YouthPOWER · Compare states

How states compare on youth opportunity

Two questions, not one. How high a state scores, and how evenly that score is spread across its own districts. The second gap is often the bigger one.

How states rank
How even, within each state
LEVEL — the composite score. How a state sits vs the nation and vs another state.
States ranked · Total score

The centre line is the typical (median) state, at 48. A state's bar runs right if it's above the typical state, left if below — the length is the gap from typical.

← below typicalabove typical →
Chandigarh
66
Goa
65
Delhi
62
Puducherry
57
Ladakh
55
Kerala
55
Sikkim
55
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
54
Himachal Pradesh
54
Mizoram
54
Haryana
52
Punjab
51
Andaman and Nicobar Island
51
Tamil Nadu
50
Jammu and Kashmir
50
Uttarakhand
49
Karnataka
48
Nagaland
48
Manipur
48
Lakshadweep
48
Arunachal Pradesh
48
Maharashtra
47
Gujarat
47
Telangana
47
Rajasthan
46
Andhra Pradesh
45
Jharkhand
44
West Bengal
44
Tripura
44
Odisha
43
Assam
43
Chhattisgarh
43
Madhya Pradesh
42
Uttar Pradesh
42
Meghalaya
42
Bihar
41
Head to head

Two states across all five pillars.

Total score
66
65
Education
75
71
Opportunity
76
63
Work
59
69
Readiness (Skilling)
50
62
Participation
67
59
Districts in the national bottom fifth on total score: Chandigarh 0 of 1, Goa 0 of 2.
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Scores are a composite 0–100 index. Distribution figures are computed across districts within each state. The national picture · Methods & data