Prosperity Gap

How far the average person's income is from a global prosperity standard of $25 a day. A value of 4 means incomes must quadruple to reach it.

Lower is better1.0 would mean the standard is met

India, 2022

5.36multiple

2.31since 2011

Among all countries

63rd of 70

bestworst

Near the bottom — though at least it is improving.

Better than 10.1% of countries measured.

India over time

yearly
5.368.3911.41
19772022: 5.362022

Lower lately than in the years just before — good news for this measure.

Against comparable countries

2022

  1. 1United States1.56
  2. 2China2.40
  3. 3Viet Nam2.63
  4. 4Brazil3.21
  5. 5Bangladesh4.96
  6. 6Indonesia5.10
  7. 7India5.36
  8. 8South Africa5.70

Top of the table

  1. 1Luxembourg0.430
  2. 2Switzerland0.483
  3. 3Belgium0.534
  4. 4Finland0.606
  5. 5Austria0.608

Bottom of the table

  1. 66Chad9.49
  2. 67Nigeria9.76
  3. 68Kenya9.85
  4. 69Zambia22.85
  5. 70Mozambique24.43

Where this number comes from

Published by
World Bank
Updated
Yearly
Covers
~160 countries
Fetched
2 hrs ago
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