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India: Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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

2010
21.3%percent of GDP
Change on 2009
+1.5 pointsfrom 19.7%
Average, 2001–2010
17.2%10 years
Record high and low
21.3% (2010)low 5.67% (1949)

Central government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
201021.3
200919.7
200818.6
200715.1
200616.5
200516.1
200415.7
200315.5
200216.5
200117.4

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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