Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) in India
16.1% of people in India lived on less than $4.20 a day in 2023. The value for 2023 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1977.
India, 2023
16.1%
Change from 2022
−7.8percentage points
World, 2023
19.3%
Median of G20 countries, 2023
1.4%
Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 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 | – | 18.2% |
| 2023 | 16.1% | 19.3% |
| 2022 | 23.9% | 20.5% |
| 2021 | – | 21.4% |
| 2020 | – | 22.1% |
| 2018 | – | 22.3% |
| 2017 | – | 23.6% |
| 2016 | – | 24.9% |
| 2015 | – | 26.3% |
| 2014 | – | 27.9% |
| 2013 | – | 29.3% |
| 2012 | – | 32.0% |
| 2011 | 57.7% | 33.6% |
| 2010 | – | 35.8% |
| 2009 | 66.1% | 38.1% |
| 2008 | – | 39.3% |
| 2007 | – | 40.5% |
| 2006 | – | 42.2% |
| 2005 | – | 43.7% |
| 2004 | 74.5% | 45.4% |
| 2003 | – | 47.2% |
| 2002 | – | 48.6% |
| 2001 | – | 49.9% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −7.8 percentage points from 23.9% in 2022.
- Since 1977, when it was 82.9%, the figure has changed by −66.8 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 19.3%.