Pre and post COVID-19 size of income tiers in India 2020

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Manya Rathore,
Jul 10, 2023
According to data published by the Pew Research Center, India is estimated to have had a shrinking middle class as a result of the global recession brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. It is estimated that the number of people in the middle income tier in India decreased from 99 million to 66 million following the COVID-19 global recession.

Size of income tiers pre and post COVID-19 global recession in India in 2020 (in millions of people)

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Release date

March 2021

Region

India

Survey time period

2020

Supplementary notes

The source states: "The poor live on $2 or less daily, low income on $2.01 - $10, middle income on $10.01 - $20, upper middle income on $20.01 - $50, and high income on more than $50; figures expressed in 2011 purchasing power parities in 2011 prices."

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