{
 "meta": {
  "dossier": "poverty",
  "product": "pip",
  "source": "World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP)",
  "vintage": "2026-09-22",
  "mock": false,
  "geo": "IND",
  "releaseDate": "2026-09-22",
  "revisionPolicy": "Each PIP release can revise any past estimate (new PPPs, new population figures, reprocessed surveys). The raw dump keeps every release.",
  "frequency": "annual",
  "base": "2021 PPP, comparable spell 2022-2023",
  "latestPeriod": "2023",
  "spell": "2022 - 2023",
  "surveys": [
   {
    "year": 2022,
    "survey": "HCES",
    "period": "2022-2023",
    "welfare": "consumption",
    "distribution": "micro"
   },
   {
    "year": 2023,
    "survey": "HCES",
    "period": "2023-2024",
    "welfare": "consumption",
    "distribution": "micro"
   }
  ],
  "coverage": "PIP surveys in the comparable spell 2022 to 2023: HCES 2022-2023, HCES 2023-2024",
  "note": "Each date is a survey's reporting year (the survey's own period is in meta.surveys). Shares are per cent of people; money is 2021 PPP dollars a day per person. Poor counts are derived (headcount times population). Never join this spell to another."
 },
 "dates": [
  "2022-01-01",
  "2023-01-01"
 ],
 "series": {
  "headcount_3_00": {
   "name": "headcount_3.00",
   "label": "Share of people below $3.00 a day (2021 PPP), per cent",
   "unit": "pct",
   "color": "#878D99",
   "data": [
    5.25,
    2.57
   ]
  },
  "poverty_gap_3_00": {
   "name": "poverty_gap_3.00",
   "label": "Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP), per cent",
   "unit": "pct",
   "color": "#878D99",
   "data": [
    0.77,
    0.34
   ]
  },
  "poverty_severity_3_00": {
   "name": "poverty_severity_3.00",
   "label": "Poverty severity (squared gap) at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP), per cent",
   "unit": "pct",
   "color": "#878D99",
   "data": [
    0.19,
    0.08
   ]
  },
  "watts_3_00": {
   "name": "watts_3.00",
   "label": "Watts index at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP), per cent",
   "unit": "coefficient",
   "color": "#878D99",
   "data": [
    0.009,
    0.0039
   ]
  },
  "poor_3_00": {
   "name": "poor_millions_3.00",
   "label": "People below $3.00 a day, millions (derived: headcount x population)",
   "unit": "million_persons",
   "color": "#878D99",
   "data": [
    75.22,
    37.15
   ]
  },
  "headcount_4_20": {
   "name": "headcount_4.20",
   "label": "Share of people below $4.20 a day (2021 PPP), per cent",
   "unit": "pct",
   "color": "#878D99",
   "data": [
    23.89,
    16.12
   ]
  },
  "poverty_gap_4_20": {
   "name": "poverty_gap_4.20",
   "label": "Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP), per cent",
   "unit": "pct",
   "color": "#878D99",
   "data": [
    4.42,
    2.56
   ]
  },
  "poverty_severity_4_20": {
   "name": "poverty_severity_4.20",
   "label": "Poverty severity (squared gap) at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP), per cent",
   "unit": "pct",
   "color": "#878D99",
   "data": [
    1.26,
    0.66
   ]
  },
  "watts_4_20": {
   "name": "watts_4.20",
   "label": "Watts index at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP), per cent",
   "unit": "coefficient",
   "color": "#878D99",
   "data": [
    0.0528,
    0.03
   ]
  },
  "poor_4_20": {
   "name": "poor_millions_4.20",
   "label": "People below $4.20 a day, millions (derived: headcount x population)",
   "unit": "million_persons",
   "color": "#878D99",
   "data": [
    342.29,
    233.02
   ]
  },
  "headcount_8_30": {
   "name": "headcount_8.30",
   "label": "Share of people below $8.30 a day (2021 PPP), per cent",
   "unit": "pct",
   "color": "#878D99",
   "data": [
    82.06,
    79.98
   ]
  },
  "poverty_gap_8_30": {
   "name": "poverty_gap_8.30",
   "label": "Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP), per cent",
   "unit": "pct",
   "color": "#878D99",
   "data": [
    31.09,
    27.27
   ]
  },
  "poverty_severity_8_30": {
   "name": "poverty_severity_8.30",
   "label": "Poverty severity (squared gap) at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP), per cent",
   "unit": "pct",
   "color": "#878D99",
   "data": [
    14.4,
    11.6
   ]
  },
  "watts_8_30": {
   "name": "watts_8.30",
   "label": "Watts index at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP), per cent",
   "unit": "coefficient",
   "color": "#878D99",
   "data": [
    0.4275,
    0.3623
   ]
  },
  "poor_8_30": {
   "name": "poor_millions_8.30",
   "label": "People below $8.30 a day, millions (derived: headcount x population)",
   "unit": "million_persons",
   "color": "#878D99",
   "data": [
    1175.72,
    1156.14
   ]
  },
  "headcount_1_00": {
   "name": "headcount_1.00",
   "label": "Share of people below $1.00 a day (2021 PPP), per cent",
   "unit": "pct",
   "color": "#878D99",
   "data": [
    0.01,
    0.01
   ]
  },
  "headcount_1_50": {
   "name": "headcount_1.50",
   "label": "Share of people below $1.50 a day (2021 PPP), per cent",
   "unit": "pct",
   "color": "#878D99",
   "data": [
    0.06,
    0.03
   ]
  },
  "headcount_2_00": {
   "name": "headcount_2.00",
   "label": "Share of people below $2.00 a day (2021 PPP), per cent",
   "unit": "pct",
   "color": "#878D99",
   "data": [
    0.45,
    0.16
   ]
  },
  "headcount_2_50": {
   "name": "headcount_2.50",
   "label": "Share of people below $2.50 a day (2021 PPP), per cent",
   "unit": "pct",
   "color": "#878D99",
   "data": [
    1.87,
    0.77
   ]
  },
  "headcount_3_50": {
   "name": "headcount_3.50",
   "label": "Share of people below $3.50 a day (2021 PPP), per cent",
   "unit": "pct",
   "color": "#878D99",
   "data": [
    11.44,
    6.41
   ]
  },
  "headcount_5_00": {
   "name": "headcount_5.00",
   "label": "Share of people below $5.00 a day (2021 PPP), per cent",
   "unit": "pct",
   "color": "#878D99",
   "data": [
    39.93,
    31.52
   ]
  },
  "headcount_6_00": {
   "name": "headcount_6.00",
   "label": "Share of people below $6.00 a day (2021 PPP), per cent",
   "unit": "pct",
   "color": "#878D99",
   "data": [
    57.74,
    51.14
   ]
  },
  "headcount_7_00": {
   "name": "headcount_7.00",
   "label": "Share of people below $7.00 a day (2021 PPP), per cent",
   "unit": "pct",
   "color": "#878D99",
   "data": [
    70.93,
    66.52
   ]
  },
  "headcount_10_00": {
   "name": "headcount_10.00",
   "label": "Share of people below $10.00 a day (2021 PPP), per cent",
   "unit": "pct",
   "color": "#878D99",
   "data": [
    90.07,
    89.47
   ]
  },
  "headcount_12_00": {
   "name": "headcount_12.00",
   "label": "Share of people below $12.00 a day (2021 PPP), per cent",
   "unit": "pct",
   "color": "#878D99",
   "data": [
    94.65,
    94.7
   ]
  },
  "headcount_15_00": {
   "name": "headcount_15.00",
   "label": "Share of people below $15.00 a day (2021 PPP), per cent",
   "unit": "pct",
   "color": "#878D99",
   "data": [
    97.52,
    97.79
   ]
  },
  "headcount_20_00": {
   "name": "headcount_20.00",
   "label": "Share of people below $20.00 a day (2021 PPP), per cent",
   "unit": "pct",
   "color": "#878D99",
   "data": [
    99.07,
    99.27
   ]
  },
  "headcount_25_00": {
   "name": "headcount_25.00",
   "label": "Share of people below $25.00 a day (2021 PPP), per cent",
   "unit": "pct",
   "color": "#878D99",
   "data": [
    99.56,
    99.71
   ]
  },
  "headcount_30_00": {
   "name": "headcount_30.00",
   "label": "Share of people below $30.00 a day (2021 PPP), per cent",
   "unit": "pct",
   "color": "#878D99",
   "data": [
    99.78,
    99.88
   ]
  },
  "headcount_40_00": {
   "name": "headcount_40.00",
   "label": "Share of people below $40.00 a day (2021 PPP), per cent",
   "unit": "pct",
   "color": "#878D99",
   "data": [
    99.94,
    99.97
   ]
  },
  "mean": {
   "name": "mean",
   "label": "Mean consumption per person a day, 2021 PPP $",
   "unit": "ppp_usd_day",
   "color": "#878D99",
   "data": [
    6.3551,
    6.6526
   ]
  },
  "median": {
   "name": "median",
   "label": "Median consumption per person a day, 2021 PPP $",
   "unit": "ppp_usd_day",
   "color": "#878D99",
   "data": [
    5.5365,
    5.9389
   ]
  },
  "gini": {
   "name": "gini",
   "label": "Gini index of consumption",
   "unit": "gini_index",
   "color": "#878D99",
   "data": [
    25.51,
    23
   ]
  },
  "mld": {
   "name": "mld",
   "label": "Mean log deviation (an inequality index)",
   "unit": "coefficient",
   "color": "#878D99",
   "data": [
    0.1062,
    0.0859
   ]
  },
  "polarization": {
   "name": "polarization",
   "label": "Polarisation index",
   "unit": "coefficient",
   "color": "#878D99",
   "data": [
    0.2031,
    0.1836
   ]
  },
  "spl": {
   "name": "spl",
   "label": "Societal poverty line, 2021 PPP $ a day",
   "unit": "ppp_usd_day",
   "color": "#878D99",
   "data": [
    4.068,
    4.269
   ]
  },
  "spr": {
   "name": "spr",
   "label": "Societal poverty rate, per cent",
   "unit": "pct",
   "color": "#878D99",
   "data": [
    21.29,
    17.35
   ]
  },
  "pg": {
   "name": "pg",
   "label": "Prosperity gap: the average factor by which consumption falls short of the prosperity standard ($28 a day, 2021 PPP, as WDI states it)",
   "unit": "multiple",
   "color": "#878D99",
   "data": [
    5.3637,
    4.9474
   ]
  },
  "ppp": {
   "name": "ppp",
   "label": "PPP conversion factor used (rupees per 2021 international $)",
   "unit": "inr_per_ppp_usd",
   "color": "#878D99",
   "data": [
    19.469,
    19.469
   ]
  },
  "cpi": {
   "name": "cpi",
   "label": "CPI relative to 2021 used by PIP (2021 = 1)",
   "unit": "multiple",
   "color": "#878D99",
   "data": [
    1.1019,
    1.1582
   ]
  },
  "reporting_pop": {
   "name": "reporting_pop",
   "label": "Population the estimate refers to",
   "unit": "count",
   "color": "#878D99",
   "data": [
    1432758114.72,
    1445531989.1
   ]
  },
  "decile1": {
   "name": "decile1",
   "label": "Share of all consumption held by decile 1 (poorest tenth), per cent",
   "unit": "pct",
   "color": "#878D99",
   "data": [
    4.51,
    4.87
   ]
  },
  "decile2": {
   "name": "decile2",
   "label": "Share of all consumption held by decile 2 (from the bottom tenth), per cent",
   "unit": "pct",
   "color": "#878D99",
   "data": [
    5.85,
    6.2
   ]
  },
  "decile3": {
   "name": "decile3",
   "label": "Share of all consumption held by decile 3 (from the bottom tenth), per cent",
   "unit": "pct",
   "color": "#878D99",
   "data": [
    6.69,
    7.03
   ]
  },
  "decile4": {
   "name": "decile4",
   "label": "Share of all consumption held by decile 4 (from the bottom tenth), per cent",
   "unit": "pct",
   "color": "#878D99",
   "data": [
    7.48,
    7.78
   ]
  },
  "decile5": {
   "name": "decile5",
   "label": "Share of all consumption held by decile 5 (from the bottom tenth), per cent",
   "unit": "pct",
   "color": "#878D99",
   "data": [
    8.28,
    8.53
   ]
  },
  "decile6": {
   "name": "decile6",
   "label": "Share of all consumption held by decile 6 (from the bottom tenth), per cent",
   "unit": "pct",
   "color": "#878D99",
   "data": [
    9.18,
    9.36
   ]
  },
  "decile7": {
   "name": "decile7",
   "label": "Share of all consumption held by decile 7 (from the bottom tenth), per cent",
   "unit": "pct",
   "color": "#878D99",
   "data": [
    10.25,
    10.36
   ]
  },
  "decile8": {
   "name": "decile8",
   "label": "Share of all consumption held by decile 8 (from the bottom tenth), per cent",
   "unit": "pct",
   "color": "#878D99",
   "data": [
    11.68,
    11.66
   ]
  },
  "decile9": {
   "name": "decile9",
   "label": "Share of all consumption held by decile 9 (from the bottom tenth), per cent",
   "unit": "pct",
   "color": "#878D99",
   "data": [
    13.94,
    13.69
   ]
  },
  "decile10": {
   "name": "decile10",
   "label": "Share of all consumption held by decile 10 (richest tenth), per cent",
   "unit": "pct",
   "color": "#878D99",
   "data": [
    22.13,
    20.52
   ]
  },
  "survey_mean_lcu": {
   "name": "survey_mean_lcu",
   "label": "Mean consumption per person a day, rupees at survey prices",
   "unit": "inr_day",
   "color": "#878D99",
   "data": [
    136.3355,
    150.0025
   ]
  }
 }
}