Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) in India
80.0% of people in India lived on less than $8.30 a day in 2023. The value for 2023 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1977.
India, 2023
80.0%
Change from 2022
−2.1percentage points
World, 2023
47.1%
Median of G20 countries, 2023
4.1%
Poverty rate at $8.30 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 | – | 46.2% |
| 2023 | 80.0% | 47.1% |
| 2022 | 82.1% | 48.3% |
| 2021 | – | 48.7% |
| 2020 | – | 50.4% |
| 2018 | – | 50.4% |
| 2017 | – | 51.5% |
| 2016 | – | 52.4% |
| 2015 | – | 53.5% |
| 2014 | – | 54.7% |
| 2013 | – | 55.8% |
| 2012 | – | 57.5% |
| 2011 | 92.5% | 58.8% |
| 2010 | – | 60.2% |
| 2009 | 95.0% | 61.7% |
| 2008 | – | 62.5% |
| 2007 | – | 63.6% |
| 2006 | – | 65.0% |
| 2005 | – | 66.2% |
| 2004 | 96.3% | 67.4% |
| 2003 | – | 68.7% |
| 2002 | – | 69.3% |
| 2001 | – | 70.0% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −2.1 percentage points from 82.1% in 2022.
- Since 1977, when it was 97.4%, the figure has changed by −17.4 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 47.1%.