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Asia > India > Economy

INDIAN ECONOMY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Agriculture > products
rice, wheat, oilseed, cotton, jute, tea, sugarcane, potatoes; cattle, water buffalo, sheep, goats, poultry; fish
Debt > External $165,400,000,000.00 Time series [28th of 136]
Definition: Economy > Debt > External
Distribution of family income > Gini index 36.8 Time series [13th of 43]
Definition: Economy > Distribution of family income > Gini index
Economic freedom 1.5 [123rd of 156]
Definition: Economy > Economic freedom
Economic importance 2.1 [25th of 25]
Definition: Economy > Economic importance
Exports $151,300,000,000.00 Time series [25th of 189]
Definition: Economy > Exports
GDP $906,268,000,000.00 Time series [12th of 203]
Definition: Economy > GDP
GDP > PPP $3,362,960,000,000.00 [4th of 163]
Definition: Economy > GDP > PPP
GDP > Real growth rate 9% Time series [21st of 198]
Definition: Economy > GDP > Real growth rate
GDP per capita in 1973 $853.00 [50th of 52]
Definition: Economy > GDP per capita in 1973
GINI index 36.8 Time series [11th of 40]
Definition: Economy > GINI index
Gross National Income $477,000,000,000.00 [12th of 172]
Definition: Economy > Gross National Income
Human Development Index 0.602 [128th of 178]
Definition: Economy > Human Development Index
Income category Low income
Definition: Economy > Income category
Income distribution > Richest 10% 33.5% [38th of 114]
Definition: Economy > Income distribution > Richest 10%
Population below poverty line 25% Time series [9th of 46]
Definition: Economy > Population below poverty line
Poverty > Share of all poor people 41.01 % of world's poor [1st of 80]
Definition: Economy > Poverty > Share of all poor people
Public debt 58.2 % of GDP Time series [32nd of 121]
Definition: Economy > Public debt
Technological achievement 0.2 [59th of 68]
Definition: Economy > Technological achievement
Tourist arrivals 2,374,000 [35th of 152]
Definition: Economy > Tourist arrivals

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; The Heritage Foundation; Economic Importance, 1998 (GDP x PC Inc) figures in quadrillion people dollars; World Development Indicators database and CIA World Factbook; World Bank. 2005. World Development Indicators 2005.; Angus Maddison; World Development Indicators database; ; Human Development Report 2006, United Nations Development Programme; ; World Bank. 2002. World Development Indicators 2002. CD-ROM. Washington, DC; Country Responsibilities in Achieving the Millenium Development Goals", April 8 2003, by Janice Poling; United Nations Development Program. Human Development Report 2001. New York: Oxford University Press,2001, Table A2.1. via ciesin.org; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: India, Republic of India

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COMMENTARY     

Ashok
24th July 2009
We cannot provide safe drinking water to majority of our citizens and we boast that we are great and all that. Let us first solve the basic need of drinking water first.
An unknown Indian
12th July 2009
Even if India exceeds Ukby their GDP,I doubt whether an average Indian will be as welloff as an average UK citizen,which I very well doubt.
Adhish Verma
20th May 2009
I am a Post graduate student in economics and am currently working on a Research Paper for which I need the following information: Do we have an income classification for India, like Low, middle and high income category? Some reference, publication??
i'll be grateful if someone could help me out with this.

I can receive the information at adhishverma@yahoo.co.in.
divya
30th October 2005
population of countries in 2003
china 128.69
india 104.97
america 29.03
indonesia 23.49
pakistan 15.07


population of countries in 2050
india 160.10
china 141.76
america 42.00
indonesia 33.62
pakistan 26.78
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