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🧵 Meat is widely consumed in India. 80% of Indians aged 15-49 consumed some form of animal-sourced protein (excluding dairy) as of 2021, up from 74% in 2006.

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Title: Six in ten meat-eaters in India consume it at least once a week Sub-title: Frequency of consumption among those who eat meat (2021) Explanation: Six in ten meat-eaters in India consume meat at least weekly. Weekly consumption is highest for eggs (58%), followed by chicken/meat (53%) and fish (48%). Source: National Family Health Survey 5 (2019-21), IIPS Attribution: Data For India | CC BY
December 16, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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🧵 The size of a country's economy is measured by its gross domestic product (GDP)—the monetary value of everything produced in the country, or everything consumed, invested and exported.

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Title: How to understand inflation in India through its GDP numbers? Sub-title: India's nominal and real GDP, over time Explanation: A line chart showing two trend lines from 2012 to 2024. The dark blue line represents nominal GDP (at current prices), rising from ₹87 trillion in 2012 to ₹295 trillion in 2024. The orange line shows real GDP (inflation-adjusted, at 2011-12 prices), growing from ₹87 trillion in 2012 to ₹174 trillion in 2024. The shaded area between the lines represents inflation's cumulative effect. An annotation points to the gap, stating "The difference between the growth rates of real and nominal GDP is one measure of the general inflation during that period." Source: National Statistics Office Attribution: Data For India | CC BY
December 12, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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🧵 According to the United Nations, an international migrant is someone who has moved across an international border and changed their usual place of residence, typically living in the new country continuously for at least 12 months.

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Title: Where have most Indian men and women emigrated to? Sub-title: Top destinations for Indian emigrants, by gender (2024) Explanation: A horizontal bar chart showing the top 5 destination countries for Indian emigrants in 2024, split by gender. The UAE hosts 2.28 million Indian men and 968,227 Indian women. Saudi Arabia has 1.77 million men but only 179,070 women. The USA, UK and Canada show nearly equal numbers. Migration patterns differ significantly by gender: men primarily migrate to Gulf countries, while women are more likely to move to the USA. The chart figures reflect total international migrant stock, not annual migration flows. Source: UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs Attribution: Data For India | CC BY
December 9, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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🧵 With over 1.4 billion people, India is the most populous country in the world. But since the 1980s, India's population growth has been gradually slowing down.

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Title: India's population is rapidly ageing Sub-title: Observed and projected median age by country, over time Explanation: Line chart showing median age trends from 1950 to 2100 for India, World, and United States. India's median age was around 20 years in 1950, rose to 29 years by 2025, and is projected to reach 48 years by 2100. The chart highlights that by the mid-2030s, the median Indian will be older than the world's median person. Source: World Population Prospects, 2024 Revision, UN Population Division Attribution: Data For India | CC BY
December 5, 2025 at 3:31 AM
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🧵 The share of textile and apparel within India’s manufacturing sector has grown significantly, powered to a large extent by women workers. One economic activity within these sectors in particular has seen a sharp rise - custom tailoring.

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Title: One in six manufacturing workers in India is a custom tailor Sub-title: Share of custom tailors within manufacturing sector (2024) Explanation: A choropleth map of India shows state-wise distribution of custom tailors as a percentage of manufacturing workers in 2024. Bihar and Andhra Pradesh have the highest concentrations, with over a third of their manufacturing workforce engaged in custom tailoring. Across India, one in six manufacturing workers (17%) are custom tailors, up from just 7% in 2005. The number of custom tailors has grown from under 4 million to 12 million over this period. Source: Periodic Labour Force Survey 2023–24, NSO Attribution: Data For India | CC BY
December 2, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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🧵 Manufacturing activity in India takes place in two broad ways: organised manufacturing that happens in factories, and unorganised manufacturing which is typically at a small scale and family-run.

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Title: Most unorganised manufacturing units in India are single-person establishments Sub-title: Unorganised manufacturing establishments, by type (2024) Explanation: Most of India's 20 million unorganised manufacturing establishments are own-account establishments run by a single person who receives financial remuneration, though they may have unpaid family helpers. 94% of rural and 79% of urban unorganised manufacturing units are own-account establishments. Only 6% of rural and 21% of urban units are hired-worker establishments with at least one paid employee. Source: Annual Survey of Unincorporated Sector Enterprises 2023-24, MoSPI Attribution: Data For India | CC BY
November 28, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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🧵 India's female labour force participation rate (LFPR) - the share of women who are either working or seeking work - is low by global standards.

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Title: Employment for urban women has steadily risen across India... Sub-title: Urban female employment in three major sectors, over time Explanation: A line chart showing urban female employment from 1983 to 2024. Services sector grew from about 4 million to 28 million women. Industry remained relatively flat, growing from about 3 million to 12 million. Agriculture stayed minimal reaching 5 million in 2024. The top occupations for urban women are tailoring, cleaners/helpers in homes, hotels or offices, and shop salespersons. Source: NSS and PLFS, National Statistics Office, Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India Attribution: Data For India | CC BY Title: ... but lags behind employment for urban Indian men Sub-title: Urban male employment in three major sectors, over time Explanation: A line chart showing urban male employment from 1983 to 2024. Services sector grew dramatically from about 25 million to 87 million men. Industry grew from about 15 million to 48 million. Agriculture remained minimal at under 10 million throughout. For men, shopkeeping or selling items in retail shops is the most common occupation in urban areas. Source: NSS and PLFS, National Statistics Office, Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India Attribution: Data For India | CC BY
November 25, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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Education levels in India have improved consistently over time. The relative share of those who are illiterate has declined sharply over the years, while the share of those who go on to get a higher education has risen.

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Title: Education levels in rural India are comparable to … Sub-title: Education levels in rural India, over time Explanation: A stacked area chart showing education levels in rural India from 1987 to 2020. Illiteracy fell from over 66% to about 38%. Primary education increase from about 28% to 36%. Secondary education grew from 5% to 19%. Higher education remained minimal, growing from near 1% to about 7%. Nearly one in four rural Indians are still illiterate, but this is concentrated among older age groups. Data excludes those below the age of 25. Data refers to the highest completed level of education. Source: National Sample Survey rounds 42, 52, 64, 71, 75 and 78, NSO Attribution: Data For India | CC BY Title: … education levels in urban India from over three decades ago Sub-title: Education levels in urban India, over time Explanation: A stacked area chart showing education levels in urban India from 1987 to 2020. Illiteracy fell from about 32% to 17%. Primary education decreased from about 40% to 30%. Secondary education grew from about 18% to 29%. Higher education rose sharply from about 10% to 24%. Higher education is a largely urban phenomenon in India, with one in four adults now having a higher education. Data excludes those below the age of 25. Data refers to the highest completed level of education. Source: National Sample Survey rounds 42, 52, 64, 71, 75 and 78, NSO Attribution: Data For India | CC BY
November 21, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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🧵 Propelled by rising mobile phone and internet access, India is witnessing an exponential growth in digital payments.

Just two decades ago, more than 95% of the money spent every day on major retail payments was made using cheques.

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Title: Debit cards are far more common than credit cards in India Sub-title: Debit and credit cards per 1,000 people, 2006–2024 Explanation: Debit cards rise from 59 per 1,000 in 2006 to 683 in 2024, peaking near 700 in 2018 with a dip around 2019; credit cards remain much lower but climb steadily to 74 per 1,000 by 2024. RBI reports roughly 100 million credit cards and nearly 1 billion debit cards in circulation. Source: Database on Indian Economy (RBI); UN World Population Prospects Attribution: Data For India | CC BY
November 18, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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🧵 One of the most important ways that countries interact with each other in the global economy is through trade. A combination of historical, economic and geo-political factors tend to drive these global trading patterns.

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Title: Who are India’s top import and export partners for goods? Sub-title: India’s top trading partners in goods (2024) Explanation: The bars show the top five partners for goods trade on each side. For imports, China is highest at $102bn, followed by Russia ($61bn), UAE ($48bn), US ($42bn), and Saudi Arabia ($31bn). For exports, the US leads at $78bn, then UAE ($36bn), Netherlands ($22bn), China ($17bn), and Singapore ($14bn). Source: Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India Attribution: Data For India | CC BY
November 14, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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🧵 One of the most important measures of a country's nutritional and public health status is whether its children are adequately nourished. The most closely tracked indicator on child nutrition outcomes is stunting.

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Title: More than a third of children in India are stunted Sub-title: Share of stunted children under the age of five, by state (2021) Explanation: Highest prevalence in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, and Jharkhand where roughly two in five children are stunted. Many central and eastern states show rates near or above 35–40%. Even in richer southern and western states like Kerala and Tamil Nadu, about one in four children are stunted. Source: National Family Health Survey 5 (2019–21), IIPS Attribution: Data For India | CC BY
November 11, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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Under the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goal 6.2, India has committed to eliminate open defecation and provide equitable access to sanitation and hygiene for all by 2030.

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Title: How many households in India use shared toilet facilities? Sub-title: Percentage of households that use shared toilets, by wealth group (2021) Explanation: In both rural and urban India, poorer households are more likely to use shared toilets. Rural shares range from 15% among the poorest to 5% among the richest. Urban shares range from 31% among the poorest to 1% among the richest, showing a much wider wealth gap in cities. Source: National Family Health Survey (NFHS‑5), 2019–21, IIPS Attribution: Data For India | CC BY
November 7, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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🧵 Higher education is seen as being key to getting young Indians into skilled and high paying jobs, and to accelerating economic growth.

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Title: Postgraduate enrolment is higher among female students over male in India Sub-title: Postgraduate enrolment by major disciplines, 2022 Explanation: Horizontal bar chart comparing female and male postgraduate enrolment across disciplines. Women outnumber men in most fields: Social Sciences, Science, Languages, Commerce, Education, Medical Science. Men outnumber women in Management and Engineering. Source: All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE), Department of Higher Education Attribution: Data For India | CC BY
November 4, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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🧵 India is a relatively young country. Half of India's population is under the age of 30, making it a far younger country than its European, North American and East Asian counterparts.

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October 31, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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🧵 The most widely used indicator to understand how risky pregnancy and childbirth are in a region is the maternal mortality ratio (MMR). MMR is the number of maternal deaths, during pregnancy or within 42 days after, for every 100,000 live births.

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Title: India has seen a sharp fall in the risk of death during pregnancy Sub-title: Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) of India and selected states, over time Explanation: Line chart from 1998–2023 comparing India, Odisha, and Andhra Pradesh. India’s MMR falls from about 398 to 88. Andhra Pradesh drops from 197 to 30. Odisha declines from 346 to a low near 120 around 2020, then rises to 153 by 2023. The gap between richer and poorer states narrows overall, with a small recent increase in Odisha. Source: SRS Special Bulletin on Maternal Mortality in India Attribution: Data For India | CC BY
October 28, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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🧵 Literacy - the ability to read and write a sentence in any language with proper comprehension - is the most fundamental measure of educational outcomes.

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Title: The literacy gap has narrowed between urban and rural India Sub-title: Literacy rate in India by region, 1951–2023 Explanation: Two-line chart shows literacy rising in both regions with the gap shrinking over time. Urban literacy increases from about 35% in 1951 to 89% in 2023. Rural literacy rises from about 12% to 77% by 2023. The steepest gains appear after the 1990s, and the 2023 endpoints are labeled on the lines (Urban 89%, Rural 77%). Source: Census of India 1951–2011; NSS Survey Rounds 71, 75, 78; PLFS 2022–23, NSO Attribution: Data For India | CC BY
October 24, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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🧵 India is in the midst of an epidemiological transition, a moment in public health when non-communicable diseases replace communicable diseases as the leading cause of mortality.

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Title: Which communicable diseases lead to the most deaths in India? Sub-title: Top 5 causes of death due to communicable, maternal, perinatal and nutritional conditions in India, over time Explanation: Respiratory infections became the leading cause of death among communicable conditions, spiking sharply around 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic and reaching about 10% before easing to 9.3% in 2022. Other major causes declined over time: diarrhoeal diseases and perinatal conditions fell to near 2% by 2022, and tuberculosis dropped to about 2.5%. “Fever of unknown origin” remained around 5% in 2022. Source: Causes of Death reports, Sample Registration System (RGI) Attribution: Data For India | CC BY
October 21, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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🧵 Organised manufacturing in India accounts for the majority of economic value added through manufacturing, with over 200,000 factories creating nearly Rs 22 trillion in value added as of 2023.

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Title: Which states add the most value for India’s leading industries? Sub-title: Leading states in gross value added by industry, 2023 Explanation: Most industrial activity for basic metals takes place in Odisha and Jharkhand. The chemicals industry and the manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products are both concentrated in Gujarat and Maharashtra. The manufacture of vehicles mainly takes place in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and Haryana. Source: Annual Survey of Industries, 2022–23, MoSPI Attribution: Data For India | CC BY
October 17, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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🧵 The ownership of computers in India has had a slow growth. Over the last two decades, the share of households who own computers grew from 1% to just over 9%. In most developed countries, on the other hand, computer ownership is above 75%.

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Title: Fewer than one in ten households in India own a computer Sub-title: Share of households with a computer by country Explanation: Horizontal bar chart comparing household computer ownership rates. United Arab Emirates 99%. Singapore 89%. Japan 75%. Brazil 41%. Viet Nam 27%. South Africa 26%. Sri Lanka 24%. Indonesia 18%. Bangladesh 9%. India 9% highlighted. Among the 30 million households in India that own a computer, 90% have a laptop. Source: International Telecommunications Union DataHub; NSS Round 79, CAMS 2023, NSO Attribution: Data For India | CC BY
October 14, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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🧵 The rise of mobile phones powered access to the internet in India. Only 2% of homes in India had internet access in 2009, but the pace of internet access accelerated once mobile broadband entered the space.

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Title: Internet usage in India lags behind some emerging economies Sub-title: Share of people who use the internet by country, over time Explanation: Line chart from 1991–2023 comparing internet-use rates in Russia, Brazil, China, India and Bangladesh. India grows rapidly after 2010 but remains behind peers in 2023: Russia 92%, Brazil 84%, China 77%, India 58%, Bangladesh 45%. Source: World Development Indicators, 2023, World Bank; CAMS, Round 79, NSO Attribution: Data For India | CC BY
October 10, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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🧵 Road accidents are a leading cause of mortality in India. 29 out of every 1,000 deaths in India in 2022 were attributed to road accidents.

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Title: Which vehicles cause the most road accident deaths in India? Sub-title: Share of fatalities by impacting vehicle for two‑wheeler riders, pedestrians, and four‑wheeler occupants (2022) Explanation: Two‑wheelers are the leading impacting vehicle overall. Among two‑wheeler deaths, 37% involved another two‑wheeler; for pedestrians, impacts are split with 28% two‑wheelers and 33% other vehicles; for four‑wheeler occupants, other four‑wheelers dominate at 43% and trucks or lorries are nearly a quarter (24%). Source: Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Government of India Attribution: Data For India
October 7, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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🧵 Nearly 95% of Indian households have access to basic drinking water, a rate of progress that has surpassed the world's average. Tap or piped water is the single largest source of drinking water for urban Indians.

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Chart Title: Seven in ten households in urban India primarily drink tap water Description: Choropleth map of India showing, by state and UT, the share of urban households whose principal drinking water source is tap or piped water in 2023. Bihar has only about one in four households using tap water, Kerala relies mainly on household wells, and in Karnataka, Telangana, and Andhra Pradesh over a quarter of households primarily drink bottled water. Key Points: - Higher shares are visible across much of western, northern, and northeastern India; lower shares in Bihar and parts of the south. - Southern states Karnataka, Telangana, and Andhra Pradesh have notable bottled water use, while Kerala relies more on household wells. Source: CAMS, NSS 79th Round, 2022–23, NSO Attribution: DataForIndia.com/access-to-drinking-water/ | CC BY
October 3, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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🧵 India has made remarkable progress in reducing deaths caused by malaria over the past two decades. In 2005, malaria was responsible for an estimated 209,000 deaths nationwide, but by 2022, this figure was down to around 9,400 deaths.

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Chart Title: Malaria-related deaths among children in India have declined significantly Description: Line chart showing the share of all deaths due to malaria over time by age group in India from 2005 to 2022. Two series are plotted: children aged 5–14 years and the overall population (all ages). Both series decline steeply, with the larger drop for ages 5–14. Key Points: - In 2005, 5–14 year olds had about 8.6% of deaths due to malaria, falling to 0.5% by 2022. - For all ages, the share declined from about 2.5% in 2005 to 0.1% in 2022. - Annotation highlights that deaths among children 5–14 fell from roughly 1 in 10 in 2005 to 1 in 200 by 2022. Source: Cause of Death Survey, Sample Registration System (SRS) Attribution: DataForIndia.com/malaria-in-india/ | CC BY
September 30, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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Over time, the Indian economy has steadily moved away from its dependence on agriculture. The majority of the value added to the Indian economy now comes from the services sector.

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Chart Title: Services contribute over half of India’s economic value added Description: Choropleth map of India showing each state and union territory shaded by the share of services in the state’s Gross State Value Added for 2021–22. The map includes annotation notes pointing out Gujarat and Punjab as outliers among richer states, and that in richer southern states the services sector exceeds 60% of GSDP. Key Points: - Services account for more than half of GSDP in 15 states and UTs; in states like Kerala, Telangana, and Karnataka, services exceed 60%. - Gujarat stands out among richer states for a manufacturing‑led economy, while Punjab is notable for a larger agriculture share. Source: State economy statistics, accessed at the DBIE, RBI Attribution: DataForIndia.com/state‑economies/ | CC BY
September 26, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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🧵 One of the most effective ways to understand how Indians live is by looking at how much money they spend in a month, and on which commodities.

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Chart Title: How does the average Indian household use their food budget? Description: A stacked bar chart shows the share of household spending on food by category in multiple years from 1988 to 2023. Categories are cereals and pulses, fruits nuts and vegetables, dairy products, eggs fish and meat, salt sugar oil and spices, and packaged food. Each year’s bar sums to 100 percent, revealing long-run shifts in the food basket. Key Points: - Spending on cereals and pulses declines steeply from 43% in 1988 to 14% in 2023. - Packaged food rises the most, from 8% in 1988 to 23% in 2023. - Fruits, nuts and vegetables increase from 12% to 20% over the period. - Dairy grows from 14% to 18%; eggs, fish and meat from 5% to 10%. Source: NSS Rounds 38 to 79, HCES, NSO Attribution: DataForIndia.com/consumption-expenditure/ | CC BY
September 23, 2025 at 3:30 AM