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🧵 Over half of all women aged 15-49 in India were anaemic as of 2021, according to the National Family Health Survey’s (NFHS) 5th round.

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Title: Over half of all women in India were anaemic as of 2021 Sub-title: Map showing prevalence of anaemia among women aged 15–49 in India, by state (2021) Explanation: A choropleth map of India where each state is shaded from light to dark purple to show the share of women aged 15–49 who are anaemic. Darker states represent higher prevalence, with West Bengal indicated as having the highest incidence. A note highlights that even richer states such as Gujarat have about two in three women who are anaemic. At the bottom, text defines anaemia as haemoglobin below 12.0 g/dl. Source: National Family Health Survey 5 (2019–21), IIPS Attribution: Data For India | CC BY
January 16, 2026 at 3:30 AM
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🧵 India's population growth began to slow down in the 1980s, primarily driven by falling birth rates.

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Title: Child and youth populations are shrinking in India Sub-title: Total population by age-group in India, over time Explanation: India’s child population (aged 0–14) peaked around 2010 and has been falling since. Over the next few decades, the population aged 60 and above is projected to rise steeply and eventually become larger than the population of children. Source: World Population Prospects 2024 Revision, UN Population Division Attribution: Data For India | CC BY
January 13, 2026 at 3:30 AM
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🧵 A higher education is often seen as a pathway to better job prospects and wages.

India had 140 million graduates in 2024, with fewer than 15% of Indians above the age of 25 holding a graduate degree.

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Title: Only four in ten graduate women in India are in the labour force Sub-title: Workforce status of graduates in India, by gender (2024) Explanation: A divided bar compares female and male graduates by three labour market statuses: workers, unemployed, and out of the labour force. Among women graduates, 33% are workers, 9% are unemployed, and 59% are out of the labour force. Among men graduates, 78% are workers, 9% are unemployed, and 13% are out of the labour force, showing that a much larger share of women graduates are neither working nor seeking work. Source: Periodic Labour Force Survey 2023–2024, NSO Attribution: Data For India | CC BY
January 9, 2026 at 3:30 AM
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Within infancy, it is the first week that is the most precarious. Over half of all infant deaths occur in the first week after birth, or in the early neonatal period.

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January 6, 2026 at 3:30 AM
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🧵 Over the last two decades, India has seen a big push towards financial inclusion. Having a bank account is an important first step in that journey, allowing account holders to receive welfare benefits, save, borrow, and invest.

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Title: More than a third of all bank accounts in India were inactive in 2021 Sub-title: Women’s bank accounts are more likely to be inactive than men’s Explanation: Vertical bars compare active and inactive bank accounts for men and women in 2021. For men, 70% of accounts are active and 30% inactive. For women, 58% of accounts are active and 42% inactive. Inactivity is defined as no deposits, withdrawals, or digital payments in the previous year, and reasons include too little money in the account, distance to the bank, and lack of trust in the banking system. Source: The Global Findex Database 2021, World Bank Attribution: Data For India | CC BY
January 2, 2026 at 3:30 AM
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🧵 Measuring whether a household owns physical assets such as a TV, refrigerator, or washing machine often helps us understand its economic situation.

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Title: TVs are common, but washing machines rare in Indian households Sub-title: Share of households owning a television, refrigerator, washing machine, and all three assets, by consumption quintile, India, 2024 Explanation: Horizontal bar charts compare asset ownership across five household expenditure quintiles from poorest to richest. TV ownership is highest overall and rises from 39% of the poorest households to 90% of the richest. Refrigerator ownership is lower but still widespread, increasing from 12% in the poorest group to 83% in the richest. Washing machines are least common, going from 2% among the poorest to 55% among the richest. A fourth chart shows the share of households that own all three assets, climbing sharply from 2% in the poorest quintile to 52% in the richest, highlighting large gaps in access to appliances between poorer and richer households. Source: Household Consumption Expenditure Survey 2023–24, NSO Attribution: Data For India | CC BY
December 30, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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🧵 Of the three broad sectors of the economy – agriculture, industry and services – agriculture remains crucial to India’s economy. But its role is changing.

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December 26, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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🧵 Around 9.5 million people die in India every year. Over the last century, life in India has got safer - a child born in India can expect to live longer than her parents and grandparents did.

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Title: The relative burden of mortality is shifting towards older Indians Sub-title: Share of total deaths in India by age group, over time Explanation: Area chart showing that since 1950, the share of deaths among babies below 1 year and children 1–4 and 5–14 has fallen sharply over time, while the share among people 70+ has risen steadily, indicating that India has greatly reduced the risk of dying young and deaths are now increasingly among the elderly. Source: World Population Prospects, 2024 Revision, UN Population Division Attribution: Data For India | CC BY
December 23, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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🧵 India’s labour force consists of roughly 420 million men and 215 million women, of whom about 13 million men and 7 million women are unemployed. The rest make up what is called the workforce.

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Title: Which jobs do women take up in urban and rural India? Sub-title: Top occupations among women workers in India (2024) Explanation: In urban India, women workers are most likely to be garment and related trades workers or domestic, hotel and office cleaners and helpers, followed by shop salespersons and a smaller share working as primary school and early childhood teachers or cooks. Higher educated urban women are more likely to work as teachers. In rural India, women’s work is dominated by agriculture: market gardeners and crop growers make up the largest group, followed by animal producers and agricultural, forestry and fishery labourers, with smaller shares in mixed crop and animal work and subsistence crop farming. Source: Periodic Labour Force Survey 2023–2024, NSO. Attribution: Data For India | CC BY
December 19, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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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