India — GDP growth
GDP Growth (Annual %) for India, 1961–2025.
GDP growth for India was 7.57% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 9.69% in 2021. The lowest was -5.78% in 2020 (about -1.3× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.11% per year.
India ranks 16 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 8%. The median for South Asia is 6.31%, so India sits above it. It peaked in 2021 and has fallen 22% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 5%. Within South Asia it ranks 2 of 6 economies; Maldives (6.31%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 14244% in 1967. That is 25% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1961 level: doubled by 1964. Doubling roughly every 63 years at that pace.
World ranking. Climbed: 67th of 107 in 1961 → 67th of 119 in 1970 → 38th of 152 in 1980 → 47th of 176 in 1990 → 113th of 199 in 2000 → 24th of 209 in 2010 → 129th of 209 in 2020 → 13th of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1961 to 2025
| Year | annual % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7.57% | +0.5 pp |
| 2024 | 7.1% | -0.1 pp |
| 2023 | 7.21% | -0.4 pp |
| 2022 | 7.61% | -2.1 pp |
| 2021 | 9.69% | +15.5 pp |
| 2020 | -5.78% | -9.6 pp |
| 2019 | 3.87% | -2.6 pp |
| 2018 | 6.45% | -0.3 pp |
| 2017 | 6.8% | -1.5 pp |
| 2016 | 8.26% | +0.3 pp |
| 2015 | 8% | +0.6 pp |
| 2014 | 7.41% | +1.0 pp |
| 2013 | 6.39% | +0.9 pp |
| 2012 | 5.46% | +0.2 pp |
| 2011 | 5.24% | -3.3 pp |
| 2010 | 8.5% | +0.6 pp |
| 2009 | 7.86% | +4.8 pp |
| 2008 | 3.09% | -4.6 pp |
| 2007 | 7.66% | -0.4 pp |
| 2006 | 8.06% | +0.1 pp |
| 2005 | 7.92% | +0.0 pp |
| 2004 | 7.92% | +0.1 pp |
| 2003 | 7.86% | +4.1 pp |
| 2002 | 3.8% | -1.0 pp |
| 2001 | 4.82% | +1.0 pp |
| 2000 | 3.84% | -5.0 pp |
| 1999 | 8.85% | +2.7 pp |
| 1998 | 6.18% | +2.1 pp |
| 1997 | 4.05% | -3.5 pp |
| 1996 | 7.55% | -0.0 pp |
| 1995 | 7.57% | +0.9 pp |
| 1994 | 6.66% | +1.9 pp |
| 1993 | 4.75% | -0.7 pp |
| 1992 | 5.48% | +4.4 pp |
| 1991 | 1.06% | -4.5 pp |
| 1990 | 5.53% | -0.4 pp |
| 1989 | 5.95% | -3.7 pp |
| 1988 | 9.63% | +5.7 pp |
| 1987 | 3.97% | -0.8 pp |
| 1986 | 4.78% | -0.5 pp |
| 1985 | 5.25% | +1.4 pp |
| 1984 | 3.82% | -3.5 pp |
| 1983 | 7.29% | +3.8 pp |
| 1982 | 3.48% | -2.5 pp |
| 1981 | 6.01% | -0.7 pp |
| 1980 | 6.74% | +12.0 pp |
| 1979 | -5.24% | -11.0 pp |
| 1978 | 5.71% | -1.5 pp |
| 1977 | 7.25% | +5.6 pp |
| 1976 | 1.66% | -7.5 pp |
| 1975 | 9.15% | +8.0 pp |
| 1974 | 1.19% | -2.1 pp |
| 1973 | 3.3% | +3.8 pp |
| 1972 | -0.55% | -2.2 pp |
| 1971 | 1.64% | -3.5 pp |
| 1970 | 5.16% | -1.4 pp |
| 1969 | 6.54% | +3.2 pp |
| 1968 | 3.39% | -4.4 pp |
| 1967 | 7.83% | +7.9 pp |
| 1966 | -0.06% | +2.6 pp |
| 1965 | -2.64% | -10.1 pp |
| 1964 | 7.45% | +1.5 pp |
| 1963 | 5.99% | +3.1 pp |
| 1962 | 2.93% | -0.8 pp |
| 1961 | 3.72% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was India’s GDP growth in 1962?
2.93% (1962). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?
Yes. The series is a share expressed in annual %, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is India’s GDP growth growing or shrinking?
Between 1961 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +103.3% in total — about 1.1% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 7.57%; 2024: 7.1%; 2023: 7.21%; 2022: 7.61%; 2021: 9.69%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG — GDP Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.