India - Poverty gap at $1.9 a day based on purchasing-power-parity

4.6 (%) in 2011

In 2011, poverty gap at $1.9 a day for India was 4.6 %. Poverty gap at $1.9 a day of India fell gradually from 21.8 % in 1977 to 4.6 % in 2011.

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Poverty gap at $1.90 a day (2011 PPP) is the mean shortfall in income or consumption from the poverty line $1.90 a day (counting the nonpoor as having zero shortfall), expressed as a percentage of the poverty line. This measure reflects the depth of poverty as well as its incidence. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.