South Asia · G20
Data checked 28 Oct 2026 · next scheduled check 1 Jan 2027 · UN World Population Prospects (via World Bank) released 1 Jul 2026 · World Bank WDI released 8 Oct 2026
Total spending · 2024
28.4%
+3.4 pts since 1995
Welfare · 2024
Not available
Healthcare · 2024
Not available
Defence · 2024
2.22%
-0.4 pts since 1995
Education · 2024
Not available
Debt interest · 2024
Not available
Gross debt · 2025
84.3%
of GDP · +13 pts since 1995
Population · 2025
1463.9m
52.4% since 1995
Public-sector employment
Not available: no official public-sector employment series is loaded for India yet.
Not available: general-government welfare (COFOG 10) and COFOG debt transactions (01.7). No matching official observation was found in the sources checked; narrower-sector or differently defined figures are not substituted.
Healthcare rose from 0.8% to 1.3% of GDP between 2000 and 2023.
Defence rose from 2.6% to 3.1% of GDP between 1995 and 2009, then fell to 2.3% by 2025.
Education fell from 3.4% to 3.1% of GDP between 1997 and 2006, then rose to 4.1% by 2022.
Total spending rose from 25.0% to 31.0% of GDP between 1995 and 2020, then fell to 28.4% by 2024.
Gross debt rose from 70.9% to 90.4% of GDP between 1995 and 2020, then fell to 84.3% by 2025.
Population grew from 960.3 million in 1995 to 1463.9 million in 2025; the UN projects 1679.6 million by 2050.