Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in India
India: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day was 99.8% in 2022. ▬ Flat
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in India, 1977–2022
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
India recorded 99.8% for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 8 years on record.
The figure is down 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in India peaked at 100.0% in 1983 and was at its lowest, 99.8%, in 2022.
India ranks 11th of 120 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 99.9% | 99.9% | 99.9% | 1 |
| 1980s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 2 |
| 1990s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 1 |
| 2000s | 99.9% | 99.9% | 99.9% | 2 |
| 2010s | 99.8% | 99.8% | 99.8% | 1 |
| 2020s | 99.8% | 99.8% | 99.8% | 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 poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in India?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in India was 99.8% in 2022, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 1983.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 99.8% in 2022.
- How does India rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day?
- India ranks 11th out of 120 countries with data for 2022.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- 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 Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $30 per day.