Share of multidimensionally poor and deprived population in the years of schooling indicator in India between 2006 and 2021

As of 2021, approximately *** percent of the Indian population was multidimensionally poor and deprived in years of schooling. This reflected a lower percentage of population living in multidimensional poverty and deprivation of years of schooling in India. According to the source, a multidimensional poor individual is deprived in one-third or more of ten indicators across three equally weighted dimensions: health, education, and standard of living. Years of schooling and school attendance are the two indicators of the education dimension.