The National Council of Applied Economic Research estimated that 48% of the Indian households earn more than annually (or more than 3 PPP per person). According to NCAER, in 2009, of the 222 million households in India, the absolutely poor households (annual incomes below ) accounted for only 15.6% of them or about 35 million (about 200 million Indians). Another 80 million households are in the income levels of to per year. These numbers are similar to World Bank estimates of the "below-the-poverty-line" households that may total about 100 million (or about 456 million individuals).