India Poverty Rate 2025. A total of 234 million persons are living below the poverty line in india, the highest in the world, according to a report released by the united nations development programme. The most recent consumer expenditure survey reveals that the poverty rate in the country has dropped to 5%, indicating increasing prosperity in both rural and urban areas,.
India poverty rate for 2018 was 82.70%, a 2.7% decline from 2017. Data here includes poverty and inequality measures generated from analytical reports, from national poverty monitoring programs, and from the world bank’s development research.