--- title: "What is the average national income of the Indian adult population, as per the ‘World Inequality Report 2022’?" description: "What is the average national income of the Indian adult population, as per the ‘World Inequality Report 2022’?" author: "Lily Chitlangiya" published: 2022-02-21 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/95942/what-is-the-average-national-income-of-the-indian-adult-population-as-per-the-world-inequality-report-2022 category: "current affair" tags: ["current affair", "indian", "world inequality report"] reading_time: 2 minutes --- # What is the average national income of the Indian adult population, as per the ‘World Inequality Report 2022’? What is the average [national income](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/35479/what-is-the-base-year-for-computation-of-national-income-in-india) of the [Indian](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2471/wazirx-received-828-requests-from-indian-international-law-enforcement-agencies) adult [population](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/81485/india-is-growing-but-population-is-increasing), as per the ‘World [Inequality](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/80935/battle-against-coronavirus-rising-inequality-level) [Report](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/1972/report-printing) 2022’? \ ## Answers ### Answer by Stuti Gupta > **According to the 'World Inequality Report 2022,' the average national wealth of the Indian adult population is Rs. 2,04,200.** **The World Inequality Study** is a report published by the World Inequality Lab at the Paris School of **Economics** that gives estimates of **worldwide income and wealth inequality** based on the most recent **World Inequality Database results (WID)**. WID, commonly known as **WID.world**, is an open-source database that is part of a **global collaborative project** including over a hundred scholars from five continents. \ **Also Read: [Who won the women’s singles title in the BWF World Tour Finals -2021?](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/95941/who-won-the-women-s-singles-title-in-the-bwf-world-tour-finals-2021)** \ It contains talks on prospective future academic research and also information relevant to public debates and policies on economic inequality. The inaugural report, **World Inequality Report 2018,** was issued on December 14, 2017, at the Paris School of **Economics** during the first WID.world Conference and was prepared by **Lucas Chancel, Facundo Alvaredo, Gabriel Zucman, Thomas Piketty, and Emmanuel Saez, using WID data.** The 300-page analysis warns that the divide between affluent and poor has widened since 1980 throughout the world. In Europe, the development in inequality was more gradual, but it was quick in North America and Asia. Income inequality did not rise in the Middle East, Africa, or Brazil, but remained extremely high. --- Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/95942/what-is-the-average-national-income-of-the-indian-adult-population-as-per-the-world-inequality-report-2022 Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.