India poverty rate for 2022 was 82.10%, a 10.4% decline from 2011.
India poverty rate for 2011 was 92.50%, a 2.5% decline from 2009.
India poverty rate for 2009 was 95.00%, a 1.3% decline from 2004.
India poverty rate for 2004 was 96.30%, a 1% decline from 1993.
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. The full historical dataset is available for download here: India Poverty Rate | Historical Data | 1977 - 2022.