India - General government gross debt in current LCU

199,167 (billion LCU) in 2021

In 2021, government debt for India was 199,167 billion LCU. Between 2002 and 2021, government debt of India grew substantially from 21,014 to 199,167 billion LCU rising at an increasing annual rate that reached a maximum of 17.10% in 2020 and then decreased to 12.79% in 2021.

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Gross debt consists of all liabilities that require payment or payments of interest and/or principal by the debtor to the creditor at a date or dates in the future. This includes debt liabilities in the form of SDRs, currency and deposits, debt securities, loans, insurance, pensions and standardized guarantee schemes, and other accounts payable. Thus, all liabilities in the GFSM 2001 system are debt, except for equity and investment fund shares and financial derivatives and employee stock options. Debt can be valued at current market, nominal, or face values (GFSM 2001, paragraph 7.110).