The first "Gujarat Human Development Report 2004' released shortly, has ranked Gujarat sixth among 15 major states. The report underlines, "The state has reached 48% of the goals set for human development,' Four states that could cross the 50% mark are Kerala, Maharashtra, Punjab and Tamil Nadu, while Karnataka is just below 50%, at 49.7%. The state's rank is sixth because of its good performance in the housing index, in which it stands second.