chart gallery
4460 charts, 4380 live
Derived views — year-on-year, indexed, growth rates — are labelled as derived and are only generated where the underlying series has enough points to make them meaningful. Charts awaiting the ETL backfill are shown explicitly rather than hidden.
212 matching · page 1 of 9
Highway network length against annual construction
highNetwork growth includes re-designating existing state roads. Annual construction is what was actually built.
Construction has plateaued around 10,000-12,000 km a year since the FY2020-21 peak, even as headline network length keeps rising.
Metro network length against ridership
mediumTrack built versus passengers carried, indexed to 2014.
The two lines track almost exactly — meaning passengers per kilometre have been flat. New metro lines are not, on average, better used than the ones they followed.
Port capacity against cargo actually handled
mediumInstalled capacity versus throughput across all Indian ports.
Utilisation is around 59%. There is real headroom for trade growth, and weak near-term returns on further capacity spending.
Airports built against UDAN routes started
mediumPhysical airports versus the routes meant to make them viable.
Route counts are cumulative inaugurations. A material share lapsed once the three-year viability-gap subsidy expired, so the operating network is smaller than the cumulative figure suggests.
National highway network length
highTotal length of roads designated as National Highways by the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways.
Network length grows partly by building new roads and partly by re-designating existing state highways as national highways. The two are not distinguished in the headline figure, so this series overstates new construction.
National highway network length
highIndexed to first year = 100 — derived from "National highway network length".
Network length grows partly by building new roads and partly by re-designating existing state highways as national highways. The two are not distinguished in the headline figure, so this series overstates new construction.
National highway network length
highCompound annual growth since first year — derived from "National highway network length".
Network length grows partly by building new roads and partly by re-designating existing state highways as national highways. The two are not distinguished in the headline figure, so this series overstates new construction.
National highway network length
highShare of total — derived from "National highway network length".
Network length grows partly by building new roads and partly by re-designating existing state highways as national highways. The two are not distinguished in the headline figure, so this series overstates new construction.
National highway network length
highAbsolute change vs prior period — derived from "National highway network length".
Network length grows partly by building new roads and partly by re-designating existing state highways as national highways. The two are not distinguished in the headline figure, so this series overstates new construction.
National highways constructed per year
highKilometres of national highway completed during the fiscal year.
The honest read: construction peaked at 13,327 km in FY2020-21 and has since plateaued around 10,000-12,000 km a year. The 'record pace' framing does not survive contact with this series.
National highways constructed per year
highYear-on-year change — derived from "National highways constructed per year".
The honest read: construction peaked at 13,327 km in FY2020-21 and has since plateaued around 10,000-12,000 km a year. The 'record pace' framing does not survive contact with this series.
National highways constructed per year
highIndexed to first year = 100 — derived from "National highways constructed per year".
The honest read: construction peaked at 13,327 km in FY2020-21 and has since plateaued around 10,000-12,000 km a year. The 'record pace' framing does not survive contact with this series.
National highways constructed per year
highCompound annual growth since first year — derived from "National highways constructed per year".
The honest read: construction peaked at 13,327 km in FY2020-21 and has since plateaued around 10,000-12,000 km a year. The 'record pace' framing does not survive contact with this series.
National highways constructed per year
highShare of total — derived from "National highways constructed per year".
The honest read: construction peaked at 13,327 km in FY2020-21 and has since plateaued around 10,000-12,000 km a year. The 'record pace' framing does not survive contact with this series.
National highways constructed per year
highAbsolute change vs prior period — derived from "National highways constructed per year".
The honest read: construction peaked at 13,327 km in FY2020-21 and has since plateaued around 10,000-12,000 km a year. The 'record pace' framing does not survive contact with this series.
Access-controlled high-speed corridors and expressways
highLength of access-controlled national high-speed corridors and expressways — the grade-separated, limited-access subset of the network.
This is the most genuinely impressive infrastructure series on the site: a 55-fold increase off a near-zero base in a decade.
Access-controlled high-speed corridors and expressways
highShare of total — derived from "Access-controlled high-speed corridors and expressways".
This is the most genuinely impressive infrastructure series on the site: a 55-fold increase off a near-zero base in a decade.
Four-lane and above national highways
highLength of national highway with four or more lanes.
Lane-width upgrades matter more for freight throughput than raw network length. This series has grown faster than total network length, which is the right direction.
Four-lane and above national highways
highShare of total — derived from "Four-lane and above national highways".
Lane-width upgrades matter more for freight throughput than raw network length. This series has grown faster than total network length, which is the right direction.
Operational airports
mediumCount of airports and airstrips in India handling scheduled commercial passenger flights.
Counts drift between releases (157, 159, 160, 163) because 'operational' sometimes includes heliports, water aerodromes and seasonally-served strips. Treat the trend as solid and any single year as ±5.
Operational airports
mediumYear-on-year change — derived from "Operational airports".
Counts drift between releases (157, 159, 160, 163) because 'operational' sometimes includes heliports, water aerodromes and seasonally-served strips. Treat the trend as solid and any single year as ±5.
Operational airports
mediumIndexed to first year = 100 — derived from "Operational airports".
Counts drift between releases (157, 159, 160, 163) because 'operational' sometimes includes heliports, water aerodromes and seasonally-served strips. Treat the trend as solid and any single year as ±5.
Operational airports
mediumCompound annual growth since first year — derived from "Operational airports".
Counts drift between releases (157, 159, 160, 163) because 'operational' sometimes includes heliports, water aerodromes and seasonally-served strips. Treat the trend as solid and any single year as ±5.
Operational airports
mediumShare of total — derived from "Operational airports".
Counts drift between releases (157, 159, 160, 163) because 'operational' sometimes includes heliports, water aerodromes and seasonally-served strips. Treat the trend as solid and any single year as ±5.