Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in India
India: Income inequality vs. GDP per capita was 0.2551 in 2022. ▼ Falling
Income inequality vs. GDP per capita in India, 1977–2022
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2022, income inequality vs. gdp per capita in India stood at 0.2551. That is the lowest value across all 8 years on record.
That represents a change of down 11.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality vs. gdp per capita in India peaked at 0.2969 in 1977 and was at its lowest, 0.2551, in 2022.
India ranks 117th of 120 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.2969 | 0.2969 | 0.2969 | 1 |
| 1980s | 0.2737 | 0.272 | 0.2753 | 2 |
| 1990s | 0.2611 | 0.2611 | 0.2611 | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.2775 | 0.2768 | 0.2783 | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.2878 | 0.2878 | 0.2878 | 1 |
| 2020s | 0.2551 | 0.2551 | 0.2551 | 1 |
Countries ranked near India
More poverty & inequality data for India
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 1 surveys (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)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 17.3% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.403 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 7.4% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1281 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1281 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1407 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.3736 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality vs. gdp per capita in India?
- Income inequality vs. gdp per capita in India was 0.2551 in 2022, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2969 in 1977.
- What is the lowest income inequality vs. gdp per capita recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2551 in 2022.
- How does India rank for income inequality vs. gdp per capita?
- India ranks 117th out of 120 countries with data for 2022.
- Is income inequality vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 Income inequality vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality.