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Uttar Pradesh
Poverty, Growth & Inequality
Uttar Pradesh is the most populous state in India and is home to 200 million people, 60 million
of who are poor. The pace of poverty reduction in the state has been slower than the rest of
the country. Poverty is widespread. The central and eastern districts in particular have very high
levels of poverty. The state is also experiencing widening consumption inequality in urban areas.
Growth is slow and is driven mainly by services.
Poverty in Uttar Pradesh is slightly above the national average
Population below poverty line, 2012 (%)
50
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40
40
37
37
35
34
33
32
32
29
30
22
22
21
20
20
19
17
17
15
15
12
10
12
11
11
11
10
9
9
8
8
8
5
0
CG JH MN AR BH OD AS MP UP AI MZ KA WB NL MH GJ TR RJ MG TN UK HR JK DL AP SK
PJ
KL HP GA
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Low Income States are highlighted in orange, AI is All India.
Central and eastern districts of Uttar Pradesh have very high poverty
N
Lucknow
Population below the poverty line,
2012 (%)
2-18
18-26
26-33
33-44
44-62
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Uttar Pradesh
Poverty, Growth & Inequality
Poverty reduction in Uttar Pradesh has lagged the rest of the country
Population below poverty line, (%)
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
MN JH BH OD AR AS CG KA MH UP AI TN AP MP WB RJ
● 1994
● 2005
GJ MG HR HP UK TR SK KL JK
PJ
GA NL DL MZ
● 2012
Low Income States are highlighted in orange, AI is All India.
Poverty declined in both rural and urban areas of Uttar Pradesh more rapidly after 2005
Population below poverty line, (%)
70
60
Rural
50
40
Total
Urban
51
48
38
43
41
34
30
30
29
26
20
10
0
1994
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2005
2012
Uttar Pradesh
Poverty, Growth & Inequality
0
10
20
30
Annual decline in poverty rate, 2005 - 2012 (%)
-1
40
50
60
70
80
High poverty,
declining slowly
AS
Uttar Pradesh is among the
slowest growing states
in the country
-3
JH
Annual
growth
2005- 2012
- 2012
Annual
growthrate,
rate, 2005
(%) (%)
11
CG
-5
9
8
7
6
WB
-9
All India
GJ
HR
-11
KL
PJ
RJ
BH
-13
Data for 19 large states and All India.
Low Income States are highlighted in orange.
Low poverty,
UP
declining
fast
GJ
AP MH
RJ
MH
KL
HP
TN
HR
Interpreting the graph
KA
OD
CGHP
MP
-17
Lagging
4
BH
Leading
OD
TN
-15
5
MP
KA
-7
Improving
10
UP
UK
UK
Improvement from 2005 to 2012
12
PJ
WB
AP
JH
AS
Weakening
3
2
0
Leading
High income,
high growth
Lagging
Low income,
low growth
Weakening
High income,
low growth
Standard of living, 2005
5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 25,000 30,000 35,000 40,000 45,000
per capita,
(2005
RealReal
GSDPGSDP
per capita,
(2005 Rupees)
Improving
Low income,
high growth
Rupees)
All India
Services contribute the most to Uttar Pradesh’s growth
Annual growth rate, (%)
Components of GSDP growth rate, (%)
15 15
10 10
8
8
4.1
10 10
6
4
5
6
4.6
3.4
0
2005
20052006
20062007
20072008
20082009
2009201020102011201120122012
0
4.9
3.3
2.5
2.2
1.7
2
1.6
0
5.1
5.6
4.2
4
5
2
4.2
0
0.7
0.7
1.0
0.4
1.0
1.8
1.1
0.1
1.3
-0.1
-0.8
2005
20052006
20062007
20072008
20082009
2009201020102011201120122012
■ Uttar Pradesh GSDP
■ All India GDP
■ Services
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■ Industry
■ Agriculture
Uttar Pradesh
Poverty, Growth & Inequality
Slower poverty reduction in Uttar Pradesh than some of the Low Income States
Poverty rate, 2005
Annual
decline
in poverty
rate,
2012
Annual
decline
in poverty
rate,2005
2005 --2012
(%)(%)
0
10
20
30
-1
40
50
60
70
80
High poverty,
declining slowly
AS
-3
JH CG
UP
-5
MP
KA
-7
WB
-9
BH
All India
OD
Data for 19 large states and All India.
Low Income States are highlighted in orange.
GJ
HR
-11
RJ
KL
PJ
-13
TN
HP
-15
Low poverty,
declining fast
MH
UK
AP
-17
Uttar Pradesh is home to the largest number of India’s poor
bubble size: number of poor (millions)
UP
20
Data for 19 large states and All India.
Low Income States are highlighted in yellow.
BH
15
What % of India’s poor lives in this state?
Stateshare
share in
poor,
20122012
(%) (%)
State
in India’s
India’s
poor,
25
MP
10
MH
JH
5
OD
HP
0
WB
RJ
CG
GJ
AS
0
KA
HR
KL
UK PJ
5
TN
AP
10
15
20
State
sharein
inIndia’s
India’s population,
20122012
(%) (%)
State
share
population,
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25
Interpreting the graph
Share of poor > share
of population
e
ar
Sh
or
po
of
e
ar
sh
of
n
io
at
ul
p
po
=
Share of poor < share
of population
What % of India’s population lives in this state?
Uttar Pradesh
Poverty, Growth & Inequality
Consumption inequality has increased mainly in urban areas of Uttar Pradesh
Gini coefficient
0.5
0.42
0.4
0.35
0.3
0.31
0.30
0.27 0.28
0.25 0.25 0.25
0.2
0.1
0.0
Total
Rural
■ 1994
■ 2005
Urban
■ 2012
Uttar Pradesh’s consumption inequality is below the national average
Gini coefficient, 2012
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1
KL DL KA MH AR TN AI HR WB MP CG UP
Low Income States are highlighted in orange, AI is All India.
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PJ
HP GA UK AP GJ MZ OD JK JH RJ AS TR NL BH SK MG MN