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India: Inflation

Percent · 1801–2025 · 225 observations · forecasts to 2031 · infl

2025
1.71%percent
Change on 2024
−3.0 pointsfrom 4.75%
Average, 2016–2025
4.64%10 years
Record high and low
76.1% (1943)low −28.7% (1805)

Inflation

Report error
-40%-20%0%20%40%60%80%1850190019502000IndiaIndia
ForecastPercent

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Recent values

Percent

YearValue
20314.00Forecast
20304.00Forecast
20294.00Forecast
20284.00Forecast
20274.00Forecast
20264.04Forecast
20251.71
20244.75
20235.35
20226.65
20215.51
20206.17
20194.78
20183.42
20173.58
20164.52

Sources

  • Clio Infra1801–2010
  • Reinhart & Rogoff1801–2014
  • Historical Financial Statistics1921–1944
  • Mitchell1921–2009
  • Ellison, Lee & O'Rourke1926–1936
  • IMF International Financial Statistics1951–2025
  • Bank for International Settlements1954–2025
  • OECD Key Economic Indicators1958–2025
  • World Development Indicators1960–2025
  • World Bank (inflation)1970–2024
  • WDI (archive)1971–1997
  • Bordo1972–1997
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1981–2025
  • World Bank Global Economic Monitor1987–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook1990–2025
  • Asian Development Bank2000–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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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