India, Oct. 12 -- The poorest 10 percent of people in some of the world's richest countries live on more each day than the richest 10 percent in India, according to the World Bank's 2026 Poverty and Inequality Platform.

The data compares the daily income or consumption cut-off for each group. For India's poorest 10 percent, it is around $3 per person. It is $25 in the United States and $31 in Canada. Germany and Australia are at $28 each.

The gap is wider at the top. A person needs around $10 a day to be among India's richest 10 percent. The same cut-off is $173 in the United States, $129 in Canada and Australia, and $128 in Germany. India's Economic Survey puts the top 10 percent of earners at around Rs 80,000 a month.

So even people ...