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India: Central government deficit (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1948–2010 · 62 observations · cgovdef_GDP

2010
3.82%percent of GDP
Change on 2009
+0.2 pointsfrom 3.62%
Average, 2001–2010
3.50%10 years
Record high and low
9.70% (2007)low −9.42% (1986)

Central government deficit (% of GDP)

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-10%-5%0%5%10%1950196019701980199020002010IndiaIndia
Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
20103.82
20093.62
20084.86
20079.70
20065.62
20054.38
20043.70
20032.44
20020.599
2001-3.78

Sources

  • Mitchell1948–2010
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1974
  • World Development Indicators1974–2010
  • Asian Development Bank2000–2010

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India documentation (PDF)

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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