Poverty & Inequality in India 93 indicators covering poverty & inequality for India. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 1 surveys 2025 down 50.0% 103rd Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person 2025 down 54.6% 145th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP 2025 down 73.4% 146th Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.98 live births per woman 2023 down 17.7% 117th Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 3,632 kg per hectare 2024 up 21.5% 77th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2024 down 34.1% 176th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 0.8468 % change on previous year 2024 up 21.5% 82nd Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 17.32 2023 down 0.8% 112th Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 17.3% 2023 down 0.8% 112th Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 down 47.4% 184th Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 0.2129 % change on previous year 2023 down 89.9% 114th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 % change on previous year 2025 — 1st Gender Inequality Index 0.403 2023 down 26.7% 69th Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 7.4% 2023 down 23.2% 179th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1281 2023 down 19.0% 66th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1281 2023 down 19.0% 66th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1407 2023 down 16.5% 83rd Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 5.3% 2022 down 80.4% 39th Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.8% 2022 down 84.9% 47th Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 23.9% 2022 down 58.6% 29th Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 82.1% 2022 down 11.2% 21st Prosperity gap 5.4 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2022 down 29.9% 33rd Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.3736 2023 down 2.8% 47th Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 4.4% 2022 down 72.7% 36th Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 21.3% 2022 down 36.2% 60th Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 31.1% 2022 down 35.3% 27th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 0.475 2023 up 19.0% 117th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index 0.475 2023 up 19.0% 117th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita 0.475 2023 up 19.0% 117th Proportion of population below international poverty line 5.3% 2022 down 80.4% 41st Three metrics of inequality 63.92 2022 up 2.0% 15th Gini coefficient (before tax) 0.6392 2022 up 2.0% 15th Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 37.16 2023 down 3.0% 139th Income share held by second 20% 14.2% 2022 up 6.0% 10th Income share held by third 20% 17.5% 2022 up 4.8% 20th Income share held by fourth 20% 21.9% 2022 up 2.3% 75th Income share held by highest 20% 36.1% 2022 down 7.0% 115th Income share held by highest 10% 22.1% 2022 down 10.9% 114th Income share held by lowest 10% 4.5% 2022 up 7.1% 2nd Income share held by lowest 20% 10.4% 2022 up 7.2% 2nd Gini index 25.5 2022 down 11.5% 120th Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 3.4% 2022 down 8.1% 121st Total shortfall from extreme poverty 12.12 billion international-$ in 2021 prices 2022 down 83.4% 5th Poverty gap index at $3 a day 0.8% 2022 down 85.3% 48th Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by 0.006 2024 down 62.0% 135th Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank 0.621 2022 up 2.0% 9th Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.621 2022 up 2.0% 9th Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants 0.0% 2024 down 50.0% 117th Use of interpolation and extrapolation on original Gini coefficient data 6,449 2017 up 89.8% 107th Income share of the richest 10% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 58.9% 2022 up 5.1% 11th Income share of the richest 1% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 23.1% 2022 up 6.3% 9th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 5.3% 2022 down 80.6% 38th Income inequality vs. GDP per capita 0.2551 2022 down 11.3% 117th Total population living in extreme poverty by world region 75.24 million people 2022 down 78.2% 2nd Share of population living with less than $3 and $4.20 per day 5.3% 2022 down 80.6% 38th How does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? 5.3% 2022 down 80.6% 38th Share in extreme poverty vs. poverty gap index 5.3% 2022 down 80.6% 38th Distribution of population between different poverty lines 142.20 million people 2022 up 159.1% 4th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. mean income or consumption per day 5.3% 2022 down 80.6% 38th Share in poverty relative to different poverty lines 5.3% 2022 down 80.6% 38th Page 1 of 2 Next →