In a world where countless headlines, reports and narratives focus on what is going wrong in India, we choose to ask a different question: what does the evidence actually show?
Drag the slider to pick a starting year. Every indicator below shows how far it has moved since then.
From 33% in 1 AD to under 3% after colonisation โ and now climbing back. This is the single most important chart in Indiaโs economic story.
India held a quarter to a third of world GDP for nearly 1,700 years. Colonial extraction drove it below 3%. Since liberalisation in 1991, the share has been climbing back โ now at ~8.5% and projected to cross 10% by 2030. The U-curve is the defining shape of Indiaโs economic history.
Adjust growth and PPP assumptions to test your own projections through 2060.
Indicators ranked by how much they have grown from their earliest to their latest data point.
26 indicators grouped into 5 areas. Each opens on its own page with charts, data tables and exports.
How the aggregate economy has moved โ output growth, external buffers, poverty and the startup base.
๐ญWhat India builds and ships โ electronics, mobile phones, defence hardware, pharmaceuticals and vaccines.
๐ฑThe digital layer โ internet and mobile reach, the payments stack, and satellites in orbit.
โกThe power system โ installed capacity, what gets generated, and how fast renewables and solar are scaling.
๐The everyday infrastructure that reaches households โ electricity, piped water, toilets, pucca housing and road quality.
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