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How this score is made
Good. Partial: 2 of 4 systems. ▲ +2.5 on the previous figures. Each segment is one system’s share of the score, coloured by that system’s own status.
How many babies, young children and mothers survive, and whether they get the basic care that keeps them alive.
Strong. 50% of the score. How many babies, young children and mothers survive, and whether they get the basic care that keeps them alive.
Fair. 50% of the score. How many young children are too short, too thin or too light for their age.
No current data, so not counted. How long people live, and whether girls are born in natural numbers.
No current figures for Lakshadweep: life expectancy at birth, sex ratio at birth.
No current data, so not counted. How clean the air has been over the last 12 months in monitored cities.
No current figures for Lakshadweep: average air quality index, share of cities with poor air.
Lakshadweep: infant mortality rate of 3 per 1,000 live births in 2022–24 is the lowest in the series, which begins 2012–14.
Lakshadweep, 2022–24. Sample Registration System
Lakshadweep's household health insurance coverage fell to 45.1% in 2023–24, from 67.7% in 2019–21 (−22.6 points).
Lakshadweep, 2023–24. National Family Health Survey
Shown with their sources, not part of the score: they have no clear better-or-worse direction, count reports rather than rates, or come from a source whose public data has stopped.
Week 32 of 2026 (3–9 Aug)
India Health Observatory. Lakshadweep: health score 72.7 out of 100 and health markers from government sources. https://indiahealthobservatory.com/india/lakshadweep
Based on SRS 2022–24; NFHS 2023–24.
per 1,000 live births, SRS 2022–24
60 deaths per 1,000 is roughly where India stood in the mid-2000s; 5 is what the best-performing states and high-income countries achieve.
%, NFHS 2023–24
40% is about India's level in NFHS-3 (2005-06); 95% is the coverage WHO cites for stopping measles spreading.
%, NFHS 2023–24
40% is about India's level in NFHS-3 (2005-06); the goal is every birth in a health facility, which several states already reach.
%, NFHS 2023–24
30% is below every state today and India's NFHS-3 level; WHO now recommends eight contacts, so four for every mother is a floor, not a stretch.
How many young children are too short, too thin or too light for their age.
%, NFHS 2023–24
50% is about India's level in NFHS-3 (48%, 2005-06), above every state today; 5% is in WHO's 'low' prevalence band.
%, NFHS 2023–24
30% is above every state in the last three survey rounds; WHO calls under 2.5% 'very low'.
%, NFHS 2023–24
50% is above India's NFHS-3 level (42.5%) and every state today; 5% is what well-nourished populations show.
How long people live, and whether girls are born in natural numbers.
How clean the air has been over the last 12 months in monitored cities.
Strong 80+Good 65–79Fair 50–64Low under 50
A place with data for only some systems gets a partial score, shown as partial and ranked separately from places measured on every system.
SRS 2022–24
Strong
NFHS 2023–24
Strong
NFHS 2023–24
Strong
NFHS 2023–24
Strong
NFHS 2023–24
Low
NFHS 2023–24
Good
NFHS 2023–24
Fair
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Week 32 of 2026 (3–9 Aug)
Week 32 of 2026 (3–9 Aug)
Week 32 of 2026 (3–9 Aug)
Week 32 of 2026 (3–9 Aug)
Week 32 of 2026 (3–9 Aug)
Week 32 of 2026 (3–9 Aug)
Week 32 of 2026 (3–9 Aug)
Week 32 of 2026 (3–9 Aug)
Week 32 of 2026 (3–9 Aug)
May 2021
HMIS: public data ends May 2021
2024
2024