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Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2025
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	2 146 759	2 679 381	3 575 778^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	8	-5.8	8.2^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	1 617.0	1 910.0	2 487.0^b
Economy: Agriculture^f,g (% of Gross Value Added)	17.7	20.4	17.7^b
Economy: Industry^g,h (% of Gross Value Added)	30	27.4	27.3^b
Economy: Services and other activity^g,i (% of GVA)	52.3	52.3	55^b
Employment in agriculture^j (% of employed)	44.2	44.7	43.5^b
Employment in industry^j (% of employed)	25	23.7	25^b
Employment in services^j (% employed)	30.7	31.6	31.5^b
Unemployment (% of labour force)	7.6^j	7.9	4.2^j
Labour force participation rate^j (female/male pop. %)	26.6 / 78.0	26.0 / 75.7	32.8 / 77.1
CPI: Consumer Price Index^k,l (2010=100)	123	154	191^e
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	98	119	134^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	264 381	275 489	434 435^e
International trade: imports (million current US$)	390 745	367 980	697 745^e
International trade: balance (million current US$)	- 126 364	- 92 492	- 263 310^e
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	- 22 457	32 730	- 32 428^e

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Population growth rate (average annual %)	1.2	0.9	0.9^a
Urban population (% of total population)	32.8	34.5^d	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	2.4^m	...	...
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)	2.3	2	1.9^a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	70.9 / 67.8	71.9 / 68.5	74.1 / 71.0^a
Population age distributionⁿ (0-14/60+ years old, %)	28.9 / 8.6	26.3 / 9.9	24.2 / 11.1^a
International migrant stock^o,p (000/% of total pop.)	5 252.3 / 0.4	4 929.8 / 0.4	4 796.3 / 0.3^e
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	205.8	241.3	269.9^e
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	43.5	32.6	27.1^a
Health: Current expenditure^q (% of GDP)	3.6	3.3	3.3^r
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	0.7	0.7	...
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	118.3 / 108.0^j	101.7 / 100.9	119.9 / 121.1^e
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	90.0 / 86.8	90.3 / 87.9	88.8 / 87.2^e
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	62.9 / 66.2^j	66.5 / 71.8	71.1 / 70.3^e
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	3.3	2.9	2.8^r
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	12	14.4^s	13.8^s

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	14.9^j	43.4	55.9^r
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	0.7	0.6	...
Threatened species (number)	1 039	1 118	1 673^e
Forested area (% of land area)	23.8	24.3	24.4^r
CO2 emission estimates^q (million tons/tons per capita)	2 208.4 / 1.7	2 210.9 / 1.6	2 785.3 / 2.0^r
Energy production, primary^q (Petajoules)	21 904	23 642	27 491^r
Energy supply per capita^q (Gigajoules)	26	27	31^r
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^t (000)	13 284	6 291	6 989^u
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	6.2	6.3	6.3^e
Pop. using safely managed drinking water (urban/rural, %)	... / 52.6	... / 62.1	... / 66.0^r
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural, %)	34.8 / 38.0	40.4 / 51.9	42.7 / 57.4^r
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	0.15	0.07	0.07^b

Footnotes

a		Projected est. (medium fertility variant).
b		2023
c		Refers to the Delhi metropolitan area that is not restricted to state boundaries (National Capital Territory), includes contiguous suburban cities and towns, such as Faridabad, Gurgaon, and Ghaziabad.
d		2019
e		2024
f		Exc. irrigation canals and landscaping care.
g		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
h		Exc. publishing activities. Inc. irrigation canals.
i		Inc. publishing activities and landscape care. Exc. repair of personal and household goods.
j		Estimate.
k		Base: 2012=100.
l		Data as published by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation of India (MoSPI). Until the April 2024 edition of the MBS; the Ministry of Labour and Employment was used as the data source.
m		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
n		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
o		Refers to foreign citizens.
p		Including refugees.
q		Data refer to fiscal years beginning 1 April.
r		2022
s		Data at 1 January of the reporting year.
t		Including nationals residing abroad.
u		2021