Poverty and inequality in India

Statistics report about poverty and inequality in India

Poverty and inequality in India

This statistics report highlights key data and figures on poverty and inequality in India. It features an overview followed by a chapter on multidimensional poverty. The third chapter focuses on wealth and income inequality followed by chapters on cost of living and condition of food and shelter. The last chapter focuses on welfare initiatives to tackle poverty.

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Overview

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  • Basic Statistic Number of people living on less than 2.15 U.S. dollars a day worldwide 1990-2022
  • Premium Statistic Cost of food as a share of minimum wages worldwide 2024
  • Basic Statistic Poverty headcount ratio India at 3.65 and 2.15 U.S. dollars per day 1977-2021
  • Premium Statistic Number of people living in poverty in India 2022, by age group
  • Premium Statistic SDG India index on poverty 2024, by state
  • Premium Statistic Multidimensional Poverty headcount in India 2006-2021

Multidimensional poverty

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  • Premium Statistic Multidimensionally poor population in India 2021, by type
  • Premium Statistic Multidimensionally poor and deprived population in nutrition in India 2006-2021
  • Premium Statistic Multidimensionally poor and deprived population in child mortality in India 2006-2021
  • Premium Statistic Multidimensionally poor and deprived population in education in India 2006-2021
  • Premium Statistic Multidimensionally poor and deprived population in sanitation in India 2006-2021
  • Premium Statistic Multidimensionally poor and deprived population in drinking water India 2006-2021
  • Premium Statistic Multidimensionally poor and deprived population in electricity in India 2006-2021

Inequality

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  • Premium Statistic Gini coefficient for India in selected years 1983-2021
  • Premium Statistic Wealth Gini coefficient of India 2000-2022
  • Premium Statistic Rural and urban inequalities in households MPCE India 2023, by fractile classes
  • Premium Statistic Number of households in India 2021-2047, by income class
  • Premium Statistic Population distribution by wealth bracket in India 2021-2022
  • Premium Statistic Income inequality between top 10 and bottom 50 percent share in India 1960-2022
  • Premium Statistic Share of income as taxes for food items per adult India 2012

Cost of living

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  • Premium Statistic Share of food in monthly per capita consumption expenditure India 1999-2023
  • Premium Statistic MPCE in rural and urban areas in India 2023, by fractile classes
  • Premium Statistic Food inflation rate per month India 2021-2024
  • Basic Statistic Change in Consumer Price Index (CPI) in rural and urban India FY 2020-2024
  • Premium Statistic Minimum daily wages in India 2012-2023
  • Premium Statistic Monthly minimum wages of unskilled workers in India 2023, by state

Food and shelter

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  • Premium Statistic SDG index on hunger India 2024, by state
  • Premium Statistic Cost of a healthy diet in India 2017-2022
  • Premium Statistic Prevalence of undernourishment India between 2004-2023
  • Premium Statistic Share of urban population living in slums India 2000-2022
  • Premium Statistic Number of beggars and vagrants in India 2011, by gender

Welfare

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  • Premium Statistic Food grains allocation under PMGKAY India FY 2023, by states
  • Premium Statistic Share of NFSA beneficiaries India 2022, by states
  • Premium Statistic Food grain distribution under PMGKAY India 2023
  • Premium Statistic Budget allocated by central government to PMAY in India FY 2016-2024
  • Premium Statistic Number of completed affordable housing units in India 2023, by state
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