Archive · 8 Jun 2025
India's Extreme Poverty Rate Drops to 5.3% Per World Bank Report
India has seen a big drop in extreme poverty!
According to the World Bank, the number of people in extreme poverty went way down between 2011 and 2023, even though the amount of money considered as the poverty line increased.
Free food and other programs helped a lot.
Over a hundred million people are no longer living in extreme poverty.
The gap between poor people in cities and the countryside has also gotten smaller.
India's extreme poverty rate fell to 5.3% between 2011-12 and 2022-23.
171 million people were lifted out of extreme poverty.
The poverty threshold was revised to USD 3 per day.
Rural-urban poverty gap narrowed substantially.
Welfare schemes and food security programs contributed to the progress.
- Who
- World Bank
- What
- India's extreme poverty rate decreased from 27.1% in 2011-12 to 5.3% in 2022-23.
- When
- 2011–12 and 2022–23
- Where
- India
- Why
- Welfare schemes and food security programs supported poverty reduction.
- Extreme Poverty Rate (2011-12)
- 27.1%
- Extreme Poverty Rate (2022-23)
- 5.3%
- People lifted out of extreme poverty
- 171 million
- Poverty line used
- USD 3 per day
- People living on less than $3 per day in 2024
- 54.7 million
Sources
Extreme poverty in India down to 5.3 pc in 2022-23: World Bank
Extreme Poverty in India Down to 5.3% in 2022-23: World Bank
Extreme poverty rate in India dropped from 27.1% in 2011-12 to 5.3% in 2022-23: World Bank Report
Extreme poverty in India dips to 5.3%; 171 million uplifted over a decade: World Bank
