A FIELD GUIDE TO THE NFHS · 2023–24

India’s
Health Index.

One country.
Very different states of health.

Explore how India lives, ages and accesses care. Compare states, follow the changes, and look beyond the national average.

35 states & UTs57 indicators02 survey rounds
NFHS-6 / NFHS-5 · IIPS, Ministry of Health & Family WelfareProvisional extraction. Check the source ↗

The national picture

2023–24 / change since 2019–21

National figures, with change since NFHS-5 (2019–21). Arrows are shaded by whether the shift helps (green) or harms (red) population health; grey is directionally neutral. Derived from the official fact-sheet data — verify before citing.
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Compare the states

Pick a measure; every state ranks against the national average.

02

Two pressures. One population.

As child hunger falls, adult disease climbs — splitting India in two.
VERTICAL AXIS
03

Where things changed most

The largest single-survey swings, up and down, across all states.

Strongest gains

Largest improvement on any measure

Sharpest setbacks

Largest deterioration on any measure
04

A closer look

One place, fully read — the dot is the state, the tick is India.