The World Bank defines moderate poverty as living on less than $2 (PPP) per day and extreme poverty as living on less than $1.25 (PPP) per day.
Here is the poverty data for India and some other countries:
| Country | ||
| India | ||
| Indonesia | ||
| China | ||
| Brazil | ||
| Mexico |
This means 90 crore Indians live in moderate poverty and 50 crore Indians live in extreme poverty.
Source: Wikipedia
1 comment:
wow..that is staggering...3 out of 4 Indians are poor..pretty depressing stat.
Is this % better than what it used to be, say, 10-15 years ago?
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