Education lifts people out of poverty, but doesn’t guarantee quality jobs: data
New World Bank and PLFS data show that education remains the most important route out of poverty. Yet young graduates are ten times as likely to be unemployed as young people who cannot read.
- ✓New World Bank and PLFS data show that education remains the most important route out of poverty.
- ✓Job seekers crowd recruitment stalls during a Mega Job Mela organised at Gandhi Bhavan on June 19, 2026 Photo: G.
- ✓The report tells an extraordinary account of poverty reduction in the country since 2011.
- ✓The share of Indians living below $4.20 a day (the lower-middle-income poverty line) fell from 57.7% in 2011 to 16.1% in 2023.
Job seekers crowd recruitment stalls during a Mega Job Mela organised at Gandhi Bhavan on June 19, 2026 Photo: G. RAMAKRISHNA /The Hindu The World Bank has recently released its Poverty and Equity Brief for India. The report tells an extraordinary account of poverty reduction in the country since 2011.
The share of Indians living below $4.20 a day (the lower-middle-income poverty line) fell from 57.7% in 2011 to 16.1% in 2023. About 496 million people were lifted out of poverty. It is one of the fastest declines anywhere in the world.
The brief also tracks education and depicts how education and poverty run in parallel. Among Indian adults with no education, 21.3% are poor. The figure falls to 17.3% for those with primary education, 14.0% for secondary, and 7.4% for those with tertiary education.
Each step up the education ladder lowers the risk of being poor.
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| Issuing Authority | The Hindu Education & Career |
|---|---|
| Topic Category | EDUCATION |
| Jurisdiction | All India / National |
| Publication Date | 9 November 2026 |