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India: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

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

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

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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