India — Inflation
Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %) for India, 1960–2025.
Inflation for India was 2.40% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 28.60% in 1974. The lowest was -7.63% in 1976 (about -3.2× the latest value). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.46% per year.
India ranks 112 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 60%. The median for South Asia is 3.56%, so India sits below it. It peaked in 1974 and has fallen 92% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 51%. Within South Asia it ranks 5 of 6 economies; Sri Lanka (-4.76%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 972% in 1970. That is 50% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1960 level: doubled by 1962; grown tenfold by 1974. Doubling roughly every 151 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 34th of 63 in 1960 → 36th of 92 in 1970 → 73rd of 106 in 1980 → 60th of 131 in 1990 → 71st of 163 in 2000 → 9th of 186 in 2010 → 26th of 178 in 2020 → 97th of 169 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1960 to 2025
| Year | annual % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.4% | -2.6 pp |
| 2024 | 4.95% | -0.7 pp |
| 2023 | 5.65% | -1.0 pp |
| 2022 | 6.7% | +1.6 pp |
| 2021 | 5.13% | -1.5 pp |
| 2020 | 6.62% | +2.9 pp |
| 2019 | 3.73% | -0.2 pp |
| 2018 | 3.94% | +0.6 pp |
| 2017 | 3.33% | -1.6 pp |
| 2016 | 4.95% | +0.0 pp |
| 2015 | 4.91% | -1.8 pp |
| 2014 | 6.67% | -3.4 pp |
| 2013 | 10.02% | +0.5 pp |
| 2012 | 9.48% | +0.6 pp |
| 2011 | 8.91% | -3.1 pp |
| 2010 | 11.99% | +1.1 pp |
| 2009 | 10.88% | +2.5 pp |
| 2008 | 8.35% | +2.0 pp |
| 2007 | 6.37% | +0.6 pp |
| 2006 | 5.8% | +1.6 pp |
| 2005 | 4.25% | +0.5 pp |
| 2004 | 3.77% | -0.0 pp |
| 2003 | 3.81% | -0.5 pp |
| 2002 | 4.3% | +0.5 pp |
| 2001 | 3.78% | -0.2 pp |
| 2000 | 4.01% | -0.7 pp |
| 1999 | 4.67% | -8.6 pp |
| 1998 | 13.23% | +6.1 pp |
| 1997 | 7.16% | -1.8 pp |
| 1996 | 8.98% | -1.2 pp |
| 1995 | 10.22% | -0.0 pp |
| 1994 | 10.25% | +3.9 pp |
| 1993 | 6.33% | -5.5 pp |
| 1992 | 11.79% | -2.1 pp |
| 1991 | 13.87% | +4.9 pp |
| 1990 | 8.97% | +1.9 pp |
| 1989 | 7.07% | -2.3 pp |
| 1988 | 9.38% | +0.6 pp |
| 1987 | 8.8% | +0.1 pp |
| 1986 | 8.73% | +3.2 pp |
| 1985 | 5.56% | -2.8 pp |
| 1984 | 8.32% | -3.5 pp |
| 1983 | 11.87% | +4.0 pp |
| 1982 | 7.89% | -5.2 pp |
| 1981 | 13.11% | +1.8 pp |
| 1980 | 11.35% | +5.1 pp |
| 1979 | 6.28% | +3.8 pp |
| 1978 | 2.52% | -5.8 pp |
| 1977 | 8.31% | +15.9 pp |
| 1976 | -7.63% | -13.4 pp |
| 1975 | 5.75% | -22.9 pp |
| 1974 | 28.6% | +11.7 pp |
| 1973 | 16.94% | +10.5 pp |
| 1972 | 6.44% | +3.4 pp |
| 1971 | 3.08% | -2.0 pp |
| 1970 | 5.09% | +5.7 pp |
| 1969 | -0.58% | -3.8 pp |
| 1968 | 3.24% | -9.8 pp |
| 1967 | 13.06% | +2.3 pp |
| 1966 | 10.8% | +1.3 pp |
| 1965 | 9.47% | -3.9 pp |
| 1964 | 13.36% | +10.4 pp |
| 1963 | 2.95% | -0.7 pp |
| 1962 | 3.63% | +1.9 pp |
| 1961 | 1.7% | -0.1 pp |
| 1960 | 1.78% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was India’s Inflation in 1961?
1.7% (1961). 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 Inflation growing or shrinking?
Between 1960 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +34.8% in total — about 0.5% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator FP.CPI.TOTL.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: 2.4%; 2024: 4.95%; 2023: 5.65%; 2022: 6.7%; 2021: 5.13%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG — Inflation, Consumer Prices (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.