Sex Ratio at Birth Above 900 in States, But Has Worsened in Many

Gujarat still shows one of the lowest sex ratios at birth at only 901 girls to 1,000 boys.

Data on birth and death registration for 2019 throws both good and bad news when it comes to sex ratio at birth (SRB). While none of the states or Union territories (for which data is available) recorded less than 900 girls for every 1,000 boys, some of them recorded lower ratios than in 2018 or 2017.

With almost 110 boys born for every 100 girls, India has one of the world’s most skewed sex ratios at birth after China, Azerbaijan, Vietnam, and Armenia.