person, Scheduled Caste households, rural ₹6,862 2023-24 5th highest of 35 ₹3,878 Row
Assets of a rural household ₹1,65,70,871 NSS 77 (AIDIS), 2019 the highest of 33 ₹15,92,379 no row
Rural households in debt 31 per 1,000 NSS 77 (AIDIS), 2019 the lowest of 33 350 per 1,000 no row
Adults with a bank account 97.4% NSS 79, 2022-23 joint 8th of 36, counted from the highest 94.6% no row
Homes with broadband 62.8% NSS 78, 2020-21 6th of 36, counted from the highest 41.8% no row
People with a disability 1.3% NSS 76, July to December 2018 joint 26th of 33, counted from the highest 2.2% no row
Clean cooking fuel 98.9%NFHS-4, 2015-16: 97.7% NFHS-5, 2019-21 the highest of 36 58.6% Row
Improved drinking water 99.8%NFHS-5, 2019-21: 99.4% NFHS-6, 2023-24 joint 2nd highest of 35 96.5% Row
Electricity at home 99.4%NFHS-5, 2019-21: 99.9% NFHS-6, 2023-24 near the middle, joint 14th of 35 counted from the highest 98.3% Row
Health insurance 29.3%NFHS-5, 2019-21: 25.0% NFHS-6, 2023-24 3rd lowest of 35 60.2% Row
Women with a bank account 86.7%NFHS-5, 2019-21: 72.5% NFHS-6, 2023-24 29th of 35, counted from the highest 89.0% Row
Women with a mobile phone 83.3%NFHS-5, 2019-21: 73.8% NFHS-6, 2023-24 near the middle, 12th of 35 counted from the highest 63.6% Row
Women who have used the internet 82.0%NFHS-5, 2019-21: 63.8% NFHS-6, 2023-24 6th of 35, counted from the highest 64.3% Row
Women with 10 years of school 64.0%NFHS-5, 2019-21: 59.7% NFHS-6, 2023-24 9th of 35, counted from the highest 46.4% Row
Women married before 18 11.4%NFHS-5, 2019-21: 9.9% NFHS-6, 2023-24 near the middle, 19th of 35 counted from the highest 20.1% Row
Sex ratio at birth 923NFHS-4, 2015-16: 817 NFHS-5, 2019-21 near the middle, 22nd of 36 counted from the highest 929 Row
Households with a bank account 96.0%NFHS-5, 2019-21: 93.7% NFHS-6, 2023-24 2nd lowest of 35 98.2% Row
Women who own a house or land 17.7%NFHS-5, 2019-21: 15.8% NFHS-6, 2023-24 near the middle, joint 13th of 35 counted from the highest 18.8% Row
Children aged 2 to 4 in pre-school 47.0%NFHS-5, 2019-21: 41.2% NFHS-6, 2023-24 25th of 35, counted from the highest 47.0% Row
Women who faced spousal violence 12.3%NFHS-5, 2019-21: 22.5% NFHS-6, 2023-24 24th of 35, counted from the highest 22.3% Row
Women among MLAs 7.1% 2025 not ranked no figure Row

No figure for Delhi: monthly income of a farm household. The source does not publish it for this unit.

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07

Health

Nutrition, births, vaccination, blood pressure and blood sugar from the sixth National Family Health Survey (2023-24); anaemia, which its fact sheets do not print, from the fifth (2019-21); infant deaths and life expectancy from the Sample Registration System; government hospital beds from the Ministry of Health, as the RBI's Handbook reprints them.

In Delhi, the share of children under five who are too short for their age was 26.4% in NFHS-6, 2023-24, near the middle of the 35 states and union territories with figures for 2023-24 (17th counted from the highest). The all-India figure was 29.3%. In the previous round, NFHS-5, 2019-21, it was 30.9%. That is about 26 in every 100 children under five, a sign of poor nutrition in the years when it matters most.

In Delhi, the share of births in a hospital or health centre was 93.1% in NFHS-6, 2023-24, near the middle of the 35 states and union territories with figures for 2023-24 (22nd counted from the highest). The all-India figure was 90.6%. In the previous round, NFHS-5, 2019-21, it was 91.8%.

In Delhi, the share of women aged 15 and above with high blood pressure, or on medicine for it was 21.4% in NFHS-6, 2023-24, near the middle of the 35 states and union territories with figures for 2023-24 (20th counted from the highest). The all-India figure was 19.4%. In the previous round, NFHS-5, 2019-21, it was 24.1%.

In Delhi, the share of women aged 15 to 49 who are anaemic was 49.9% in NFHS-5, 2019-21, 26th of the 36 states and union territories with figures for 2019-21, counted from the highest. The all-India figure was 57.0%. In the previous round, NFHS-4, 2015-16, it was 52.5%.

In Delhi, the number of infant deaths for every 1,000 live births (Sample Registration System) was 14 in 2022-23, near the middle of the 34 states and union territories with figures for 2022-23 (joint 19th counted from the highest). The all-India figure was 25.

MeasureDelhiPeriodRankAll IndiaEvery cut
Children wasted 15.0%NFHS-5, 2019-21: 11.2% NFHS-6, 2023-24 near the middle, 23rd of 35 counted from the highest 19.0% Row
Children anaemic 69.2%NFHS-4, 2015-16: 62.6% NFHS-5, 2019-21 11th of 36, counted from the highest 67.1% Row
Children fully vaccinated 80.7%NFHS-5, 2019-21: 76.0% NFHS-6, 2023-24 24th of 35, counted from the highest 82.6% Row
Children per woman 1.6NFHS-5, 2019-21: 1.6 NFHS-6, 2023-24 joint 4th lowest of 35 2.0 Row
Women overweight or obese 42.7%NFHS-5, 2019-21: 41.4% NFHS-6, 2023-24 10th of 35, counted from the highest 30.7% Row
Men with high blood pressure 28.2%NFHS-5, 2019-21: 32.7% NFHS-6, 2023-24 joint 9th of 35, counted from the highest 22.1% Row
Women with high blood sugar 19.0%NFHS-5, 2019-21: 12.2% NFHS-6, 2023-24 near the middle, 15th of 35 counted from the highest 17.8% Row
Men with high blood sugar 22.2%NFHS-5, 2019-21: 14.1% NFHS-6, 2023-24 near the middle, 13th of 35 counted from the highest 20.9% Row
Men who use tobacco 21.3%NFHS-5, 2019-21: 26.2% NFHS-6, 2023-24 26th of 35, counted from the highest 36.3% Row
Life expectancy at birth 74.2 years 2022-23 4th highest of 22 70.3 years Row
Government hospital beds 31,492 2022-23 11th of 36, counted from the highest 8,40,455 Row

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08

Money

Bank deposits and credit booked at branches in the state, from the RBI's quarterly statistics, and the number of bank branches. Credit is counted where a loan is sanctioned, which is not always where the money is spent.

In Delhi, the credit-deposit ratio (bank loans booked in the state for every ₹100 deposited there) was 91.5% at the end of June 2026, 6th of the 36 states and union territories with figures for the end of June 2026, counted from the highest. The all-India figure was 83.0%. For every ₹100 deposited with banks in Delhi, they have lent about ₹91 in Delhi. The rest is lent elsewhere.

In Delhi, the total of bank deposits was ₹22.65 lakh crore at the end of June 2026, 2nd highest of 36 states and union territories with figures for the end of June 2026. The all-India figure was ₹256.52 lakh crore.

In Delhi, farm loans' share of bank credit booked in the state was 2.5% at the end of June 2026, the lowest of 36 states and union territories with figures for the end of June 2026. The all-India figure was 11.2%.

Delhi's 11 districts, the ten largest, by bank deposits, as on 31 March 2026 (RBI, Basic Statistical Returns; amounts are the sums of the rural, semi-urban, urban and metropolitan figures as published)
DistrictDepositsCreditCredit-deposit ratioWomen's share of loans to individuals
New Delhi₹5.99 lakh crore₹13.34 lakh crore222.6%16.9%
Central Delhi₹3.23 lakh crore₹8.24 lakh crore255.6%16.0%
North Delhi₹2.34 lakh crore₹5.52 lakh crore235.8%18.4%
South Delhi₹2.34 lakh crore₹1.69 lakh crore72.4%18.3%
South-West Delhi₹2.07 lakh crore₹95,704 crore46.2%21.9%
West Delhi₹2.02 lakh crore₹1.15 lakh crore56.9%21.7%
South-East Delhi₹1.88 lakh crore₹2.21 lakh crore117.3%17.0%
North-West Delhi₹1.09 lakh crore₹87,905 crore80.8%18.4%
East Delhi₹83,140 crore₹39,924 crore48.0%22.9%
Shahdara₹43,434 crore₹21,260 crore48.9%23.5%
The other 1 district
The rest of Delhi's districts, by bank deposits, as on 31 March 2026
DistrictDepositsCreditCredit-deposit ratioWomen's share of loans to individuals
North-East Delhi₹17,052 crore₹7,537 crore44.2%25.4%
MeasureDelhiPeriodRankAll IndiaEvery cut
Bank credit ₹20.72 lakh crore end Jun 2026 3rd highest of 36 ₹212.88 lakh crore Row
Personal loans, share of bank credit 11.5% end Jun 2026 the lowest of 36 30.9% Row
Urban co-operative banks 14 end Mar 2026 near the middle, 12th of 29 counted from the highest no figure Row
Deposits in urban co-operative banks ₹3,452 crore end Mar 2024 near the middle, 12th of 29 counted from the highest no figure Row
Bank branches 3,914 end Jun 2026 near the middle, 16th of 36 counted from the highest no figure Row

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09

Industry, energy and exports

Registered factories from the Annual Survey of Industries; small unincorporated businesses outside farming, from the Annual Survey of Unincorporated Sector Enterprises; renewable power from the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy; electricity supply from the Central Electricity Authority and goods exports by state of origin from the commerce ministry, as the RBI's Handbook reprints them.

In Delhi, the number of factories in operation was 2,097 in 2023-24, near the middle of the 36 states and union territories with figures for 2023-24 (20th counted from the highest). The all-India figure was 2,12,990.

In Delhi, the number of unincorporated enterprises outside farming (ASUSE) was 9,97,101 in 2023-24, near the middle of the 36 states and union territories with figures for 2023-24 (19th counted from the highest). The all-India figure was 7,33,99,476.

In Delhi, the renewable power capacity installed was 546 MW in July 2026, near the middle of the 36 states and union territories with figures for July 2026 (24th counted from the highest). The all-India figure was 2,91,726 MW.

What Delhi's registered factories make: the largest industries by value added, 2023-24 (Annual Survey of Industries; 23 industries in all)
Industry (NIC 2008 division)Value addedShare of the state's factory value addedPeople engaged
Food Products₹888 crore12.3%10,112
Wearing Apparel₹760 crore10.6%14,938
Other Manufacturing₹562 crore7.8%7,615
Computer, Electronic and Optical Products₹561 crore7.8%3,573
Machinery and Equipment N.e.c₹507 crore7.1%4,882
Electrical Equipment₹346 crore4.8%4,466
Printing and Reproduction of Recorded Media₹341 crore4.7%5,239
Fabricated Metal Products, Except Machinery and Equipment₹338 crore4.7%4,972
MeasureDelhiPeriodRankAll IndiaEvery cut
People working in factories 98,813 2023-24 near the middle, 22nd of 36 counted from the highest 1,95,89,131 Row
Value added by factories ₹7,192 crore 2023-24 26th of 36, counted from the highest ₹24,58,336 crore Row
Workers in informal enterprises 21,94,598 2023-24 near the middle, 18th of 36 counted from the highest 12,05,99,815 Row
Solar power capacity 461 MW Jul 2026 near the middle, 18th of 36 counted from the highest 1,64,595 MW Row
Wind power capacity 0 MW Jul 2026 not ranked 58,137 MW Row
Electricity available per person 1,758 kWh 2024-25 8th of 34, counted from the highest 1,208 kWh Row
Power lost in transmission 11.6% 2022-23 2nd lowest of 34 17.7% Row
Goods exported US$876 million 2024-25 near the middle, 20th of 36 counted from the highest US$437.42 billion Row

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10

Farms

Crop output, yield, irrigation and milk from the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and the Department of Animal Husbandry, as the RBI's Handbook of Statistics on Indian States reprints them; fertiliser use per hectare from the farms guide's state tables. The farms guide holds every crop for every state since 1980-81.

In Delhi, the foodgrain harvest was 1.1 lakh tonnes in 2024-25, 5th lowest of 31 states and union territories with figures for 2024-25. The all-India figure was 3,577 lakh tonnes.

In Delhi, the foodgrain yield was 3,830 kg a hectare in 2024-25, 3rd highest of 31 states and union territories with figures for 2024-25. The all-India figure was 2,601 kg a hectare.

In Delhi, the rice harvest was 0.2 lakh tonnes in 2024-25, 2nd lowest of 31 states and union territories with figures for 2024-25. The all-India figure was 1,502 lakh tonnes.

In Delhi, the wheat harvest was 0.8 lakh tonnes in 2024-25, near the middle of the 25 states and union territories with figures for 2024-25 (16th counted from the highest). The all-India figure was 1,179 lakh tonnes.

In Delhi, the fertiliser (nitrogen, phosphate and potash) used on each hectare was 131 kg a hectare in 2020-21, near the middle of the 30 states and union territories with figures for 2020-21 (12th counted from the highest). The all-India figure was 137 kg a hectare.

MeasureDelhiPeriodRankAll IndiaEvery cut
Cropped area irrigated 93.6% 2023-24 the highest of 31 59.9% Row
Cropping intensity 168 2023-24 10th of 31, counted from the highest 157 Row
Pulses grown 0.0 lakh tonnes 2024-25 the lowest of 31 257 lakh tonnes Row
Oilseeds grown 0.1 lakh tonnes 2024-25 25th of 31, counted from the highest 430 lakh tonnes Row
Milk produced 4.9 lakh tonnes 2023-24 near the middle, 22nd of 34 counted from the highest 2,393 lakh tonnes Row

No figure for Delhi: sugarcane grown; cotton grown. The source does not publish them for this unit.

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11

Education

Schools from UDISE+, the Ministry of Education's census of every school, as MoSPI serves it (2018-19 to 2024-25); college enrolment from the All India Survey on Higher Education (2021-22). A gross enrolment ratio counts every enrolled student, of any age, against the population of the official age group, so it can pass 100.

In Delhi, the gross enrolment ratio in higher education (18 to 23 year olds) was 49.0% in 2021-22, 3rd highest of 36 states and union territories with figures for 2021-22. The all-India figure was 28.4%.

In Delhi, the gross enrolment ratio in classes 11 and 12 was 82.7% in 2024-25, 8th of the 36 states and union territories with figures for 2024-25, counted from the highest.

In Delhi, the pupil-teacher ratio in the state's schools was 28 pupils for each teacher in 2024-25, joint 5th highest of 36 states and union territories with figures for 2024-25.

In Delhi, the share of schools with an internet connection was 100.0% in 2023-24, joint highest of 36 states and union territories with figures for 2023-24.

In Delhi, the share of 15 to 29 year olds not in education, employment or training (NSS 79) was 14.6% in NSS 79, 2022-23, 31st of the 36 states and union territories with figures for NSS 79, 2022-23, counted from the highest. The all-India figure was 25.6%.

MeasureDelhiPeriodRankAll IndiaEvery cut
College enrolment ratio, women 49.7% 2021-22 joint 3rd highest of 36 28.5% Row
Young people who can use the internet 94.9% NSS 79, 2022-23 8th of 36, counted from the highest 84.2% no row
Years of schooling, adults 11.2 years NSS 79, 2022-23 joint 2nd highest of 36 7.5 years no row
Schools with working electricity 100.0% 2024-25 joint highest of 36 no figure no row
Schools with a working girls' toilet 85.0% 2024-25 29th of 36, counted from the highest no figure no row
Single-teacher schools 0.2% 2024-25 5th lowest of 36 no figure no row

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12

Climate

Temperature and rain over the whole state, from ERA5, a reconstruction of past weather that the World Bank's Climate Change Knowledge Portal averages over each state's area. Each year is set against the state's own average for 1951 to 1980.

In Delhi, the average air temperature over the year was 24.7°C in 2025, near the middle of the 33 states and union territories with figures for 2025 (21st counted from the highest). Its average over 1951 to 1980 was 24.8°C.

In Delhi, the rain over the year was 873 mm in 2025, 3rd lowest of 33 states and union territories with figures for 2025. Its average over 1951 to 1980 was 752 mm.

In Delhi, the change in days of 35°C or more by 2040 to 2059 against 1995 to 2014, on a middle emissions path (SSP2-4.5, median of the models) was +23 days in 2040-2059, 6th of the 33 states and union territories with figures for 2040-2059, counted from the highest.

How warm Delhi's years have been since 1950

Average air temperature over the year, °C, across the state's area. The rule is its own average for 1951 to 1980.
Source: World Bank Climate Change Knowledge Portal, ERA5 reanalysis (climate-era5-states-temp).
MeasureDelhiPeriodRankAll IndiaEvery cut
Days of 35°C or more 84 days1951 to 1980 average: 102 days 2025 7th of 33, counted from the highest no figure Row
Extra hot days by 2040-59 (high path) +33 days 2040-2059 6th of 33, counted from the highest no figure Row

Read from: climate-era5-states-temp, climate-era5-states-hotdays, climate-cmip6-states-hotdays, climate-era5-states-rain.

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State finances

The state government's own accounts, from the RBI's Handbook, set against the state's GSDP as the states guide computes it, with what it pays to borrow and how often it ran short of cash with the RBI, from the RBI's weekly and monthly tables. Actual accounts run two years behind; budget and revised estimates are left out.

In Delhi, outstanding liabilities at the end of March, as a share of GSDP was 1.6% in 2022-23, the lowest of 31 states and union territories with figures for 2022-23.

In Delhi, the gross fiscal deficit, as a share of the state's GSDP was −0.5% in 2022-23, 2nd lowest of 31 states and union territories with figures for 2022-23.

In Delhi, interest payments as a share of revenue spending was 6.8% in 2022-23, 26th of the 31 states and union territories with figures for 2022-23, counted from the highest. The all-India figure was 12.3%.

In Delhi, the cut-off yield on the state's market loans, weighted by amount raised was 7.45% a year in 2025-26, 4th highest of 31 states and union territories with figures for 2025-26. The all-India figure was 7.32% a year.

MeasureDelhiPeriodRankAll IndiaEvery cut
Own tax revenue, % of GSDP 4.7% 2022-23 5th lowest of 31 no figure Row

No figure for Delhi: days on ways and means advances, last 12 months; days in overdraft with the RBI, last 12 months; consolidated sinking fund. The source does not publish them for this unit.

Read from: states-finances, rates-sdl-states, public-finance-states-wma, public-finance-states-investments, states-hbs-t170.

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Neighbours and peers

Delhi beside the units it shares a land border with, and the three nearest to it in income per person (marked †). Each figure carries its own period; where two periods differ, the figures are not a like-for-like comparison.

State or UTIncome per personReal growth of GSDPRetail inflation (CPI)Unemployment rateMonthly spending per person, ruralCredit-deposit ratio
Delhi ₹4,92,5922024-256.2%2024-252.6%Aug 20265.9%2025₹7,4002023-2491.5%end Jun 2026
Haryana ₹3,53,1822024-257.5%2024-253.9%Aug 20264.5%2025₹5,3772023-2475.9%end Jun 2026
Uttar Pradesh ₹1,09,8442024-2510.8%2024-255.1%Aug 20262.7%2025₹3,4812023-2454.3%end Jun 2026
Chandigarh † ₹4,89,1732024-256.1%2024-254.0%Aug 20265.7%2025₹8,8572023-2486.8%end Jun 2026
Karnataka † ₹3,86,1562024-257.3%2024-255.2%Aug 20262.3%2025₹4,9032023-2471.3%end Jun 2026
Telangana † ₹3,80,0312024-256.5%2024-256.3%Aug 20265.0%2025₹5,4352023-24115.4%end Jun 2026
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Go deeper

9,763 series across 18 guides name Delhi. Each guide explains its measure in full, and its every-cut table holds every series. The figures above link to their own rows. The whole list, with each series' latest value and a link to its row, is one download: delhi.csv.

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How to read this profile

Every number on this page is copied from an official table, or worked out from one in a way the page names (a share, a growth rate, an average). Nothing is estimated or filled in. Where a source has no figure for Delhi, the page says so.

States report at different lags. MoSPI's newest year of state accounts comes from a few states first, so each figure is ranked at its comparison period, the latest that at least three in four units have published, and the newer estimate is given beside it. A rank counts only the units with a figure for that period, and says how many.

Figures from different sources are different rulers. The 2012 and 2024 bases of the Consumer Price Index, the two designs of the labour force survey, and the rounds of the family health survey are never joined into one series. Boundaries change too: Andhra Pradesh and Telangana split in June 2014; Jammu and Kashmir became two union territories in October 2019; Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu merged in January 2020. A figure for a unit before its change appears only under that unit's own name.

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How to misread a state profile

  • 1

    "Income per person is what a typical person earns."

    It is what is produced in the state, divided by everyone who lives there. Profits of companies based elsewhere count where the plant stands; money sent home by people working in other states counts where they work. Spending per person, from the household survey, is closer to how a household lives.

  • 2

    "It ranks 10th, so it is in the middle."

    Check out of how many. Some tables cover 36 units, some 19. A rank says nothing about the distance to the next state; the row in the first chart shows it.

  • 3

    "This figure is from this year."

    Each figure carries its own period, printed beside it. A family health survey figure, a college enrolment ratio and a state's accounts each come from a different year, and the newest of them can be years apart. Two figures side by side may not describe the same year.

  • 4

    "A low credit-deposit ratio means banks are not lending."

    Loans are counted where they are sanctioned. A company with plants in one state may borrow in Mumbai; a farmer's crop loan stays local. A low ratio says that much of the money saved in the state is lent elsewhere.

  • 5

    "The state's weather station says otherwise."

    The climate figures are averages over the whole area of the state, from a reconstruction of past weather, not readings at one station. A city can be warmer or wetter than its state's average.

Sources, method and revisions

Sources of record

67 baked tables: MoSPI, National Statistical Office; MoSPI, eSankhyiki; Reserve Bank of India, Handbook of Statistics on Indian States; MoSPI / International Institute for Population Sciences; IIPS and the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, NFHS-6 (2023-24) fact sheets; Election Commission of India, as reprinted in MoSPI's Women and Men in India 2025; Reserve Bank of India; Reserve Bank of India, DBIE; Reserve Bank of India, DBIE, via the Reserve Bank Innovation Hub's data service; Ministry of New and Renewable Energy; Ministry of Education (Department of Higher Education), via MoSPI eSankhyiki; World Bank Climate Change Knowledge Portal; RBI Handbook of Statistics on Indian States (state finances) over MoSPI GSDP.

Method

Read at build time from the Atlas's baked bundles through one state key (src/dossiers/states-key.js), which maps every source's spelling of every state. Sentences are templates filled from the data; no language model writes on this page. The build checks every figure against its table.

Breaks

No series is joined across a change of base, survey design or boundary. Ranks never mix periods.

This profile

Rebuilt whenever any of its tables is refreshed. Data vintages from 2026-05-27 to 2026-10-10.

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