India vs Upper middle income: Rural population, per capita
India
0.6431 units per person
in 2025
Upper middle income
0.3177 units per person
in 2025
India rank
35th
Upper middle income rank
35th
Rural population, per capita over time
- India
- Upper middle income
How they compare
India currently reports 0.6431 units per person against 0.3177 units per person in Upper middle income, a difference of 0.3254 units per person.
That makes India's figure about 2.0 times Upper middle income's.
Across all 66 years both countries report, India has been ahead every year.
India ranks 35th and Upper middle income ranks 35th of 216 countries.
India has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | India | Upper middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.814 units per person | 0.7336 units per person | 0.0804 units per person | India |
| 1970s | 0.7866 units per person | 0.7079 units per person | 0.0787 units per person | India |
| 1980s | 0.7549 units per person | 0.6465 units per person | 0.1083 units per person | India |
| 1990s | 0.7352 units per person | 0.5824 units per person | 0.1528 units per person | India |
| 2000s | 0.7101 units per person | 0.4873 units per person | 0.2227 units per person | India |
| 2010s | 0.6762 units per person | 0.3894 units per person | 0.2868 units per person | India |
| 2020s | 0.6509 units per person | 0.3281 units per person | 0.3228 units per person | India |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rural population, per capita, India or Upper middle income?
- India, at 0.6431 units per person against 0.3177 units per person in Upper middle income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in rural population, per capita between India and Upper middle income?
- 0.3254 units per person, with India ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for India and Upper middle income?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do India and Upper middle income rank globally for rural population, per capita?
- India ranks 35th and Upper middle income ranks 35th of 216 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Rural population, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Rural population divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.