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Real GDP growth since 1960-61 (World Bank)

India's real GDP growth for each financial year from 1961-62, from the World Bank's World Development Indicators.

2025-26● Fresh
7.6%
Next release expected around 2027-10-17.
Previous7.12024-25
Average, last 5 years7.82021-22 to 2025-26
Highest9.72021-22
Lowest−5.82020-21

Over time

−10−505107.6−5.8 · COVID-19 lockdown−5.2 · Second oil shock and drought1961-621971-721981-821991-922001-022011-122025-26
World Bank, World Development IndicatorsCSV

Circled points are the largest swings, labelled with the nearest event in our timeline. That is when it happened, not proof of cause.

View as a table
PeriodValueStatusBase
2025-267.6
2024-257.1
2023-247.2
2022-237.6
2021-229.7
2020-21−5.8
2019-203.9
2018-196.5
2017-186.8
2016-178.3
2015-168.0
2014-157.4
2013-146.4
2012-135.5
2011-125.2
2010-118.5
2009-107.9
2008-093.1
2007-087.7
2006-078.1
2005-067.9
2004-057.9
2003-047.9
2002-033.8
2001-024.8
2000-013.8
1999-008.8
1998-996.2
1997-984.0
1996-977.5
1995-967.6
1994-956.7
1993-944.8
1992-935.5
1991-921.1
1990-915.5
1989-906.0
1988-899.6
1987-884.0
1986-874.8
1985-865.3
1984-853.8
1983-847.3
1982-833.5
1981-826.0
1980-816.7
1979-80−5.2
1978-795.7
1977-787.3
1976-771.7
1975-769.2
1974-751.2
1973-743.3
1972-73−0.6
1971-721.6
1970-715.2
1969-706.5
1968-693.4
1967-687.8
1966-67−0.1
1965-66−2.6
1964-657.5
1963-646.0
1962-632.9
1961-623.7
Why it matters

The long view: two decades near 3.5% (the 'Hindu rate of growth'), faster growth after the 1991 reforms, and the 2020 pandemic.

What it leaves out

The World Bank labels each financial year by the year it starts (its 2020 is 2020-21). Its figures are collected from national sources and can differ from MoSPI's latest by a few tenths; use it for the long shape and independent cross-check, MoSPI for the latest year.

RelatedGDP growth, full year →
Past-paper questionsThe Indian economy before and after independence →Harrod–Domar and Solow growth models →National income accounting →
Source · World Bank, World Development Indicators · CC BY 4.0
Unit · %, constant prices · as published
Release · World Bank updates a few times a year.
Last checked · 2026-11-09 · freshness of every number →
Series id · growth.gdp.real.cy.wb