Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in India
India: Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line was 82.06 in 2022. ▼ Falling
Latest (2022)
82.06
World rank
21st
of 120 countries
All-time high
97.42
in 1977
All-time low
82.06
in 2022
Years of data
8
1977–2022
Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in India, 1977–2022
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2022, share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in India stood at 82.06. That is the lowest value across all 8 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 11.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in India peaked at 97.42 in 1977 and was at its lowest, 82.06, in 2022.
India ranks 21st of 120 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 97.42 | 97.42 | 97.42 | 1 |
| 1980s | 97.1 | 97.02 | 97.18 | 2 |
| 1990s | 97.3 | 97.3 | 97.3 | 1 |
| 2000s | 95.65 | 94.96 | 96.34 | 2 |
| 2010s | 92.48 | 92.48 | 92.48 | 1 |
| 2020s | 82.06 | 82.06 | 82.06 | 1 |
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)
- 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 revenues vs income inequality 17.32 (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 0.2129 % change on previous year (2023)
- Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.403 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in India?
- Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in India was 82.06 in 2022, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share living with less than upper middle income poverty line recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 97.42 in 1977.
- What is the lowest share living with less than upper middle income poverty line recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 82.06 in 2022.
- How does India rank for share living with less than upper middle income poverty line?
- India ranks 21st out of 120 countries with data for 2022.
- Is share living with less than upper middle income poverty line 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 Our World in Data, published as part of Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 8 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).