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India: Government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1841–2025 · 185 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govdebt_GDP

2025
84.1%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.7 pointsfrom 84.8%
Average, 2016–2025
80.4%10 years
Record high and low
90.6% (2020)low 10.5% (1912)

Government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203177.7Forecast
203079.5Forecast
202980.6Forecast
202881.7Forecast
202782.5Forecast
202683.4Forecast
202584.1
202484.8
202385.0
202284.6
202185.7
202090.6
201976.7
201871.7
201770.8
201669.8

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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