Exports minus imports of goods and services, plus net income and transfers from abroad, as a share of GDP, by financial year.
| Period | Value | Status | Base |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | −0.5 | ||
| 2024-25 | −0.8 | ||
| 2023-24 | −0.9 | ||
| 2022-23 | −2.4 | ||
| 2021-22 | −1.1 | ||
| 2020-21 | 1.2 | ||
| 2019-20 | −1.1 | ||
| 2018-19 | −2.4 | ||
| 2017-18 | −1.4 | ||
| 2016-17 | −0.5 | ||
| 2015-16 | −1.1 | ||
| 2014-15 | −1.3 | ||
| 2013-14 | −2.6 | ||
| 2012-13 | −5.0 | ||
| 2011-12 | −3.4 | ||
| 2010-11 | −3.3 | ||
| 2009-10 | −1.9 | ||
| 2008-09 | −2.6 | ||
| 2007-08 | −0.7 | ||
| 2006-07 | −1.0 | ||
| 2005-06 | −1.3 | ||
| 2004-05 | 0.1 | ||
| 2003-04 | 1.4 | ||
| 2002-03 | 1.4 | ||
| 2001-02 | 0.3 | ||
| 2000-01 | −1.0 | ||
| 1999-00 | −0.7 | ||
| 1998-99 | −1.6 | ||
| 1997-98 | −0.7 | ||
| 1996-97 | −1.5 | ||
| 1995-96 | −1.5 | ||
| 1994-95 | −0.5 | ||
| 1993-94 | −0.7 | ||
| 1992-93 | −1.6 | ||
| 1991-92 | −1.6 | ||
| 1990-91 | −2.2 | ||
| 1989-90 | −2.3 | ||
| 1988-89 | −2.4 | ||
| 1987-88 | −1.9 | ||
| 1986-87 | −1.8 | ||
| 1985-86 | −1.8 | ||
| 1984-85 | −1.1 | ||
| 1983-84 | −0.9 | ||
| 1982-83 | −1.3 | ||
| 1981-82 | −1.4 | ||
| 1980-81 | −1.0 | ||
| 1979-80 | 0.0 | ||
| 1978-79 | 0.5 | ||
| 1977-78 | 1.7 | ||
| 1976-77 | 1.5 | ||
| 1975-76 | −0.1 |
A deficit means India spends more abroad than it earns and borrows the difference. The 1991 crisis began as a current account crisis.
The World Bank takes this from the balance-of-payments data India reports to the IMF and revises it, so it can differ a little from the RBI's own release.