India Contributed Almost 15% of - Global GDP in the Past Decade: Growth strongly outperforms Asia-Pacific region and Emerging Markets| World Economics

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India Contributed Almost 15% of
Global GDP in the Past Decade

Growth strongly outperforms Asia-Pacific region and Emerging Markets

1 April 2023

India's GDP Growth
Index: 1996=100

India Contributed Almost 15% of - Global GDP in the Past Decade

* GDP in Purchasing Power Parity terms with added estimates for the size of the informal economy and adjustments for out-of-date GDP base year data.

Real GDP in India has surged by 355% over the last twenty-six years contributing almost 15% of global output growth since 2012. This has pushed India’s share of the world output up to close to 10% making it the third-largest economy by size. In the last ten years, the country’s cumulative annual average real growth rate has been 5.5%. See more data...

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