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NEET 2025: Number of qualified candidates doubles in 3 years; state-wise breakup

Anu Parthiban | March 13, 2025 | 08:23 PM IST | 2 mins read

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NEW DELHI: The number of candidates who qualified the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for undergraduate (NEET UG) nearly doubled from 7 lakh to 13 lakh in just 3 years. Students of Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra have excelled in the NEET continuously during this period. Third in the list is Rajasthan, known for its Kota coaching hub.

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The NEET result data shows that there is 85.71% growth in the number of students who cleared the single-largest medical entrance exam in 2022 to 2024. The growth in the success rate has been proportional to the increase in registrations.

Within two years, from nearly 16 lakh applications in 2022, the NEET registrations jumped to 24 lakh last year, indicating a spike in the number of medical aspirants across the states. There are a total of 1,08,940 MBBS seats in India , as per the data from the health ministry

As per some of the media reports, around 23 lakh registered for the NEET UG exam 2025 , which is a lakh less than the previous year. Out of the 24 lakh candidates who registered last year, a little more than 23 lakh appeared for the NEET exam and 13 lakh qualified the exam.

Although some reports claimed a drop in the NEET UG registrations 2025, there is no official update from the National Testing Agency (NTA) regarding how many registered for NEET 2025. The application window has already been closed. The NEET city intimation slip for the exam scheduled on May 4 will be uploaded on the official website, neet.nta.nic.in, on April 26.

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How many qualified NEET in last 3 years?

State-wise number of candidates who registered, appeared and qualified in NEET exam in the last the years in given below.

State Name

NEET UG 2022

NEET UG 2023

NEET UG 2024

Registered

Appeared

Qualified

Registered

Appeared

Qualified

Registered

Appeared

Qualified

Andaman & Nicobar Islands

1,000

959

521

1,046

1,025

537

1,177

1,122

615

Andhra Pradesh

68,061

65,305

40,344

69,690

68,578

42,836

66,522

64,929

43,788

Arunachal Pradesh

4,276

3,939

2,027

4,811

4,624

2,296

5,228

4,998

2,566

Assam

36,006

33,143

17,027

39,206

38,153

19,133

46,068

44,193

21,082

Bihar

1,03,691

98,668

55,709

1,21,647

1,18,533

64,916

1,54,461

1,49,494

74,716

Chandigarh

2,730

2,622

1,905

3,160

3,098

2,219

3,579

3,485

2,546

Chhattisgarh

35,636

33,443

16,299

42,130

41,196

19,610

45,213

43,873

22,313

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

921

870

465

1,062

1,028

588

1,143

1,122

693

Daman & Diu

427

379

195

491

460

257

619

612

323

Delhi

48,185

46,221

35,113

55,890

54,701

39,764

68,139

66,132

46,811

Goa

4,041

3,755

1,882

4,370

4,277

2,204

5,229

5,003

2,589

Gujarat

72,879

64,684

41,901

79,040

73,180

49,915

88,022

86,410

57,232

Haryana

40,934

38,855

26,666

45,197

44,217

29,794

54,162

52,744

34,274

Himachal Pradesh

17,663

16,930

10,129

18,830

18,448

10,962

20,447

19,837

12,096

Jammu and Kashmir

38,140

36,374

20,005

37,276

36,431

20,564

48,545

47,227

24,545

Jharkhand

25,287

24,002

15,154

29,793

29,135

17,894

37,478

36,242

20,556

Karnataka

1,33,255

1,22,423

72,262

1,34,381

1,31,318

75,248

1,55,148

1,50,170

88,887

Kerala

1,15,480

92,911

59,404

1,37,396

1,33,450

75,362

1,44,811

1,36,974

86,713

Lakshadweep

300

239

105

361

349

167

331

307

181

Madhya Pradesh

64,110

55,461

27,134

1,04,265

1,02,161

49,324

1,36,098

1,31,525

60,065

Maharashtra

2,27,659

1,95,338

79,974

2,77,903

2,73,819

1,31,008

2,82,051

2,75,442

1,42,829

Manipur

7,049

5,976

3,548

8,777

7,736

4,556

10,332

9,963

5,854

Meghalaya

3,149

2,149

978

3,428

3,271

1,603

4,009

3,815

1,849

Mizoram

1,784

1,359

587

2,024

1,951

913

2,595

2,469

1,186

Nagaland

2,356

1,805

731

3,020

2,945

1,648

3,668

3,479

1,943

Odisha

38,494

33,945

20,654

57,092

55,866

28,330

66,369

64,325

32,557

Puducherry

4,925

4,474

2,362

5,797

5,715

3,140

6,461

6,318

3,433

Punjab

15,070

13,182

8,614

18,846

18,430

12,043

27,061

26,268

15,717

Rajasthan

1,04,173

95,752

65,758

1,48,364

1,45,824

1,00,316

1,78,756

1,74,880

1,21,166

Sikkim

855

650

317

1,324

1,292

632

1,722

1,655

803

Tamil Nadu

1,21,617

99,610

57,215

1,47,583

1,44,516

78,693

1,58,449

1,52,919

8,9198

Telangana

54,872

50,392

28,093

73,883

72,842

42,654

79,813

77,848

47,356

Tripura

4,273

3,536

1,738

4,839

4,701

2,334

5,308

5,071

2,407

Uttar Pradesh

1,74,523

1,56,992

88,889

2,73,572

2,67,383

1,39,961

3,44,599

3,34,983

1,65,015

Uttarakhand

13,933

12,047

7,323

19,250

18,788

10,843

22,973

22,243

12,437

West Bengal

74,490

61,887

37,301

1,04,923

1,02,557

59,053

1,20,070

1,16,104

63,251

Ladakh

906

744

367

774

740

422

1,146

1,083

618

OTHER

1,659

937

699

6,021

5,858

4,237

8,277

7,898

5,643

Total

15,97,435

13,66,945

77,1500

20,87,462

20,38,596

11,45,976

24,06,079

23,33,162

13,15,853

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