INDIA Fact sheets are updated biannually; June and December
General information Capital: Land area: Official language(s): Population: Currency:
New Delhi 2,973,190 sq km Hindi, English 1316.9 million (2017) Indian rupee
Economic indicators (a) GDP (US$b) (current prices) GDP per capita (US$) GDP PPP (Int'l $b) GDP per capita PPP (Int'l $) Real GDP growth (% change yoy) Current account balance (US$b) Current account balance (% GDP) Inflation (% change yoy) Unemployment (% labour force)
Head of State President HE Mr Ram Nath Kovind Head of Government Prime Minister The Hon Mr Narendra Modi
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
1,856.7 1,485.6 6,727.3 5,382.7 6.4 -32.3 -1.7 9.4 3.5
2,039.1 1,610.4 7,362.6 5,814.4 7.4 -26.8 -1.3 5.8 3.4
2,102.4 1,638.8 8,048.1 6,273.3 8.2 -22.1 -1.1 4.9 3.5
2,273.6 1,749.2 8,714.8 6,704.7 7.1 -14.4 -0.6 4.5 3.5
2,602.3 1,976.1 9,473.8 7,194.0 6.7 -48.7 -1.9 3.6 3.5
2,690.0 2,016.2 10,401.4 7,795.9 7.3 -80.4 -3.0 4.7 na
Australia's trade and investment relationship with India (b) Australian merchandise trade with India, 2017-18 (A$m) Exports to India Imports from India Total merchandise trade (exports + imports) Major Australian exports, 2017-18 (A$m) Coal Copper ores & concentrates Gold Vegetables, f.c.f.
16,326 5,542 21,868
Total share 5.2% 1.8% 3.5%
Rank 4th 12th 5th
9,907 852 732 728
Major Australian imports, 2017-18 (A$m) Refined petroleum Medicaments (incl veterinary) Railway vehicles (incl hovertrains) Pearls & gems
Growth (yoy) 7.7% 24.1% 11.4%
1,643 354 339 280
Includes A$1.9b of confidential items & special transactions, 12% of total exports.
Australia's trade in services with India, 2017-18 (A$m) Exports of services to India Imports of services from India
4,819 2,429
Major Australian services exports, 2017-18 (A$m) Education-related travel Personal travel excluding education
3,793 581
Total share 5.5% 2.6%
Rank 6th 13th
Major Australian services imports, 2017-18 (A$m) Personal travel excluding education Professional, technical & other business
Australia's investment relationship with India, 2017 (A$m) Australia's investment in India India's investment in Australia
Total 13,957 15,494
Growth (yoy) 17.3% 21.6% 1,127 609
FDI 1,827 880
India's global merchandise trade relationships India's principal export destinations, 2017 1 United States 2 United Arab Emirates 3 Hong Kong (SAR of China)
22 Australia
15.6% 9.7% 5.1%
1.3%
India's principal import sources, 2017 1 China 2 United States 3 United Arab Emirates
9 Australia
16.2% 5.4% 5.2%
3.2%
Compiled by the Statistics Section, DFAT, using the latest data from the ABS, the IMF and various international sources
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