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India: Government consumption (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1950–2025 · 76 observations · forecasts to 2027 · gcons_GDP

2025
10.6%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.0 pointsfrom 10.7%
Average, 2016–2025
11.3%10 years
Record high and low
13.2% (1999)low 4.94% (1951)

Government consumption (% of GDP)

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4%6%8%10%12%14%19501960197019801990200020102020IndiaIndia
ForecastPercent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202710.7Forecast
202610.8Forecast
202510.6
202410.7
202310.6
202211.1
202111.3
202012.5
201911.9
201811.7
201711.6
201611.1

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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