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India

INDSouth AsiaLower middle incomeCapital: New Delhi
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78/80 indicators · percentile vs world (IMF / WB / WHO)underover
India in world space2000–2023
1k10k100k505560657075808590GDP per capita (USD, log)Life expectancy (years)20002023
192 countries · log scale on X world India· trajectory line: 1980 → today
About India

India's GDP is $4.51T (2026), with a population of 1.45B, and GDP per capita of $3,051. Key indicators include real GDP growth of 6.2%, inflation at 4.0%, unemployment at 4.9%, government debt at 80.8% of GDP, life expectancy of 72.0 years. Data sourced from the IMF World Economic Outlook and World Bank World Development Indicators.

Located in South Asia, the economy is classified as lower middle income. The capital, New Delhi, serves as the political and financial hub. The GDP is projected to reach 4505.629 billion in 2026, with a growth rate of 6.2%. GDP per capita is expected to be 3051.301 in 2026. Inflation is anticipated to be 4.0% in 2026, while trade as a percentage of GDP stood at 44.6492935069676 in 2024. The unemployment rate is projected to be 4.219 in 2025. The population is approximately 1450935791 in 2024, with a life expectancy of 72.003 years in 2023. The society is diverse, with numerous languages, religions, and cultures coexisting. The demographic profile is young, with a significant portion of the population under the age of 30, contributing to a dynamic workforce.

Economy30 indicators · 2021–2027 · IMF / WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
GDP (Current USD, Billions)$4,9592027 10.1%IMF
Real GDP Growth (%)6.4%2027 3.2%IMF
GDP per Capita (USD)$3,3302027 9.1%IMF
GDP, PPP (Billions Intl $)$20,7122027 8.2%IMF
GDP per Capita, PPP (Intl $)$13,9082027 7.3%IMF
Share of World GDP, PPP (%)9.00%2027 3.1%IMF
GNI (Current USD)$3.85T2024 7.4%WB
GNI per Capita (USD)$2,6502024 2.7%WB
GNI per Capita, PPP (USD)$11,0002024 8.1%WB
Industry Value Added (% of GDP)24.6%2024 2.7%WB
Services Value Added (% of GDP)49.9%2024 0.7%WB
Agriculture Value Added (% of GDP)16.3%2024 0.6%WB
Government Consumption (% of GDP)10.0%2024 3.1%WB
Household Consumption (% of GDP)61.4%2024 2.0%WB
Gross Capital Formation (% of GDP)32.9%2024 1.3%WB
Gross Savings (% of GNI)30.3%2024 2.2%WB
GDP Deflator (%)3.1%2024 18.9%WB
GDP per Person Employed (USD)$24,4302024 3.2%WB
Manufacturing Value Added (% of GDP)12.6%2024 3.1%WB
Medium/High-Tech Manufacturing (% of total)41.6%2022 0.3%WB
Adjusted Net National Income per Capita (USD)$1,9072021WB
Adjusted Net Savings (% of GNI)15.4%2021WB
External Balance on Goods & Services (% of GDP)-2.3%2024 11.0%WB
Coal Rents (% of GDP)1.28%2021WB
Mineral Rents (% of GDP)1.32%2021WB
Oil Rents (% of GDP)0.33%2021WB
Natural Gas Rents (% of GDP)0.08%2021WB
Total Natural Resources Rents (% of GDP)3.2%2021 77.0%WB
Forest Rents (% of GDP)0.16%2021 13.7%WB
Industry Value Added (Current USD)$962.95B2024 4.6%WB
Stock Markets1 indicator · 2026 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
BSE Sensex77,550.252026 9.0%WB
Financial Markets3 indicators · 2025–2026 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Central Bank Policy Rate (%)6.03%2025 10.7%WB
Exchange Rate (per USD)92.882026WB
Exchange Rate (per EUR)98.522025 8.8%WB
Currencies1 indicator · 2026 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
USD/INR93.052026 3.7%WB
Fiscal & Monetary20 indicators · 2021–2027 · IMF / WB
Trade15 indicators · 2024 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Trade (% of GDP)44.6%2024 0.8%WB
Exports of Goods & Services (% of GDP)21.2%2024 1.3%WB
Imports of Goods & Services (% of GDP)23.5%2024 0.2%WB
Exports of Goods & Services (USD)$827.41B2024 6.0%WB
Imports of Goods & Services (USD)$918.33B2024 7.2%WB
Merchandise Exports (USD)$442.76B2024 2.6%WB
Merchandise Imports (USD)$718.26B2024 6.6%WB
FDI Inflows (% of GDP)0.7%2024 10.1%WB
FDI Outflows (% of GDP)0.6%2024 62.6%WB
FDI Net Inflows (USD)$27.14B2024 3.4%WB
Personal Remittances Received (USD)$137.67B2024 15.2%WB
Personal Remittances Received (% of GDP)3.5%2024 7.2%WB
High-Tech Exports (% of manufactured)18.6%2024 24.4%WB
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)-0.8%2024 6.4%WB
Current Account Balance (USD)$-32.15B2024 0.6%WB
External Debt7 indicators · 2023–2024 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
External Debt (% of GNI)18.6%2024 3.0%WB
External Debt Stocks (USD)$716.46B2024 10.6%WB
Total Debt Service (% of GNI)2.4%2024 3.5%WB
Present Value of External Debt (USD)$205.58B2024WB
Use of IMF Credit (USD)$21.58B2024 2.8%WB
Net ODA Received (% of GNI)0.1%2023 22.5%WB
Net ODA Received (USD)$2.38B2023 15.7%WB
Finance11 indicators · 2021–2024 · WB
Business Environment1 indicator · 2022 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Time to Get Electricity (days)232022WB
Private Sector6 indicators · 2022 · WB
People23 indicators · 2023–2025 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Population1.45B2024 0.9%WB
Population Growth (%)0.9%2024 0.8%WB
Population Density (per km²)4842023 0.9%WB
Surface Area (sq km)3.3M2023 0.0%WB
Land Area (sq km)3.0M2023 0.0%WB
Urban Population (%)35.4%2024 0.9%WB
Urban Population (total)513.3M2024 1.8%WB
Rural Population (%)64.6%2024 0.5%WB
Life Expectancy at Birth72.0 years2023 0.4%WB
Life Expectancy, Male70.5 years2023 0.4%WB
Life Expectancy, Female73.6 years2023 0.4%WB
Fertility Rate (births per woman)22023 1.0%WB
Birth Rate (per 1,000)16.12023 1.2%WB
Death Rate (per 1,000)6.62023 0.5%WB
Net Migration-495,7532025 21.4%WB
Population Ages 0–14 (%)24.6%2024 1.7%WB
Population Ages 15–64 (%)68.2%2024 0.3%WB
Population Ages 65+ (%)7.1%2024 3.2%WB
Age Dependency Ratio (%)46.6%2024 1.0%WB
Old-Age Dependency Ratio (%)10.5%2024 2.9%WB
Youth Dependency Ratio (%)36.1%2024 2.0%WB
Mortality Rate, Adult Male (per 1,000)177.92023 1.8%WB
Mortality Rate, Adult Female (per 1,000)1222023 2.8%WB
Labor20 indicators · 2024–2025 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Total Labor Force617.6M2025 1.5%WB
Labor Force Participation (%)55.7%2025 0.0%WB
Female Labor Force Participation (%)32.4%2025 0.0%WB
Male Labor Force Participation (%)77.6%2025 0.0%WB
Unemployment (%)4.2%2025 1.1%WB
Female Unemployment (%)4.1%2025 1.3%WB
Male Unemployment (%)4.2%2025 1.0%WB
Youth Unemployment (%)16.0%2025 1.8%WB
Employment in Agriculture (%)41.6%2025 1.7%WB
Employment in Industry (%)25.8%2025 1.8%WB
Employment in Services (%)32.6%2025 0.9%WB
Self-Employed (%)55.8%2024 0.1%WB
Vulnerable Employment (%)71.6%2025 0.7%WB
Wage & Salaried Workers (% of total)25.1%2025 2.0%WB
Part-Time Employment (%)24.4%2024 1.6%WB
Employers (% of total employment)3.3%2025 0.3%WB
Labor Force, Female (% of total)28.3%2025 0.0%WB
Employment to Population Ratio (%)53.3%2025 0.0%WB
Self-Employed (% of total)74.9%2025 0.7%WB
NEET Youth (% not in education/employment)24.2%2024 3.0%WB
Education21 indicators · 2013–2024 · WB
Health41 indicators · 2019–2024 · WHO
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Health Spending (% of GDP)3.3%2023 1.7%WHO
Health Spending per Capita (USD)$852023 3.9%WHO
Government Health Spending (% of GDP)1.3%2023 5.0%WHO
Out-of-Pocket Health Spending (% of total)43.9%2023 1.5%WHO
Physicians (per 1,000 people)0.72020WHO
Nurses & Midwives (per 1,000)1.72020WHO
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)1.62021WHO
Infant Mortality (per 1,000 live births)27.72023 4.8%WHO
Neonatal Mortality (per 1,000)17.32023 4.4%WHO
Maternal Mortality (per 100,000)802023 11.1%WHO
Under-5 Mortality, Female (per 1,000)27.82023 4.8%WHO
Under-5 Mortality, Male (per 1,000)27.72023 4.2%WHO
Cause of Death, Communicable (%)24.2%2019WHO
Cause of Death, Non-Communicable (%)65.9%2019WHO
Cause of Death, Injury (%)9.9%2019WHO
Measles Immunization (% of children)97.0%2024 4.3%WHO
DPT Immunization (% of children)94.0%2024 3.3%WHO
HIV Incidence (per 1,000)0.12024WHO
Tuberculosis Incidence (per 100,000)1872024 2.6%WHO
Stunting, Children Under 5 (%)35.5%2020WHO
Overweight, Children Under 5 (%)3.5%2020WHO
Smoking Prevalence, Males (%)37.8%2022 2.6%WHO
Smoking Prevalence, Females (%)10.8%2022 6.1%WHO
Suicide Mortality Rate (per 100,000)12.62021WHO
Alcohol Consumption (liters per capita)4.12020WHO
Maternal Deaths18,6872023 10.5%WHO
Tuberculosis Incidence (per 100K)1872024 2.6%WHO
People Living with HIV2.6M2024WHO
Malaria Deaths (estimated)3,4312024 11.8%WHO
Malaria Incidence (per 1K at risk)1.52024 10.1%WHO
DTP3 Immunization Coverage (%)94%2024 3.3%WHO
Measles Immunization Coverage (%)97%2024 4.3%WHO
Hepatitis B Immunization Coverage (%)94%2024 3.3%WHO
Physicians (total)102024 1.7%WHO
Nursing & Midwifery Personnel272024 2.2%WHO
Dentists (total)3.9M2024 3.1%WHO
Child Wasting (<5 years, %)18.7%2020WHO
Child Underweight (<5 years, %)31.5%2020WHO
Universal Health Coverage Index692023 1.5%WHO
Road Traffic Death Rate (per 100K)205,8942021WHO
Health Expenditure per Capita (WHO, USD)$852023 3.9%WHO
Energy & Environment16 indicators · 2020–2024 · WB / WHO
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
CO₂ Emissions (tonnes per capita)2.22024 3.7%WB
CO₂ Emissions (total kilotonnes)3,1542024 4.6%WB
Energy Use (kg oil eq. per capita)7542023 3.6%WB
Electric Power Consumption (kWh per capita)1,1822023 8.9%WB
Renewable Electricity Output (%)19.1%2021 3.2%WB
Renewable Energy Consumption (%)34.9%2021 3.3%WB
Access to Electricity (%)99.5%2023 0.3%WB
Access to Clean Fuels for Cooking (%)76.7%2023 4.5%WB
PM2.5 Air Pollution (µg/m³)48.42020WB
Forest Area (%)24.5%2023 0.4%WB
Forest Area (sq km)729,5922023 0.4%WB
Arable Land (%)51.8%2023 0.1%WB
Terrestrial Protected Areas (%)4.5%2024 2.3%WB
Marine Protected Areas (%)0.3%2024 50.0%WB
Access to Basic Drinking Water (%)95.7%2024 0.7%WHO
Access to Basic Sanitation (%)83.4%2024 3.3%WHO
Agriculture12 indicators · 2022–2023 · WB
Technology13 indicators · 2020–2025 · WB
Infrastructure9 indicators · 2021–2023 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Air Transport, Passengers Carried180.4M2023 28.9%WB
Air Transport, Freight (million ton-km)1,8072023 23.6%WB
Container Port Traffic (TEU)19.7M2022 0.8%WB
Rail Lines (total km)68,1032021WB
Railways, Passengers (million km)231,1262021 78.0%WB
Railways, Goods (million ton-km)719,7622021 1.7%WB
Logistics Performance Index (1–5)3.402022WB
Electricity from Oil (%)0.2%2023 17.8%WB
Electricity from Nuclear (%)2.4%2023 4.1%WB
Gender9 indicators · 2018–2025 · WB
Governance10 indicators · 2023 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Control of Corruption-0.372023 13.6%WB
Government Effectiveness0.482023 28.6%WB
Political Stability-0.642023 3.3%WB
Regulatory Quality-0.142023 171.5%WB
Rule of Law0.192023 65.3%WB
Voice & Accountability0.092023 105.8%WB
Control of Corruption (percentile rank)41.5%2023 7.4%WB
Government Effectiveness (percentile rank)67.9%2023 7.5%WB
Rule of Law (percentile rank)56.1%2023 1.7%WB
Political Stability (percentile rank)21.3%2023 11.3%WB
Military6 indicators · 2020–2024 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Military Spending (% of GDP)2.3%2024 3.6%WB
Military Expenditure (USD)$86.13B2024 4.7%WB
Armed Forces Personnel3.1M2020WB
Armed Forces (% of labor force)0.6%2020WB
Military Spending (% of govt expenditure)7.6%2024 3.4%WB
Intentional Homicides (per 100,000)2.82022 3.7%WB
Poverty & Inequality9 indicators · 2022 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Poverty at $2.15/day (%)5.3%2022WB
Poverty at $3.65/day (%)23.9%2022WB
Poverty at $6.85/day (%)82.1%2022WB
Gini Index25.52022WB
Income Share, Top 10%22.1%2022WB
Income Share, Bottom 10%4.5%2022WB
Income Share, Top 20%36.1%2022WB
Income Share, Bottom 20%10.4%2022WB
Poverty Gap at $2.15/day (%)0.8%2022WB
Social Protection4 indicators · 2020 · WB
IndicatorValueYearΔ YoYSrc
Human Capital Index (0–1)0.492020WB
Human Capital Index, Female0.502020WB
Human Capital Index, Male0.492020WB
Learning-Adjusted Years of School7.1 years2020WB
Tourism6 indicators · 2019–2020 · WB
Urban Development8 indicators · 2019–2025 · WB / WHO

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