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 40 40 37 37 35 34 33 32 32 30 29 22 22 21 20 20 19 17 17 15 15 12 12 11 11 11 10 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 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 1 May 20, 2016 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 GJ MG HR HP UK TR SK KL JK PJ GA NL DL MZ ● 1994 ● 2005 ● 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 51 Rural 50 Total 48 43 40 Urban 41 38 30 30 34 29 26 20 10 0 1994 2005 2012 2 May 20, 2016 Uttar Pradesh Poverty, Growth & Inequality 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 -1 AS High poverty, declining slowly Annual decline in poverty rate, 2005 - 2012 (%) Uttar Pradesh is among the -3 slowest growing states JH in the country CG 12 UP -5 UK 11 MP KA BH (%) (%) -7 10 Improving WB Leading All India OD - 2012 - 2012 -9 GJ 9 Data for 19 large states and All India. TN Low Income States are highlighted in orange. 2005 HR rate, 2005 8 -11 AP MH GJ RJ MH rate, KL KL HR 7 PJ HP Interpreting the graph -13 BH RJ TN growth OD KA growth 6 MP CGHP Improvement from 2005 to 2012 UK PJ Improving Leading -15 Low poverty, WB Low income, High income, Annual 5 UP declining fast AP high growth high growth Annual JH 4 -17 Lagging Weakening AS Lagging Weakening 3 Low income, High income, low growth low growth 2 Standard of living, 2005 0 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 25,000 30,000 35,000 40,000 45,000 Real Real GSDP GSDP per capita, per capita, (2005 (2005 Rupees) 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 5.1 10 10 4.2 5.6 6 6 3.4 4.9 4.6 4.2 4 4 5 5 3.3 2.5 2.2 1.7 2 2 1.6 0.4 1.8 0.1 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.3 0 0 0.7 0.7 0 0 2005 2006 2005 2007 2006 2008 2007 2009 2008 2010 2009 2011 2010 2012 2011 2012 -0.8 -0.1 20052006 2005 20062007 20072008 20082009 20092010 20112012 20102011 2012 ■ Uttar Pradesh GSDP ■ All India GDP ■ Services ■ Industry ■ Agriculture 3 May 20, 2016 Uttar Pradesh Poverty, Growth & Inequality Slower poverty reduction in Uttar Pradesh than some of the Low Income States Poverty rate, 2005 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 -1 AS High poverty, (%) declining slowly 2012(%) -3 2005 --2012 JH CG UP rate,2005 -5 MP rate, KA BH -7 WB All India in poverty OD in poverty -9 GJ Data for 19 large states and All India. Low Income States are highlighted in orange. HR decline -11 MH RJ decline KL Annual PJ -13 TN HP Annual UK -15 Low poverty, declining fast AP -17 Uttar Pradesh is home to the largest number of India’s poor bubble size: number of poor (millions) 25 UP (%) (%) 20 2012 2012 poor, BH Data for 19 large states and All India. poor, 15 Low Income States are highlighted in yellow. India’s in India’s Interpreting the graph What % of India’s poor lives in this state? share in 10 MP share MH Share of poor > share io n at of population pul po State OD of State KA WB e JH ar 5 sh CG RJ or = po AS GJ AP of TN ar e Share of poor < share HR Sh of population KL UK PJ 0 HP What % of India’s population lives in this state? 0 5 10 15 20 25 State share State in share inIndia’s population, India’s population, 2012 (%) (%) 2012 4 May 20, 2016 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 0.31 0.3 0.30 0.27 0.28 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.2 0.1 0.0 Total Rural Urban ■ 1994 ■ 2005 ■ 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 PJ HP GA UK AP GJ MZ OD JK JH RJ AS TR NL BH SK MG MN Low Income States are highlighted in orange, AI is All India. 5 May 20, 2016