India - Central government debt

Central government debt, total (current LCU)

The value for Central government debt, total (current LCU) in India was 56,517,900,000,000 as of 2013. As the graph below shows, over the past 23 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 56,517,900,000,000 in 2013 and a minimum value of 2,925,670,000,000 in 1990.

Definition: Debt is the entire stock of direct government fixed-term contractual obligations to others outstanding on a particular date. It includes domestic and foreign liabilities such as currency and money deposits, securities other than shares, and loans. It is the gross amount of government liabilities reduced by the amount of equity and financial derivatives held by the government. Because debt is a stock rather than a flow, it is measured as of a given date, usually the last day of the fiscal year.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

Year Value
1990 2,925,670,000,000
1991 3,311,970,000,000
1992 3,781,690,000,000
1993 4,534,120,000,000
1994 5,096,160,000,000
1995 5,725,510,000,000
1996 6,377,560,000,000
1997 7,782,940,000,000
1998 8,918,060,000,000
1999 10,210,300,000,000
2000 11,770,300,000,000
2001 13,664,100,000,000
2002 15,592,000,000,000
2003 17,366,800,000,000
2004 19,944,200,000,000
2005 22,601,500,000,000
2006 25,386,000,000,000
2007 28,166,100,000,000
2008 31,591,800,000,000
2009 35,178,500,000,000
2010 39,387,700,000,000
2011 45,041,500,000,000
2012 50,394,300,000,000
2013 56,517,900,000,000

Central government debt, total (% of GDP)

Central government debt, total (% of GDP) in India was 50.31 as of 2013. Its highest value over the past 23 years was 62.59 in 2004, while its lowest value was 45.72 in 1996.

Definition: Debt is the entire stock of direct government fixed-term contractual obligations to others outstanding on a particular date. It includes domestic and foreign liabilities such as currency and money deposits, securities other than shares, and loans. It is the gross amount of government liabilities reduced by the amount of equity and financial derivatives held by the government. Because debt is a stock rather than a flow, it is measured as of a given date, usually the last day of the fiscal year.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.

See also:

Year Value
1990 50.78
1991 50.01
1992 49.68
1993 51.76
1994 49.59
1995 47.49
1996 45.72
1997 50.37
1998 50.32
1999 51.35
2000 55.00
2001 59.02
2002 62.55
2003 62.19
2004 62.59
2005 62.23
2006 59.67
2007 57.50
2008 57.29
2009 55.26
2010 51.59
2011 51.56
2012 50.68
2013 50.31

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance