🧵 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. #PublicHealth #Child #Stunting #India #DataForIndia

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. #Toilets #Sanitation #WASH #India #DataForIndia

🧵 One year ago, Data For India launched “The Big Shift”, our subscriber-only newsletter which examines India's long-term transformation through the lens of data, written by our founder Rukmini S.

🧵 Higher education is seen as being key to getting young Indians into skilled and high paying jobs, and to accelerating economic growth. #College #Undergraduate #Education #HigherEducation #India #DataForIndia

🧵 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. #Population #Census #Age #India #DataForIndia

🧵 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. #Mortality #Mother #Health #India #DataForIndia

🧵 Literacy - the ability to read and write a sentence in any language with proper comprehension - is the most fundamental measure of educational outcomes. #Literacy #Education #LivingConditions #India #DataForIndia

🧵 India is in the midst of an epidemiological transition, a moment in public health when non-communicable diseases replace communicable diseases as the leading cause of mortality. #Diseases #Health #PublicHealth #India #DataForIndia

🧵 Organised manufacturing in India accounts for the majority of economic value added through manufacturing, with over 200,000 factories creating nearly Rs 22 trillion in value added as of 2023. #Manufacturing #Industry #Economy #India #DataForIndia

🧵 Last week, Data For India released its first major data update across our work on population and health. These updates apply to not only the data used in our charts, but also the insights derived from the data in our published work: www.dataforindia.com/data-update-...

🧵 The ownership of computers in India has had a slow growth. Over the last two decades, the share of households who own computers grew from 1% to just over 9%. In most developed countries, on the other hand, computer ownership is above 75%. #Computer #Technology #Laptop #India #DataForIndia

🧵 The rise of mobile phones powered access to the internet in India. Only 2% of homes in India had internet access in 2009, but the pace of internet access accelerated once mobile broadband entered the space. #Mobile #Phone #Internet #India #DataForIndia

🧵 Road accidents are a leading cause of mortality in India. 29 out of every 1,000 deaths in India in 2022 were attributed to road accidents. #Death #Accident #Roads #India #DataForIndia

🧵 Nearly 95% of Indian households have access to basic drinking water, a rate of progress that has surpassed the world's average. Tap or piped water is the single largest source of drinking water for urban Indians. #Water #WASH #WashData #India #DataForIndia

🧵 India has made remarkable progress in reducing deaths caused by malaria over the past two decades. In 2005, malaria was responsible for an estimated 209,000 deaths nationwide, but by 2022, this figure was down to around 9,400 deaths. #Malaria #Health #Disease #India #DataForIndia

Over time, the Indian economy has steadily moved away from its dependence on agriculture. The majority of the value added to the Indian economy now comes from the services sector. #Agriculture #Services #Industry #Economy #India #DataForIndia

🧵 One of the most effective ways to understand how Indians live is by looking at how much money they spend in a month, and on which commodities. #ConsumptionExpenditure #HouseholdSpending #LivingStandards #India #DataForIndia

🧵 There has been a significant expansion in access to electricity for Indian households over the last three decades. #Electricity #Power #Lighting #India #DataForIndia

🧵 With approximately 625 million workers, India represents the world's second-largest labour market. Of these, 600 million are currently employed, with the rest seeking work. #Work #Employment #Job #India #DataForIndia

🧵 India's roads host nearly 260 million two-wheelers and 50 million cars. This translates to 185 two-wheelers and 34 cars per 1,000 people. #TwoWheeler #Car #Vehicle #India #DataForIndia

🧵 One of the most remarkable stories of change in India has been the successful effort to bring most children into schools. #Enrolment #Education #HigherEducation #India #DataForIndia

🧵 Six in ten workers in India are self-employed, making up the largest category of workers. #Employment #SelfEmployment #Work #India #DataForIndia

🧵 Dairy is a key source of nutrients, and plays a particularly important role in children's and women's health. #Dairy #Nutrition #Health #India #DataForIndia

🧵 Across the world, as incomes and access to education rise, women begin to marry and have children at a later age. #Birth #Population #Fertility #India #DataForIndia

🧵 Manufacturing is a key driver of India’s economy, contributing 15% of the gross value added while providing 10% of jobs nationwide. #Factories #Jobs #Manufacturing #Economy #India #DataForIndia

🧵 Access to mobile phones and the internet in India has expanded rapidly over the last decade. However, there is a gap in the technical skills needed to use these technologies effectively to communicate, learn and work. #ICT #Technology #DigitalIndia #India #DataForIndia

🧵 More than one-third of India's manufacturing sector workers today–or 23 million–are women. While the overall share of manufacturing workers in India has remained largely unchanged since the 1970s, the proportion of women among manufacturing workers has risen over time. #Women #Work #Jobs

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. #Women #Children #Anaemia #Health #India #DataForIndia

🧵 Of the three key sectors that a country’s economy is divided into - agriculture, industry and services - agriculture is still crucial to the Indian economy. However, this is changing in two important ways. #Employment #Agriculture #Economy #India #DataForIndia

🧵 Measuring whether a household owns physical assets--like a TV, refrigerator, or washing machine--often helps understand the economic situation of the household. #Household #Assets #Economy #India #DataForIndia

🧵 Over the last century, life in India has become safer. A child born today can expect to live longer than her parents and grandparents did, and the risk of dying young has declined steadily. #Mortality #Deaths #Infant #Childhood #India #DataForIndia

🧵 Meat is widely consumed in India. As of 2021, 80% of Indians aged 15-49 consumed some form of animal-sourced protein (excluding dairy)--up from 74% in 2006. #Meat #Chicken #Health #India #DataForIndia

🧵 Only four in ten Indian women participate in the labour force (people who are either working or looking for work as a share of the population), according to India's most recent labour statistics. #Work #Women #Employment #LFPR #India #DataForIndia

🧵 India's economy is the fifth largest in the world, and is projected to become the third largest by 2027. #Economy #PerCapitaIncome #GDP #India #DataForIndia

🧵 India has the world's largest emigrant population, with over 18.5 million people of Indian origin living overseas in 2024, accounting for 6% of all international migrants globally. #Migration #Immigration #Emigration #India #DataForIndia

🧵 With over 1.3 billion people, India is the most populous country in the world. However, its population growth has been gradually slowing down. #Population #Census #PopulationData #India #DataForIndia

🧵 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. #Payments #Banking #Finance #India #DataForIndia

🧵 Despite substantial progress in enrolment in school and college, a majority of Indians above the age of 25 are still either illiterate or educated only up to the primary level. #Education #Literacy #HigherEducation #School #College #India #DataForIndia

Our team recently participated at @vizchitra.bsky.social, India’s first data visualisation Conference in Bangalore. It was an enriching experience to share our work on using data viz to advance the understanding of India, and connecting with data visualisation practitioners from across the country.

🧵 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. #Banking #Bank #Economy #India #DataForIndia

🧵 India’s female labour force participation rate (LFPR) is low compared to global standards, but has risen over the last decade. The LFPR measures the share of adult Indians who are either working or seeking work. #Work #Women #Employment #LFPR #India #DataForIndia

🧵 Open defecation is a serious challenge to public health and to the dignity of individuals. It is associated with the spread of diseases like diarrhoea, cholera and typhoid, and exposes women and children to unsafe locations and the risk of harassment and assault. #Toilets #Sanitation #WASH

🧵 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. #Health #PublicHealth #Child #Stunting #India #DataForIndia

🧵 One of the most important ways that countries interact with each other in the global economy is through trade - imports into the country and exports out of the country. #Trade #Import #Export #Economy #India #DataForIndia

🧵 Higher education is seen as being key to getting young Indians into skilled jobs, and to accelerating economic growth. #College #Undergraduate #Education #HigherEducation #India #DataForIndia

🧵 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. The median American or Chinese person, for instance, is over a decade older than the median Indian.

🧵 Literacy - the ability to read and write a sentence in any language with proper comprehension - is the most fundamental measure of educational outcomes. #Literacy #Education #LivingConditions #India #DataForIndia

🧵 The last two decades have seen a massive increase in the number of mobile phone connections in India. 85% of Indian adults, or about 850 million people, had access to a mobile phone as of 2023. #Mobile #Phone #Internet #India #DataForIndia

🧵 Road accidents are a leading cause of mortality in India. 36 out of every 1,000 deaths in India in 2019 were attributed to road accidents. #Death #Accident #Roads #India #DataForIndia

🧵 Nearly 95% of Indian households now have access to basic drinking water, a rate of progress that has surpassed the world's average. #Water #WASH #WashData #India #DataForIndia