India: economic history
Annual GDP growth is unavailable for 2026. Annual CPI inflation is unavailable for 2026. Missing observations are not zero or forecasts.
Latest national CPI readout
5.54% · 2026-09 · Provisional monthly observation
All-India General CPI, combined rural and urban, base 2024=100 · release 2026-10-12
All-India combined general CPI, explicitly provisional, rather than the food index or rural/urban series in isolation. The 2024 reference base differs from the older 2012-base series.
Annual history
| Year | Real GDP growth | Consumer-price inflation |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 7.99625378567987% | 4.90697344127249% |
| 2016 | 8.25630550176662% | 4.94821634062134% |
| 2017 | 6.79538341902422% | 3.32817337461304% |
| 2018 | 6.45385134495295% | 3.93882646691642% |
| 2019 | 3.87143694070524% | 3.72950573539123% |
| 2020 | -5.77772470687303% | 6.62343677628529% |
| 2021 | 9.68959249191741% | 5.13140747176363% |
| 2022 | 7.6093649776932% | 6.69903414079857% |
| 2023 | 7.210224629335% | 5.64914318907925% |
| 2024 | 7.09927893176518% | 4.9530355097366% |
| 2025 | 7.56666179284244% | 2.39884954182294% |
| 2026 | Not reported | Not reported |
Definitions and source records
- World Bank · GDP growth (annual %)
- World Bank · Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)