India: Poverty ratio

The latest value from 2011 is 21.9 percent, a decline from 29.8 percent in 2009. In comparison, the world average is 20.71 percent, based on data from 49 countries. Historically, the average for India from 1993 to 2011 is 33.55 percent. The minimum value, 21.9 percent, was reached in 2011 while the maximum of 45.3 percent was recorded in 1993. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.

Definition: National poverty headcount ratio is the percentage of the population living below the national poverty line(s). National estimates are based on population-weighted subgroup estimates from household surveys. For economies for which the data are from EU-SILC, the reported year is the income reference year, which is the year before the survey year.