Poverty & Inequality in India 18 indicators covering poverty & inequality for India. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 82.1% 2022 down 11.2% 21st Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 23.9% 2022 down 58.6% 29th Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 5.3% 2022 down 80.4% 37th Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.8% 2022 down 84.9% 45th Prosperity gap 5.4 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2022 down 29.9% 31st Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 31.1% 2022 down 35.3% 27th Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 21.3% 2022 down 36.2% 58th Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 4.4% 2022 down 72.7% 34th Income share held by second 20% 14.2% 2022 up 6.0% 10th Gini index 25.5 2022 down 11.5% 118th Income share held by lowest 20% 10.4% 2022 up 7.2% 2nd Income share held by lowest 10% 4.5% 2022 up 7.1% 2nd Income share held by highest 10% 22.1% 2022 down 10.9% 112th Income share held by highest 20% 36.1% 2022 down 7.0% 113th Income share held by fourth 20% 21.9% 2022 up 2.3% 73rd Income share held by third 20% 17.5% 2022 up 4.8% 20th Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 3.4% 2022 down 8.1% 119th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 5.3% 2022 down 80.6% 38th