India's government total expenditure declined to 14.19% of GDP in FY2025–26, slightly down from 14.26% in the previous fiscal year. Government Spending to GDP in India averaged 15.08 percent of GDP from 1970 until 2025, reaching an all time high of 19.42 percent of GDP in 1986 and a record low of 11.81 percent of GDP in 1970. source: Reserve Bank of India
Government Spending to GDP in India is expected to reach 15.50 percent of GDP by the end of 2026, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the India Central Government Total Expenditure to GDP is projected to trend around 16.00 percent of GDP in 2027 and 15.90 percent of GDP in 2028, according to our econometric models.