Poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp in India
India: Poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp was 99.99 in 2021. ▬ Flat
Latest (2021)
99.99
Change on year
up 0.0%
World rank
4th
of 119 countries
All-time high
100
in 1983
All-time low
99.73
in 2017
Years of data
14
1977–2021
Poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp in India, 1977–2021
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp in India is 99.99, measured in 2021.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp in India peaked at 100 in 1983 and was at its lowest, 99.73, in 2017.
That places India 4th out of 119 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the top 10%.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 99.98 | 99.98 | 99.98 | 1 |
| 1980s | 99.97 | 99.95 | 100 | 2 |
| 1990s | 99.95 | 99.95 | 99.95 | 1 |
| 2000s | 99.87 | 99.86 | 99.88 | 2 |
| 2010s | 99.82 | 99.73 | 99.95 | 6 |
| 2020s | 99.98 | 99.97 | 99.99 | 2 |
Countries ranked near India
More poverty & inequality data for India
- Data deprivation poverty surveys per decade 1 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty 1.98 (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty 3,632 (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality 17.32 (2023)
- Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.403 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in gdp vs share in extreme poverty 7.41 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in females 0.1281 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality by sex 0.1281 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in males 0.1407 (2023)
- Income inequality atkinson index undp 0.3736 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp in India?
- Poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp in India was 99.99 in 2021, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 100 in 1983.
- What is the lowest poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 99.73 in 2017.
- How does India rank for poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp?
- India ranks 4th out of 119 countries with data for 2021.
- Is poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this India data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty share on less than 30 per day 2011 ppp. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 14 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).