India Poverty Rate 1977-2024
Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.
- India poverty rate for 2021 was 81.80%, a 1.2% decline from 2020.
- India poverty rate for 2020 was 83.00%, a 2.3% increase from 2019.
- India poverty rate for 2019 was 80.70%, a 2% decline from 2018.
- India poverty rate for 2018 was 82.70%, a 2.7% decline from 2017.
| India Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2021 |
81.80% |
-1.20% |
| 2020 |
83.00% |
2.30% |
| 2019 |
80.70% |
-2.00% |
| 2018 |
82.70% |
-2.70% |
| 2017 |
85.40% |
-3.30% |
| 2016 |
88.70% |
-0.20% |
| 2015 |
88.90% |
-1.40% |
| 2011 |
90.30% |
-3.00% |
| 2009 |
93.30% |
-1.40% |
| 2004 |
94.70% |
-2.00% |
| 1993 |
96.70% |
0.00% |
| 1987 |
96.70% |
-0.70% |
| 1983 |
97.40% |
-0.40% |
| 1977 |
97.80% |
-0.40% |
