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India: Government deficit

Millions of local currency · 1870–2025 · 134 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govdef

2025
−26.3 trillionlocal currency

Government deficit

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Recent values

Millions of local currency

YearValue
2031-42,595,239Forecast
2030-39,552,526Forecast
2029-36,595,702Forecast
2028-34,019,680Forecast
2027-31,558,151Forecast
2026-27,264,350Forecast
2025-26,299,981
2024-26,776,295
2023-25,886,205
2022-25,824,529
2021-22,305,529
2020-26,003,349
2019-14,492,300
2018-11,027,290
2017-9,970,969
2016-10,647,040

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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