#KeralaStandsOut since it has the lowest percentage of people living in poverty according to the #NITIAayog's Multi-Dimensional Poverty Index. In Kerala, only 0.71% of the population is multidimensionally poor against the national average of 25.01%.
#KeralaStandsOut since 98.25% of its population is literate (as per the National Family Health Survey - 5). Literacy rates among males and females are 97.4 and 97.1 respectively.
#KeralaStandsOut because it has the lowest infant mortality rate (4.4) which is equal to that of many developed countries across the world and even better than that of the #USA (6). Source: NFHS-5 & data.worldbank.org
#KeralaStandsOut because it tops the #NITIAayog's Sustainable Development Index 2020-2021 as well as the NITI Aayog's Health Index 2019-20 (with a score of 82.2).
#KeralaStandsOut because it is ranked the best State in the Happiness Index in the State of the States Survey 2021 by the news magazine India Today.