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India: General government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1861–2025 · 165 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govexp_GDP

2025
28.5%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.8 pointsfrom 29.3%
Average, 2016–2025
28.8%10 years
Record high and low
31.8% (2020)low 4.02% (1924)

General government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203128.4Forecast
203028.5Forecast
202928.5Forecast
202828.6Forecast
202728.7Forecast
202628.6Forecast
202528.5
202429.3
202329.7
202230.0
202130.7
202031.8
201927.4
201826.8
201726.6
201627.6

Sources

  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1861–2023
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1988–2025
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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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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