Living standards · observed

Output per person

Inflation adjusted gross domestic product divided by the midyear population.

Latest available value$2,523

India · 2025

Change from 2024+$157

One period comparison, not annualized

Data statusLatest available

Observed source series

Historical observationsGDP per person in India
$2,5232025
Explain this chart
What changed+$157

The latest plotted observation compared with the one immediately before it.

What could matter

Productivity, Employment, Investment

What this cannot prove

It does not show inequality, unpaid work, environmental costs, or differences in local prices.

View accessible data table
PeriodValueStatus
2025$2,523observed
2024$2,367observed
2023$2,230observed
2022$2,098observed
2021$1,965observed
2020$1,807observed
2019$1,936observed
2018$1,883observed
2017$1,789observed
2016$1,694observed
Understand it

Why it matters

It is a rough way to compare average material output over time, not a measure of a typical person’s income.

People often affected
  • Households
  • Businesses
  • Public services
What can influence it
  • 01Productivity
  • 02Employment
  • 03Investment
  • 04Population

These are common mechanisms, not claims about what caused the latest movement.

Read with care

Limits of this data

It does not show inequality, unpaid work, environmental costs, or differences in local prices.

Revision status: The API does not expose a revision flag for these observations. Treat recent values as revisable.

Official source

World Bank: World Development Indicators

Series NY.GDP.PCAP.KD. Snapshot retrieved Aug 5, 2026. Reporting frequency: annual. Seasonal adjustment: not applicable.