Ladakh

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. Ladakh 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 Ladakh ranks, not how big the numbers are.

A union territory without a legislature: the Union government runs it, and several state-level sources leave it out.

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 Ladakh, income per person was ₹2,42,360 in 2023-24, near the middle of the 34 states and union territories with figures for 2023-24 (14th counted from the highest). That is about ₹664 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 Ladakh, gross state domestic product (GSDP), the size of the economy was ₹8,304 crore in 2023-24, the lowest of 34 states and union territories with figures for 2023-24.

Before October 2019, the sources published figures for the former state of Jammu and Kashmir (with Ladakh), a different territory, so they are not compared with Ladakh's: income per person ₹98,738 (2018-19); income per person, 2011-12 prices ₹69,183 (2018-19); size of the economy (GSDP) ₹1.60 lakh crore (2018-19); real growth of GSDP 7.9% (2018-19); real growth of income per person 5.4% (2018-19).

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 Ladakh, services' share was 63.1% in 2023-24, 8th of the 34 states and union territories with figures for 2023-24, counted from the highest. The all-India figure was 54.4%.

In Ladakh, farming's share of the state's output (GSVA) was 19.2% in 2023-24, near the middle of the 34 states and union territories with figures for 2023-24 (18th counted from the highest). The all-India figure was 17.8%.

Before October 2019, the sources published figures for the former state of Jammu and Kashmir (with Ladakh), a different territory, so they are not compared with Ladakh's: farming's share of output 17.9% (2018-19); industry's share of output 21.3% (2018-19); services' share of output 60.8% (2018-19); manufacturing's share of output 7.4% (2018-19).

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 Ladakh, retail inflation (prices against a year earlier) was 5.3% in August 2026, 8th of the 36 states and union territories with figures for August 2026, counted from the highest. The all-India figure was 4.8%. Something that cost ₹100 a year earlier cost about ₹105 in August 2026, on the average shopping basket of Ladakh.

In Ladakh, inflation in food and drink was 3.8% in August 2026, near the middle of the 36 states and union territories with figures for August 2026 (24th counted from the highest). The all-India figure was 5.7%.

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 Ladakh, the unemployment rate (age 15 and above, usual status) was 4.0% in 2025, near the middle of the 36 states and union territories with figures for 2025 (20th counted from the highest). The all-India figure was 3.1%.

In Ladakh, the unemployment rate among graduates (usual status) was 16.5% in 2025, 11th of the 36 states and union territories with figures for 2025, counted from the highest. The all-India figure was 11.2%.

In Ladakh, the share of women working or looking for work was 61.0% in 2025, 6th of the 36 states and union territories with figures for 2025, counted from the highest. The all-India figure was 40.0%.

Before October 2019, the sources published figures for the former state of Jammu and Kashmir (with Ladakh), a different territory, so they are not compared with Ladakh's: daily wage, farm labour (men) ₹444 a day (2018-19); daily wage, non-farm labour (men) ₹434 a day (2018-19); daily wage, construction (men) ₹451 a day (2018-19).

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 Ladakh, monthly spending per person in villages was ₹5,010 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 ₹4,122. A month's ₹5,010 is about ₹167 a day for each person in the household, for food, fuel, rent, travel, school and everything else.

In Ladakh, monthly spending per person in towns and cities was ₹7,533 in 2023-24, near the middle of the 36 states and union territories with figures for 2023-24 (18th counted from the highest). The all-India figure was ₹6,996. A month's ₹7,533 is about ₹251 a day for each person in the household, for food, fuel, rent, travel, school and everything else.

In Ladakh, monthly spending per person of the poorest 5% of village households was ₹2,306 in 2023-24, near the middle of the 36 states and union territories with figures for 2023-24 (16th counted from the highest). The all-India figure was ₹1,677.

In Ladakh, food's share of what village households spend was 57.3% in 2023-24, the highest of 36 states and union territories with figures for 2023-24. The all-India figure was 47.0%.

In Ladakh, the share of people who are multidimensionally poor (NITI Aayog) was 3.5% in 2019-21, 27th of the 36 states and union territories with figures for 2019-21, counted from the highest. The all-India figure was 15.0%.

In Ladakh, the share of people in homes with an improved toilet was 42.3% in NFHS-5, 2019-21, the lowest of 36 states and union territories with figures for 2019-21. The all-India figure was 70.2%.

Before October 2019, the sources published figures for the former state of Jammu and Kashmir (with Ladakh), a different territory, so they are not compared with Ladakh's: multidimensionally poor 12.6% (2015-16).

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 Ladakh, the share of children under five who are too short for their age was 26.0% in NFHS-6, 2023-24, near the middle of the 35 states and union territories with figures for 2023-24 (19th counted from the highest). The all-India figure was 29.3%. In the previous round, NFHS-5, 2019-21, it was 30.5%. That is about 26 in every 100 children under five, a sign of poor nutrition in the years when it matters most.

In Ladakh, the share of births in a hospital or health centre was 98.0% in NFHS-6, 2023-24, 10th of the 35 states and union territories with figures for 2023-24, counted from the highest. The all-India figure was 90.6%. In the previous round, NFHS-5, 2019-21, it was 95.1%.

In Ladakh, the share of women aged 15 and above with high blood pressure, or on medicine for it was 16.3% in NFHS-6, 2023-24, 28th of the 35 states and union territories with figures for 2023-24, counted from the highest. The all-India figure was 19.4%. In the previous round, NFHS-5, 2019-21, it was 15.7%.

In Ladakh, the share of women aged 15 to 49 who are anaemic was 92.8% in NFHS-5, 2019-21, the highest of 36 states and union territories with figures for 2019-21. The all-India figure was 57.0%.

Before October 2019, the sources published figures for the former state of Jammu and Kashmir (with Ladakh), a different territory, so they are not compared with Ladakh's: infant deaths per 1,000 births 20 (2018-19); life expectancy at birth 74.2 years (2018-19).

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 Ladakh, the credit-deposit ratio (bank loans booked in the state for every ₹100 deposited there) was 45.0% at the end of June 2026, 30th 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 Ladakh, they have lent about ₹45 in Ladakh. The rest is lent elsewhere.

In Ladakh, the total of bank deposits was ₹11,200 crore at the end of June 2026, 3rd lowest of 36 states and union territories with figures for the end of June 2026. The all-India figure was ₹256.52 lakh crore.

In Ladakh, farm loans' share of bank credit booked in the state was 10.3% at the end of June 2026, near the middle of the 36 states and union territories with figures for the end of June 2026 (18th counted from the highest). The all-India figure was 11.2%.

Before October 2019, the sources published figures for the former state of Jammu and Kashmir (with Ladakh), a different territory, so they are not compared with Ladakh's: urban co-operative banks 4 (end Mar 2019); deposits in urban co-operative banks ₹563 crore (end Mar 2019).

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 Ladakh, the number of factories in operation was 26 in 2023-24, 3rd lowest of 36 states and union territories with figures for 2023-24. The all-India figure was 2,12,990.

In Ladakh, the number of unincorporated enterprises outside farming (ASUSE) was 18,146 in 2023-24, 3rd lowest of 36 states and union territories with figures for 2023-24. The all-India figure was 7,33,99,476.

In Ladakh, the renewable power capacity installed was 154 MW in July 2026, 26th of the 36 states and union territories with figures for July 2026, counted from the highest. The all-India figure was 2,91,726 MW.

Before October 2019, the sources published figures for the former state of Jammu and Kashmir (with Ladakh), a different territory, so they are not compared with Ladakh's: electricity available per person 1,192 kWh (2018-19); power lost in transmission 42.2% (2018-19); goods exported US$196 million (2018-19).

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.

The RBI's Handbook publishes no crop or milk figures for this unit.

Before October 2019, the sources published figures for the former state of Jammu and Kashmir (with Ladakh), a different territory, so they are not compared with Ladakh's: foodgrains grown 18.9 lakh tonnes (2018-19); foodgrain yield 2,178 kg a hectare (2018-19); cropping intensity 158 (2018-19); rice grown 6.2 lakh tonnes (2018-19); wheat grown 6.7 lakh tonnes (2018-19); pulses grown 0.1 lakh tonnes (2018-19); oilseeds grown 0.6 lakh tonnes (2018-19); sugarcane grown 0.0 lakh tonnes (2018-19); milk produced 25.4 lakh tonnes (2018-19).

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 Ladakh, the gross enrolment ratio in higher education (18 to 23 year olds) was 11.5% in 2021-22, 3rd lowest of 36 states and union territories with figures for 2021-22. The all-India figure was 28.4%.

In Ladakh, the gross enrolment ratio in classes 11 and 12 was 57.7% in 2024-25, near the middle of the 36 states and union territories with figures for 2024-25 (20th counted from the highest).

In Ladakh, the pupil-teacher ratio in the state's schools was 8 pupils for each teacher in 2024-25, joint lowest of 36 states and union territories with figures for 2024-25.

In Ladakh, the share of schools with an internet connection was 45.7% in 2023-24, near the middle of the 36 states and union territories with figures for 2023-24 (24th counted from the highest).

In Ladakh, the share of 15 to 29 year olds not in education, employment or training (NSS 79) was 16.8% in NSS 79, 2022-23, 28th 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%.

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.

The World Bank's climate portal draws no area for this unit, so it publishes no state average.

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.

This union territory has no state budget of its own in the RBI's Handbook: its accounts are part of the Union government's.

Before October 2019, the sources published figures for the former state of Jammu and Kashmir (with Ladakh), a different territory, so they are not compared with Ladakh's: fiscal deficit, % of GSDP 8.3% (2018-19); debt, % of GSDP 49.3% (2018-19); own tax revenue, % of GSDP 6.3% (2018-19).

Ladakh 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.

5,994 series across 13 guides name Ladakh. 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: ladakh.csv.