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India Poverty Rate 1960-2024

Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.
  • India poverty rate for 2022 was 0.00%, a 81.8% decline from 2021.
  • India poverty rate for 2021 was 81.80%, a 1.2% decline from 2020.
  • India poverty rate for 2020 was 83.00%, a 2.3% increase from 2019.
  • India poverty rate for 2019 was 80.70%, a 2% decline from 2018.
  
Data Source: World Bank

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Similar Country Ranking
Country Name % Under US $5.50 Per Day
Zambia 93.20%
Bangladesh 74.10%
El Salvador 27.50%
Mongolia 22.10%
Vietnam 19.70%
Uzbekistan 17.30%
Bhutan 8.40%
Bolivia 0.00%
Georgia 0.00%
Lao PDR 0.00%
Nigeria 0.00%
Vanuatu 0.00%
Micronesia 0.00%
Kiribati 0.00%
Mauritania 0.00%
Solomon Islands 0.00%
Angola 0.00%
Egypt 0.00%
Cambodia 0.00%
Sudan 0.00%
Djibouti 0.00%
Kyrgyz Republic 0.00%
Myanmar 0.00%
West Bank and Gaza 0.00%
Ukraine 0.00%
Cabo Verde 0.00%
Kenya 0.00%
Moldova 0.00%
Papua New Guinea 0.00%
Tunisia 0.00%
Republic of Congo 0.00%
India 0.00%
Morocco 0.00%
Philippines 0.00%
Timor-Leste 0.00%
Cameroon 0.00%
Honduras 0.00%
Lesotho 0.00%
Pakistan 0.00%
Eswatini 0.00%
Ghana 0.00%
Sri Lanka 0.00%
Nicaragua 0.00%
Sao Tome and Principe 0.00%
Kosovo 0.00%
India Poverty Rate - Historical Data
Year % Under US $5.50 Per Day Change
2022 0.00% -81.80%
2021 81.80% -1.20%
2020 83.00% 2.30%
2019 80.70% -2.00%
2018 82.70% -2.70%
2017 85.40% -3.30%
2016 88.70% -0.20%
2015 88.90% 88.90%
2014 0.00% 0.00%
2013 0.00% 0.00%
2012 0.00% -90.30%
2011 90.30% 90.30%
2010 0.00% -93.40%
2009 93.40% 93.40%
2008 0.00% 0.00%
2007 0.00% 0.00%
2006 0.00% 0.00%
2005 0.00% -94.80%
2004 94.80% 94.80%
2003 0.00% 0.00%
2002 0.00% 0.00%
2001 0.00% 0.00%
2000 0.00% 0.00%
1999 0.00% 0.00%
1998 0.00% 0.00%
1997 0.00% 0.00%
1996 0.00% 0.00%
1995 0.00% 0.00%
1994 0.00% -96.70%
1993 96.70% 96.70%
1992 0.00% 0.00%
1991 0.00% 0.00%
1990 0.00% 0.00%
1989 0.00% 0.00%
1988 0.00% -96.70%
1987 96.70% 96.70%
1986 0.00% 0.00%
1985 0.00% 0.00%
1984 0.00% -97.40%
1983 97.40% 97.40%
1982 0.00% 0.00%
1981 0.00% 0.00%
1980 0.00% 0.00%
1979 0.00% 0.00%
1978 0.00% -97.80%
1977 97.80% 97.80%
1976 0.00% 0.00%
1975 0.00% 0.00%
1974 0.00% 0.00%
1973 0.00% 0.00%
1972 0.00% 0.00%
1971 0.00% 0.00%
1970 0.00% 0.00%
1969 0.00% 0.00%
1968 0.00% 0.00%
1967 0.00% 0.00%
1966 0.00% 0.00%
1965 0.00% 0.00%
1964 0.00% 0.00%
1963 0.00% 0.00%
1962 0.00% 0.00%
1961 0.00% 0.00%
1960 0.00% 0.00%