Cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate in India
India: Cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate was 2.6% in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate in India, 1993–2023
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate in India stood at 2.6%. That is the lowest value across all 6 years on record.
That represents a change of down 51.0% on the previous year and down 90.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate in India peaked at 47.5% in 1993 and was at its lowest, 2.6%, in 2023.
That places India 47th out of 118 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
Cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate in India, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 47.5% | — |
| 2004 | 46.4% | -2.2% |
| 2009 | 34.6% | -25.5% |
| 2011 | 27.1% | -21.5% |
| 2022 | 5.3% | -80.6% |
| 2023 | 2.6% | -51.0% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 2.6% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 10.0%, 26% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 47.5% | 47.5% | 47.5% | 1 |
| 2000s | 40.5% | 34.6% | 46.4% | 2 |
| 2010s | 27.1% | 27.1% | 27.1% | 1 |
| 2020s | 3.9% | 2.6% | 5.3% | 2 |
Countries ranked near India
More poverty & inequality data for India
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 2 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.98 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 3,632 kg per hectare (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 0.8468 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 17.32 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 17.3% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate in India?
- Cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate in India was 2.6% in 2023, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 47.5% in 1993.
- What is the lowest cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.6% in 2023.
- How does India rank for cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate?
- India ranks 47th out of 118 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is down 90.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this India data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $3 per day.