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India, measured — every morning · est. 2026

GNI per capita, Atlas method

Average income per person, and the measure the World Bank uses to classify economies. India is a lower-middle-income economy on this scale. It is the sharpest corrective to the aggregate-size story: a top-ten economy can sit outside the top 140 on income per head, and India does.

Latest
2,760
2025
Published by
World Bank
annual

GNI per capita, Atlas method over time

$0$1,000$2,000$3,0001962197319841995200620172025$2,760
19622025 · 64 observations · US$
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PeriodGNI per capita, Atlas method
2025$2,760
2024$2,550
2023$2,490
2022$2,360
2021$2,170
2020$1,900
2019$2,070
2018$1,970
2017$1,790
2016$1,670
2015$1,580
2014$1,540
2013$1,500
2012$1,460
2011$1,350
2010$1,210
2009$1,110
2008$990
2007$910
2006$780
2005$700
2004$610
2003$510
2002$460
2001$450
2000$440
1999$440
1998$410
1997$410
1996$400
1995$370
1994$340
1993$330
1992$350
1991$350
1990$390
1989$390
1988$400
1987$360
1986$320
1985$300
1984$290
1983$290
1982$290
1981$300
1980$270
1979$230
1978$210
1977$190
1976$180
1975$190
1974$170
1973$150
1972$130
1971$120
1970$120
1969$110
1968$100
1967$110
1966$110
1965$110
1964$110
1963$100
1962$90

Compared with

United States
$88,810
Germany
$60,200
Japan
$38,340
China
$14,230
Brazil
$10,550
South Africa
$6,270
Indonesia
$5,120
Vietnam
$4,970
Sri Lanka
$4,670
Bangladesh
$2,840
India
$2,760
Nepal
$1,570
Pakistan
$1,500
Latest available year for each country · US$

Source

World Bankhttps://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GNP.PCAP.CD