Extreme poverty rate in India
2.6% of people in India lived on less than $3.00 a day in 2023. The value for 2023 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1977.
India, 2023
2.6%
Change from 2022
−2.7percentage points
World, 2023
10.5%
Median of G20 countries, 2023
1.2%
Extreme poverty rate in India over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | India | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | 10.1% |
| 2023 | 2.6% | 10.5% |
| 2022 | 5.3% | 10.9% |
| 2021 | – | 11.3% |
| 2020 | – | 11.4% |
| 2018 | – | 11.1% |
| 2017 | – | 11.8% |
| 2016 | – | 12.6% |
| 2015 | – | 13.4% |
| 2014 | – | 14.5% |
| 2013 | – | 15.5% |
| 2012 | – | 17.8% |
| 2011 | 27.1% | 19.1% |
| 2010 | – | 21.0% |
| 2009 | 34.6% | 23.1% |
| 2008 | – | 24.1% |
| 2007 | – | 25.3% |
| 2006 | – | 27.0% |
| 2005 | – | 28.3% |
| 2004 | 46.4% | 30.3% |
| 2003 | – | 32.2% |
| 2002 | – | 33.7% |
| 2001 | – | 35.3% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −2.7 percentage points from 5.3% in 2022.
- Since 1977, when it was 59.7%, the figure has changed by −57.1 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 10.5%.
More for India
All statistics for India
Poverty rate at national poverty lines
21.9%
2011 · World Bank
Prevalence of undernourishment
9.8%
2024 · World Bank
Gini index
23.0 (0 to 100)
2023 · World Bank
Income share held by the richest 10%
20.5%
2023 · World Bank
Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP)
16.1%
2023 · World Bank
Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP)
80.0%
2023 · World Bank