India lifted 171 mn people from extreme poverty between 2011-12 and 2022-23: World Bank

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New York, Apr 27: India has lifted 171 million people from extreme poverty in the decade between 2011-12 and 2022-23, the World Bank said.

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“Over the past decade, India has significantly reduced poverty. Extreme poverty (living on less than USD 2.15 per day) fell from 16.2 per cent in 2011-12 to 2.3 per cent in 2022-23, lifting 171 million people above this line,” the World Bank said in its ‘Poverty & Equity Brief’ on India.

It added that rural extreme poverty dropped from 18.4 per cent to 2.8 per cent, and urban from 10.7 per cent to 1.1 per cent, narrowing the rural-urban gap from 7.7 to 1.7 percentage points — a 16 per cent annual decline.

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The brief said that India also transitioned into the lower-middle-income category. Using the USD 3.65 per day LMIC poverty line, poverty fell from 61.8 per cent to 28.1 per cent, lifting 378 million people out of poverty.

Rural poverty dropped from 69 per cent to 32.5 per cent, and urban poverty from 43.5 per cent to 17.2 per cent, reducing the rural-urban gap from 25 to 15 percentage points with a 7 per cent annual decline.

India’s five most populous states — Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar, West Bengal, and Madhya Pradesh—accounted for 65 per cent of the country’s extreme poor in 2011-12 and contributed to two-thirds of the overall decline in extreme poverty by 2022-23, it said.

“Nevertheless, these states still accounted for 54 per cent of India’s extremely poor (2022-23) and 51 per cent of the multidimensionally poor (2019-21),” the brief said adding that as measured by the multidimensional poverty index (MPI), non-monetary poverty declined from 53.8 per cent in 2005-06 to 16.4 per cent by 2019-21.

The brief added that employment growth has outpaced the working-age population since 2021-22. Employment rates, especially among women, are rising, and urban unemployment fell to 6.6 per cent in Q1 FY24/25, the lowest since 2017-18.

Recent data indicates a shift of male workers from rural to urban areas for the first time since 2018-19, while rural female employment in agriculture has grown.

Highlighting the challenges that persist, the brief said that youth unemployment is 13.3 per cent, increasing to 29 per cent among tertiary education graduates. Only 23 per cent of non-farm paid jobs are formal, and most agricultural employment remains informal.

Self-employment is rising, especially among rural workers and women. Despite female employment rate of 31 per cent, gender disparities remain, with 234 million more men in paid work.

The World Bank Poverty and Equity Briefs (PEBs) highlight poverty, shared prosperity and inequality trends for over 100 developing countries.

The briefs are released twice a year for the Spring and Annual Meetings of the World Bank Group and International Monetary Fund and help users understand a country’s poverty and inequality context at-a-glance and seek to keep poverty reduction on top of the world’s agenda. (PTI)

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