GDP growth
%7.6%up+0.47
World Bank NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG (opens in new tab) · data year 2025 (vs 2024) · updated 2026-10-08
South Asia / IND
India
How India's economy is moving, sector by sector, with every number sourced.
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Inflation (CPI)
%2.4%down-2.55
World Bank FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG (opens in new tab) · data year 2025 (vs 2024) · updated 2026-10-08
Unemployment
% labour force4.2%up+0.05
World Bank SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS (opens in new tab) · data year 2025 (vs 2024) · updated 2026-10-08
GDP per capita
US$2702up+110
World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD (opens in new tab) · data year 2025 (vs 2024) · updated 2026-10-08
Central govt debt
% GDP46.5%down-1.06
World Bank GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS (opens in new tab) · data year 2018 (vs 2017) · updated 2026-10-08
Current account
% GDP-0.5%up+0.34
World Bank BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS (opens in new tab) · data year 2025 (vs 2024) · updated 2026-10-08
Long-run trend
Annual · World Bank WDIFull series 2000–latest so no single baseline year is cherry-picked.
Claim checksEach number with its counterweight
Claim check
"India's exports are booming."
The data
Exports (% GDP)
- 2015
- 19.8%
- 2025
- 22.3%
increase+2.5 change
Counter-metric
Imports (% GDP)
- 2015
- 22.1%
- 2025
- 24.0%
increase+1.9 change
Exports moved +2.5 pts of GDP; imports moved +1.9 pts. Look at both before calling it a boom.
Sources: World Bank NE.EXP.GNFS.ZS, NE.IMP.GNFS.ZS. Claim wording is a generic template, not a quote.
Claim check
"We've massively increased health spending."
The data
Health expenditure (% GDP)
- 2013
- 3.7%
- 2023
- 3.3%
decrease-0.4 change
Counter-metric
Infant mortality (per 1,000 births)
- 2014
- 38.2
- 2024
- 23.3
decrease-14.9 change
Spending share changed -0.4 pts; infant mortality changed -14.9 per 1,000. Outcomes are the counterweight to inputs.
Sources: World Bank SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS, SP.DYN.IMRT.IN. Claim wording is a generic template, not a quote.
Claim check
"Manufacturing is the engine of growth."
The data
Manufacturing value added (% GDP)
- 2015
- 15.6%
- 2025
- 13.5%
decrease-2.1 change
Counter-metric
Industry value added (% GDP)
- 2015
- 27.3%
- 2025
- 25.2%
decrease-2.1 change
Manufacturing share of GDP changed -2.1 pts vs industry overall -2.1 pts.
Sources: World Bank NV.IND.MANF.ZS, NV.IND.TOTL.ZS. Claim wording is a generic template, not a quote.
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