Sikkim

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

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 Sikkim, income per person was ₹6,46,183 in 2024-25, the highest of 32 states and union territories with figures for 2024-25. That is about ₹1,770 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 Sikkim, the economy's real growth (GSDP at constant prices) was 6.3% in 2024-25, 27th of the 32 states and union territories with figures for 2024-25, counted from the highest. The all-India figure was 6.5%.

In Sikkim, gross state domestic product (GSDP), the size of the economy was ₹53,340 crore in 2024-25, 27th of the 32 states and union territories with figures for 2024-25, counted from the highest.

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 Sikkim, services' share was 29.9% in 2024-25, the lowest of 32 states and union territories with figures for 2024-25. The all-India figure was 54.9%.

In Sikkim, farming's share of the state's output (GSVA) was 6.9% in 2024-25, 5th lowest of 32 states and union territories with figures for 2024-25. The all-India figure was 17.9%.

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 Sikkim, retail inflation (prices against a year earlier) was 4.6% in August 2026, near the middle of the 36 states and union territories with figures for August 2026 (17th 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 Sikkim.

In Sikkim, inflation in food and drink was 4.7% in August 2026, near the middle of the 36 states and union territories with figures for August 2026 (21st 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 Sikkim, the unemployment rate (age 15 and above, usual status) was 3.2% 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 3.1%.

In Sikkim, the unemployment rate among graduates (usual status) was 7.1% in 2025, 31st of the 36 states and union territories with figures for 2025, counted from the highest. The all-India figure was 11.2%.

In Sikkim, the share of women working or looking for work was 66.7% in 2025, the highest of 36 states and union territories with figures for 2025. The all-India figure was 40.0%.

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 Sikkim, monthly spending per person in villages was ₹9,377 in 2023-24, the highest of 36 states and union territories with figures for 2023-24. The all-India figure was ₹4,122. A month's ₹9,377 is about ₹313 a day for each person in the household, for food, fuel, rent, travel, school and everything else.

In Sikkim, monthly spending per person in towns and cities was ₹13,927 in 2023-24, the highest of 36 states and union territories with figures for 2023-24. The all-India figure was ₹6,996. A month's ₹13,927 is about ₹464 a day for each person in the household, for food, fuel, rent, travel, school and everything else.

In Sikkim, monthly spending per person of the poorest 5% of village households was ₹3,194 in 2023-24, 4th highest of 36 states and union territories with figures for 2023-24. The all-India figure was ₹1,677.

In Sikkim, food's share of what village households spend was 50.2% in 2023-24, 8th of the 36 states and union territories with figures for 2023-24, counted from the highest. The all-India figure was 47.0%.

In Sikkim, the monthly income of an agricultural household, from all sources (NSS 77, agricultural year July 2018 to June 2019, paid-out costs) was ₹12,447 in NSS 77, 2019, near the middle of the 27 states and union territories with figures for NSS 77, 2019 (11th counted from the highest). The all-India figure was ₹10,218.

In Sikkim, the average cash loan outstanding per rural household, counting those with none (AIDIS, 30 June 2018) was ₹39,719 in NSS 77 (AIDIS), 2019, near the middle of the 33 states and union territories with figures for NSS 77 (AIDIS), 2019 (18th counted from the highest). The all-India figure was ₹59,748.

In Sikkim, the share of people who are multidimensionally poor (NITI Aayog) was 2.6% in 2019-21, 30th of the 36 states and union territories with figures for 2019-21, counted from the highest. The all-India figure was 15.0%.

In Sikkim, the share of people in homes with an improved toilet was 87.3% in NFHS-5, 2019-21, 7th of the 36 states and union territories with figures for 2019-21, counted from the highest. The all-India figure was 70.2%. In the previous round, NFHS-4, 2015-16, it was 88.2%.

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 Sikkim, the share of children under five who are too short for their age was 20.1% in NFHS-6, 2023-24, joint 5th lowest of 35 states and union territories with figures for 2023-24. The all-India figure was 29.3%. In the previous round, NFHS-5, 2019-21, it was 22.3%. That is about 20 in every 100 children under five, a sign of poor nutrition in the years when it matters most.

In Sikkim, the share of births in a hospital or health centre was 97.7% in NFHS-6, 2023-24, 11th 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 94.7%.

In Sikkim, the share of women aged 15 and above with high blood pressure, or on medicine for it was 32.0% in NFHS-6, 2023-24, the highest of 35 states and union territories with figures for 2023-24. The all-India figure was 19.4%. In the previous round, NFHS-5, 2019-21, it was 34.5%.

In Sikkim, the share of women aged 15 to 49 who are anaemic was 42.0% in NFHS-5, 2019-21, 29th 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 34.9%.

In Sikkim, the number of infant deaths for every 1,000 live births (Sample Registration System) was 6 in 2022-23, joint 3rd lowest of 34 states and union territories with figures for 2022-23. The all-India figure was 25.

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 Sikkim, the credit-deposit ratio (bank loans booked in the state for every ₹100 deposited there) was 48.4% at the end of June 2026, 26th 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 Sikkim, they have lent about ₹48 in Sikkim. The rest is lent elsewhere.

In Sikkim, the total of bank deposits was ₹17,530 crore at the end of June 2026, 31st of the 36 states and union territories with figures for the end of June 2026, counted from the highest. The all-India figure was ₹256.52 lakh crore.

In Sikkim, farm loans' share of bank credit booked in the state was 3.8% at the end of June 2026, 5th lowest of 36 states and union territories with figures for the end of June 2026. The all-India figure was 11.2%.

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 Sikkim, the number of factories in operation was 87 in 2023-24, 4th lowest of 36 states and union territories with figures for 2023-24. The all-India figure was 2,12,990.

In Sikkim, the number of unincorporated enterprises outside farming (ASUSE) was 45,938 in 2023-24, 31st of the 36 states and union territories with figures for 2023-24, counted from the highest. The all-India figure was 7,33,99,476.

In Sikkim, the renewable power capacity installed was 2,345 MW in July 2026, near the middle of the 36 states and union territories with figures for July 2026 (18th counted from the highest). The all-India figure was 2,91,726 MW.

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 Sikkim, the foodgrain harvest was 0.7 lakh tonnes in 2024-25, 3rd lowest of 31 states and union territories with figures for 2024-25. The all-India figure was 3,577 lakh tonnes.

In Sikkim, the foodgrain yield was 1,577 kg a hectare in 2024-25, 2nd lowest of 31 states and union territories with figures for 2024-25. The all-India figure was 2,601 kg a hectare.

In Sikkim, the rice harvest was 0.1 lakh tonnes in 2024-25, the lowest of 31 states and union territories with figures for 2024-25. The all-India figure was 1,502 lakh tonnes.

In Sikkim, the wheat harvest was 0.0 lakh tonnes in 2024-25, the lowest of 25 states and union territories with figures for 2024-25. The all-India figure was 1,179 lakh tonnes.

In Sikkim, the fertiliser (nitrogen, phosphate and potash) used on each hectare was 0 kg a hectare in 2007-08, the lowest of 30 states and union territories with figures for 2007-08. The all-India figure was 115 kg a hectare.

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 Sikkim, the gross enrolment ratio in higher education (18 to 23 year olds) was 38.6% in 2021-22, 9th of the 36 states and union territories with figures for 2021-22, counted from the highest. The all-India figure was 28.4%.

In Sikkim, the gross enrolment ratio in classes 11 and 12 was 49.6% in 2024-25, 27th of the 36 states and union territories with figures for 2024-25, counted from the highest.

In Sikkim, 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 Sikkim, the share of schools with an internet connection was 46.8% in 2023-24, near the middle of the 36 states and union territories with figures for 2023-24 (23rd counted from the highest).

In Sikkim, the share of 15 to 29 year olds not in education, employment or training (NSS 79) was 13.3% in NSS 79, 2022-23, 4th lowest of 36 states and union territories with figures for NSS 79, 2022-23. 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.

In Sikkim, the average air temperature over the year was 7.0°C in 2025, 2nd lowest of 33 states and union territories with figures for 2025. Its average over 1951 to 1980 was 4.4°C.

In Sikkim, the rain over the year was 4,148 mm in 2025, the highest of 33 states and union territories with figures for 2025. Its average over 1951 to 1980 was 3,943 mm.

In Sikkim, 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 +0 days in 2040-2059.

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 Sikkim, outstanding liabilities at the end of March, as a share of GSDP was 31.2% in 2022-23, near the middle of the 31 states and union territories with figures for 2022-23 (18th counted from the highest).

In Sikkim, the gross fiscal deficit, as a share of the state's GSDP was 4.5% in 2022-23, 8th of the 31 states and union territories with figures for 2022-23, counted from the highest.

In Sikkim, interest payments as a share of revenue spending was 9.4% in 2022-23, near the middle of the 31 states and union territories with figures for 2022-23 (18th counted from the highest). The all-India figure was 12.3%.

In Sikkim, the cut-off yield on the state's market loans, weighted by amount raised was 7.44% a year in 2025-26, 6th of the 31 states and union territories with figures for 2025-26, counted from the highest. The all-India figure was 7.32% a year.

Sikkim 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.

7,699 series across 15 guides name Sikkim. 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: sikkim.csv.