India's sharp decline in poverty contrasts with Pakistan's deepening crisis, highlighting the impact of governance and economic policies, according to the World Bank.

India's extreme poverty rate fell from 27.1% in 2012 to 5.3% in 2022, lifting 269 million out of poverty. In contrast, Pakistan's extreme poverty rose from 4.9% in 2017 to 16.5% in 2021, with ...

India breaks into the SDG Top 100 for the first time in 2025, boosted by gains in clean energy, health access, and poverty ...

Jailed for fishing: India-Pakistan tensions trap families in debt, poverty. Families on both sides of the border say their loved ones have been jailed for a crime they committed ‘unknowingly’.

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 had said in its ...

As of FY25, Pakistan’s defence expenditure is 2.3 per cent of their GDP – exceeding those of India (1.9 per cent), China (under 1.5 per cent) and the European Union (about 1.9 per cent).

The World Bank, in its report titled "Poverty Projections for Pakistan," noted a 25.3 percent poverty rate in 2024, up by 7 percentage points from 2023, pushing an additional 13 million people ...

Extreme poverty (living on less than $2.15 per day) fell from 16.2% in 2011-12 to 2.3% in 2022-23, lifting 171 million people above this line,” the World Bank had said in its ‘Poverty & Equity ...

India's 'extreme poverty rate' fell drastically from 27.1% in 2011-12 to 5.3% in 2022-23, World Bank says The World Bank's data is based on the international poverty line ($3.00 per day) and shows ...