This has helped improve Odisha’s rank in terms of per capita income among the states from the bottom 3rd position in 2002–03 to 7th in 2010–11. Notwithstanding this progress, Odisha’s per capital income is still lower than the national average (Chart 5). While the economy is transferring towards industry and services, the labour force remains concentrated in agriculture.
As against the national average of around 52 per cent of labour share in agriculture & forestry in 2010–11, the State has a much higher labour share of  BIS central bankers’ speeches  3  59 per cent.