West Bengal

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. West Bengal 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 West Bengal 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 West Bengal, income per person was ₹1,64,141 in 2024-25, 23rd of the 32 states and union territories with figures for 2024-25, counted from the highest. West Bengal's estimate for 2025-26, which 15 states and union territories have published so far, is ₹1,79,389. That is about ₹450 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 West Bengal, the economy's real growth (GSDP at constant prices) was 7.0% in 2024-25, near the middle of the 32 states and union territories with figures for 2024-25 (20th counted from the highest). The all-India figure was 6.5%. West Bengal's estimate for 2025-26, which 15 states and union territories have published so far, is 7.6%.

In West Bengal, gross state domestic product (GSDP), the size of the economy was ₹18.12 lakh crore in 2024-25, 6th of the 32 states and union territories with figures for 2024-25, counted from the highest. West Bengal's estimate for 2025-26, which 15 states and union territories have published so far, is ₹19.91 lakh crore.

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 West Bengal, services' share was 57.6% in 2024-25, 10th of the 32 states and union territories with figures for 2024-25, counted from the highest. The all-India figure was 54.9%. West Bengal's estimate for 2025-26, which 15 states and union territories have published so far, is 59.1%.

In West Bengal, farming's share of the state's output (GSVA) was 19.8% in 2024-25, near the middle of the 32 states and union territories with figures for 2024-25 (13th counted from the highest). The all-India figure was 17.9%. West Bengal's estimate for 2025-26, which 15 states and union territories have published so far, is 18.4%.

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 West Bengal, retail inflation (prices against a year earlier) was 3.3% in August 2026, 29th 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 ₹103 in August 2026, on the average shopping basket of West Bengal.

In West Bengal, inflation in food and drink was 3.2% in August 2026, 28th of the 36 states and union territories with figures for August 2026, 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 West Bengal, the unemployment rate (age 15 and above, usual status) was 2.8% in 2025, 26th of the 36 states and union territories with figures for 2025, counted from the highest. The all-India figure was 3.1%.

In West Bengal, the unemployment rate among graduates (usual status) was 11.4% 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 11.2%.

In West Bengal, the share of women working or looking for work was 37.5% in 2025, 27th of the 36 states and union territories with figures for 2025, counted from the highest. The all-India figure was 40.0%.

In West Bengal, the daily wage of a man doing general farm work was ₹347 a day in 2024-25, 5th lowest of 19 states and union territories with figures for 2024-25. The all-India figure was ₹398 a day.

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 West Bengal, monthly spending per person in villages was ₹3,620 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 ₹4,122. A month's ₹3,620 is about ₹121 a day for each person in the household, for food, fuel, rent, travel, school and everything else.

In West Bengal, monthly spending per person in towns and cities was ₹5,775 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 ₹6,996. A month's ₹5,775 is about ₹193 a day for each person in the household, for food, fuel, rent, travel, school and everything else.

In West Bengal, monthly spending per person of the poorest 5% of village households was ₹1,681 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 ₹1,677.

In West Bengal, food's share of what village households spend was 51.5% in 2023-24, 4th highest of 36 states and union territories with figures for 2023-24. The all-India figure was 47.0%.

In West Bengal, the monthly income of an agricultural household, from all sources (NSS 77, agricultural year July 2018 to June 2019, paid-out costs) was ₹6,762 in NSS 77, 2019, 3rd lowest of 27 states and union territories with figures for NSS 77, 2019. The all-India figure was ₹10,218.

In West Bengal, the average cash loan outstanding per rural household, counting those with none (AIDIS, 30 June 2018) was ₹18,497 in NSS 77 (AIDIS), 2019, 23rd of the 33 states and union territories with figures for NSS 77 (AIDIS), 2019, counted from the highest. The all-India figure was ₹59,748.

In West Bengal, the share of people who are multidimensionally poor (NITI Aayog) was 11.9% in 2019-21, near the middle of the 36 states and union territories with figures for 2019-21 (13th counted from the highest). The all-India figure was 15.0%.

In West Bengal, the share of people in homes with an improved toilet was 68.0% 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 70.2%. In the previous round, NFHS-4, 2015-16, it was 50.9%.

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 West Bengal, the share of children under five who are too short for their age was 22.4% in NFHS-6, 2023-24, 24th of the 35 states and union territories with figures for 2023-24, counted from the highest. The all-India figure was 29.3%. In the previous round, NFHS-5, 2019-21, it was 33.8%. That is about 22 in every 100 children under five, a sign of poor nutrition in the years when it matters most.

In West Bengal, the share of births in a hospital or health centre was 94.9% in NFHS-6, 2023-24, near the middle of the 35 states and union territories with figures for 2023-24 (18th counted from the highest). The all-India figure was 90.6%. In the previous round, NFHS-5, 2019-21, it was 91.7%.

In West Bengal, the share of women aged 15 and above with high blood pressure, or on medicine for it was 24.3% in NFHS-6, 2023-24, 9th 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 20.5%.

In West Bengal, the share of women aged 15 to 49 who are anaemic was 71.4% in NFHS-5, 2019-21, 2nd highest of 36 states and union territories with figures for 2019-21. The all-India figure was 57.0%. In the previous round, NFHS-4, 2015-16, it was 62.5%.

In West Bengal, the number of infant deaths for every 1,000 live births (Sample Registration System) was 17 in 2022-23, near the middle of the 34 states and union territories with figures for 2022-23 (joint 16th counted from the highest). 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 West Bengal, the credit-deposit ratio (bank loans booked in the state for every ₹100 deposited there) was 58.6% at the end of June 2026, near the middle of the 36 states and union territories with figures for the end of June 2026 (19th counted from the highest). The all-India figure was 83.0%. For every ₹100 deposited with banks in West Bengal, they have lent about ₹59 in West Bengal. The rest is lent elsewhere.

In West Bengal, the total of bank deposits was ₹12.94 lakh crore at the end of June 2026, 7th 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 West Bengal, farm loans' share of bank credit booked in the state was 8.3% at the end of June 2026, near the middle of the 36 states and union territories with figures for the end of June 2026 (24th counted from the highest). 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 West Bengal, the number of factories in operation was 8,416 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 2,12,990.

In West Bengal, the number of unincorporated enterprises outside farming (ASUSE) was 92,67,816 in 2023-24, 2nd highest of 36 states and union territories with figures for 2023-24. The all-India figure was 7,33,99,476.

In West Bengal, the renewable power capacity installed was 2,155 MW in July 2026, near the middle of the 36 states and union territories with figures for July 2026 (20th 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 West Bengal, the foodgrain harvest was 199 lakh tonnes in 2024-25, 7th of the 31 states and union territories with figures for 2024-25, counted from the highest. The all-India figure was 3,577 lakh tonnes.

In West Bengal, the foodgrain yield was 2,999 kg a hectare in 2024-25, 7th of the 31 states and union territories with figures for 2024-25, counted from the highest. The all-India figure was 2,601 kg a hectare.

In West Bengal, the rice harvest was 160 lakh tonnes in 2024-25, 3rd highest of 31 states and union territories with figures for 2024-25. The all-India figure was 1,502 lakh tonnes.

In West Bengal, the wheat harvest was 5.7 lakh tonnes in 2024-25, near the middle of the 25 states and union territories with figures for 2024-25 (12th counted from the highest). The all-India figure was 1,179 lakh tonnes.

In West Bengal, the fertiliser (nitrogen, phosphate and potash) used on each hectare was 182 kg a hectare in 2020-21, 8th of the 30 states and union territories with figures for 2020-21, counted from the highest. The all-India figure was 137 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 West Bengal, the gross enrolment ratio in higher education (18 to 23 year olds) was 26.3% in 2021-22, near the middle of the 36 states and union territories with figures for 2021-22 (21st counted from the highest). The all-India figure was 28.4%.

In West Bengal, the gross enrolment ratio in classes 11 and 12 was 51.5% in 2024-25, 25th of the 36 states and union territories with figures for 2024-25, counted from the highest.

In West Bengal, the pupil-teacher ratio in the state's schools was 29 pupils for each teacher in 2024-25, 4th highest of 36 states and union territories with figures for 2024-25.

In West Bengal, the share of schools with an internet connection was 17.5% in 2023-24, the lowest of 36 states and union territories with figures for 2023-24.

In West Bengal, the share of 15 to 29 year olds not in education, employment or training (NSS 79) was 30.2% in NSS 79, 2022-23, 5th highest 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 West Bengal, the average air temperature over the year was 25.8°C in 2025, near the middle of the 33 states and union territories with figures for 2025 (12th counted from the highest). Its average over 1951 to 1980 was 25.1°C.

In West Bengal, the rain over the year was 2,037 mm in 2025, 9th of the 33 states and union territories with figures for 2025, counted from the highest. Its average over 1951 to 1980 was 1,830 mm.

In West Bengal, 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 +17 days in 2040-2059, near the middle of the 33 states and union territories with figures for 2040-2059 (13th counted from the highest).

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 West Bengal, outstanding liabilities at the end of March, as a share of GSDP was 39.6% in 2022-23, 7th of the 31 states and union territories with figures for 2022-23, counted from the highest.

In West Bengal, the gross fiscal deficit, as a share of the state's GSDP was 3.3% in 2022-23, near the middle of the 31 states and union territories with figures for 2022-23 (15th counted from the highest).

In West Bengal, interest payments as a share of revenue spending was 18.0% in 2022-23, 2nd highest of 31 states and union territories with figures for 2022-23. The all-India figure was 12.3%.

In West Bengal, the cut-off yield on the state's market loans, weighted by amount raised was 7.61% a year in 2025-26, 2nd highest of 31 states and union territories with figures for 2025-26. The all-India figure was 7.32% a year.

In West Bengal, the days in the last twelve months the state was in overdraft with the RBI, having spent past its advances was 0 days in the year to Jul 2026.

West Bengal 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.

10,663 series across 16 guides name West Bengal. 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: west-bengal.csv.