During 2019 to 2021, almost ** percent of the Indian population were reportedly multidimensionally poor. This reflected a much lower percentage of multidimensionally poor population in India. India has made significant progress in multidimensional poverty over the years. The share of multidimensional poor is expected to decline to around ** percent during 2022 to 2023.

In 2021, over 12 percent of India's population was living on less than 2.15 U.S. dollars per day. When the 3.65 U.S. dollars per day threshold is considered, the share increased to over 44 percent.

India: Poverty ratio, percent living on less than 5.50 USD a day: The latest value from 2021 is 81.8 percent, a decline from 83 percent in 2020. In comparison, the world average is 25.11 percent, based on data from 71 countries. Historically, the average for India from 1977 to 2021 is 89.86 percent. The minimum value, 80.7 percent, was reached in 2019 while the maximum of 97.8 percent was recorded in 1977.

According to UN Women, almost *** in *** employed women over 15 years-old in India had been living below the international poverty line as of December 2020. Meanwhile, approximately ***** percent of male employed population in India were registered below the poverty benchmark.

India Poverty Headcount Ratio at Societal Poverty Lines: % of Population data was reported at 33.100 % in 2021. This records a decrease from the previous number of 34.800 % for 2020. India Poverty Headcount Ratio at Societal Poverty Lines: % of Population data is updated yearly, averaging 38.450 % from Dec 1977 (Median) to 2021, with 14 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 63.500 % in 1977 and a record low of 32.400 % in 2018. India Poverty Headcount Ratio at Societal Poverty Lines: % of Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s India – Table IN.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. The poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line is the percentage of a population living in poverty according to the World Bank's Societal Poverty Line. The Societal Poverty Line is expressed in purchasing power adjusted 2017 U.S. dollars and defined as max($2.15, $1.15 + 0.5*Median). This means that when the national median is sufficiently low, the Societal Poverty line is equivalent to the extreme poverty line, $2.15. For countries with a sufficiently high national median, the Societal Poverty Line grows as countries’ median income grows.;World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are mostly from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see http://pip.worldbank.org.;;The World Bank’s internationally comparable poverty monitoring database now draws on income or detailed consumption data from more than 2000 household surveys across 169 countries. See the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) for details (www.pip.worldbank.org).

As of August 2020, respectively ** percent and ** percent of urban Indian households in the third and fourth quintiles, the two highest quintiles of pre-COVID-19 consumption, had to live below the poverty line after the pandemic. Meanwhile, rural poverty in India was also exacerbated by the pandemic, with respectively ** percent and ** percent of households in the third and fourth quintile falling below the poverty line in August 2020 within one year.

India IN: Poverty Headcount Ratio at $3.65 a Day: 2017 PPP: % of Population data was reported at 44.000 % in 2021. This records a decrease from the previous number of 48.200 % for 2020. India IN: Poverty Headcount Ratio at $3.65 a Day: 2017 PPP: % of Population data is updated yearly, averaging 62.000 % from Dec 1977 (Median) to 2021, with 14 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 89.100 % in 1977 and a record low of 44.000 % in 2021. India IN: Poverty Headcount Ratio at $3.65 a Day: 2017 PPP: % of Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s India – Table IN.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. Poverty headcount ratio at $3.65 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $3.65 a day at 2017 international prices.;World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are mostly from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see http://pip.worldbank.org.;;The World Bank’s internationally comparable poverty monitoring database now draws on income or detailed consumption data from more than 2000 household surveys across 169 countries. See the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) for details (www.pip.worldbank.org).

Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhereGlobally, the number of people living in extreme poverty has declined by more than half from 1.9 billion in 1990. However, 836 million people still live in extreme poverty. About one in five persons in developing regions lives on less than $1.25 per day.Southern Asia and sub-Saharan Africa are home to the overwhelming majority of people living in extreme poverty.High poverty rates are often found in small, fragile and conflict-affected countries.One in four children under age five in the world has inadequate height for his or her age.The all India Poverty Head Count Ratio (PHCR) has been brought down from 47% in 1990 to 21% in 2011-2012, nearly halved.This map layer is offered by Esri India, for ArcGIS Online subscribers. If you have any questions or comments, please let us know via content@esri.in.

As of August 2020, ** percent of Indian households in the ****** quantile, the highest quintile of pre-COVID-19 consumption, had to live below the poverty line after the pandemic. Meanwhile, the share of households in the second quintile soared from ** percent to ** percent in August 2020 within the span of only *** year.

India Proportion of People Living Below 50 Percent Of Median Income: % data was reported at 9.800 % in 2021. This records a decrease from the previous number of 10.000 % for 2020. India Proportion of People Living Below 50 Percent Of Median Income: % data is updated yearly, averaging 6.200 % from Dec 1977 (Median) to 2021, with 14 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 10.300 % in 2019 and a record low of 5.100 % in 2004. India Proportion of People Living Below 50 Percent Of Median Income: % data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s India – Table IN.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality. The percentage of people in the population who live in households whose per capita income or consumption is below half of the median income or consumption per capita. The median is measured at 2017 Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) using the Poverty and Inequality Platform (http://www.pip.worldbank.org). For some countries, medians are not reported due to grouped and/or confidential data. The reference year is the year in which the underlying household survey data was collected. In cases for which the data collection period bridged two calendar years, the first year in which data were collected is reported.;World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are mostly from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see http://pip.worldbank.org.;;The World Bank’s internationally comparable poverty monitoring database now draws on income or detailed consumption data from more than 2000 household surveys across 169 countries. See the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) for details (www.pip.worldbank.org).

Goal 8: Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for allGlobal unemployment increased from 170 million in 2007 to nearly 202 million in 2012, of which about 75 million are young women and men.Nearly 2.2 billion people live below the US$2 poverty line and poverty eradication is only possible through stable and well-paid jobs.470 million jobs are needed globally for new entrants to the labour market between 2016 and 2030.Small and medium-sized enterprises that engage in industrial processing and manufacturing are the most critical for the early stages of industrialization and are typically the largest job creators. They make up over 90% of business worldwide and account for between 50-60% of employment.The unemployment rate in India is estimated to be approximately 5% at All India level (2013-14). India’s labour force is set to grow by more than 8 million per year.This map layer is offered by Esri India, for ArcGIS Online subscribers, If you have any questions or comments, please let us know via content@esri.in.

According to data published by the Pew Research Center, India is estimated to have had a shrinking middle class as a result of the global recession brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. It is estimated that the number of people in the middle income tier in India decreased from 99 million to 66 million following the COVID-19 global recession.

Poverty Headcount Ratio at Societal Poverty Lines：占人口百分比在12-01-2021达33.100%，相较于12-01-2020的34.800%有所下降。Poverty Headcount Ratio at Societal Poverty Lines：占人口百分比数据按年更新，12-01-1977至12-01-2021期间平均值为38.450%，共14份观测结果。该数据的历史最高值出现于12-01-1977，达63.500%，而历史最低值则出现于12-01-2018，为32.400%。CEIC提供的Poverty Headcount Ratio at Societal Poverty Lines：占人口百分比数据处于定期更新的状态，数据来源于World Bank，数据归类于全球数据库的印度 – Table IN.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality。

The Bureau of the Census has released Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF1) 100-Percent data. The file includes the following population items: sex, age, race, Hispanic or Latino origin, household relationship, and household and family characteristics. Housing items include occupancy status and tenure (whether the unit is owner or renter occupied). SF1 does not include information on incomes, poverty status, overcrowded housing or age of housing. These topics will be covered in Summary File 3. Data are available for states, counties, county subdivisions, places, census tracts, block groups, and, where applicable, American Indian and Alaskan Native Areas and Hawaiian Home Lands. The SF1 data are available on the Bureau's web site and may be retrieved from American FactFinder as tables, lists, or maps. Users may also download a set of compressed ASCII files for each state via the Bureau's FTP server. There are over 8000 data items available for each geographic area. The full listing of these data items is available here as a downloadable compressed data base file named TABLES.ZIP. The uncompressed is in FoxPro data base file (dbf) format and may be imported to ACCESS, EXCEL, and other software formats. While all of this information is useful, the Office of Community Planning and Development has downloaded selected information for all states and areas and is making this information available on the CPD web pages. The tables and data items selected are those items used in the CDBG and HOME allocation formulas plus topics most pertinent to the Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy (CHAS), the Consolidated Plan, and similar overall economic and community development plans. The information is contained in five compressed (zipped) dbf tables for each state. When uncompressed the tables are ready for use with FoxPro and they can be imported into ACCESS, EXCEL, and other spreadsheet, GIS and database software. The data are at the block group summary level. The first two characters of the file name are the state abbreviation. The next two letters are BG for block group. Each record is labeled with the code and name of the city and county in which it is located so that the data can be summarized to higher-level geography. The last part of the file name describes the contents . The GEO file contains standard Census Bureau geographic identifiers for each block group, such as the metropolitan area code and congressional district code. The only data included in this table is total population and total housing units. POP1 and POP2 contain selected population variables and selected housing items are in the HU file. The MA05 table data is only for use by State CDBG grantees for the reporting of the racial composition of beneficiaries of Area Benefit activities. The complete package for a state consists of the dictionary file named TABLES, and the five data files for the state. The logical record number (LOGRECNO) links the records across tables.

As of December 2020, around ** percent of households in urban India spent no more than *** thousand Indian rupees per month. Meanwhile, ** percent of rural Indian households had at most *** thousand rupees to live on. According to the source, the urban poverty line in India is set at a monthly spending of ***** Indian rupees, whereas the rural poverty line is ***** INR per month. In general, poverty in both urban and rural India in December 2020 had increased in comparison to December 2019, most likely exacerbated by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Unemployment Rate in India - nationwide, state-wise, rural and urban employment, and comparison with global peers.

每天生活费不足3.65美元的贫困人口比例：2017 PPP：占人口百分比在12-01-2021达44.000%，相较于12-01-2020的48.200%有所下降。每天生活费不足3.65美元的贫困人口比例：2017 PPP：占人口百分比数据按年更新，12-01-1977至12-01-2021期间平均值为62.000%，共14份观测结果。该数据的历史最高值出现于12-01-1977，达89.100%，而历史最低值则出现于12-01-2021，为44.000%。CEIC提供的每天生活费不足3.65美元的贫困人口比例：2017 PPP：占人口百分比数据处于定期更新的状态，数据来源于World Bank，数据归类于全球数据库的印度 – Table IN.World Bank.WDI: Social: Poverty and Inequality。

In 2024, India’s real gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate was around **** percent, the highest in South Asia. In contrast, Nepal reported the lowest real GDP growth rate in the region at approximately **** percent that year, but it was forecasted to increase to **** percent in 2026.Economy in South Asia In general, South Asia encompasses Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, India and Bhutan. In 2020, India had a GDP of over *** trillion U.S. dollars, while Bangladesh and Sri Lanka followed. The Maldives and Bhutan were among the countries with the lowest GDP in the Asia-Pacific region. In South Asia, the main economic activities include the services sector as well as the industrial and manufacturing sectors.Society in South AsiaFrom the South Asian countries, Bangladesh had the highest share of people living below the poverty line. The Maldives and Sri Lanka exhibited the highest and second-highest GDP per capita among the South Asian countries in 2021.

As of December 2020, **** percent of Indian households spent no more than *** thousand Indian rupees (INR) per month, whereas **** percent had at most merely *** thousand rupees to live on. In general, the share of households within each respective cut-off value in December 2020 increased in comparison with December 2019, which most likely indicated that poverty in India had been exacerbated by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The statistic shows the national debt in India from 2020 to 2023 in relation to gross domestic product (GDP), with projections up until 2030. In 2023, the national debt of India amounted to about 81.23 percent of the gross domestic product. India’s economy on the rise India is one of the most populous countries in the world, and although a large share of inhabitants are living below the poverty line – or probably due to this fact –, the country’s economy is growing steadily. India’s GDP growth is expected to remain steady at more than 7 percent for the next few years, which is almost double that of the global GDP, and both GDP and GDP per capita are expected to increase significantly. Almost half of India’s workforce is employed in the agricultural sector, but services and industry share the other half quite equally. India’s GDP is mostly generated by the services sector, which includes transport, retailing, and offering services in the hospitality and tourism industry. India’s trade balance has been in the red for a decade now, but seems to recover slowly. A trade deficit usually means that a country’s import costs are higher than the amount of money generated with exporting goods. India’s imports could not be compensated for by the country’s exports, as imports have been consistently, even if only slightly, higher over the years both in terms of volume and value. Still, all signs point to India’s economy growing and thriving, reducing India’s debt (as seen above) and unemployment rate, enabling the inhabitants to create a better life for themselves.