Series

Government consumption (GFCE)

Value in 2025-26

₹37.59 lakh crore

10.9% of GDP

Gross flows can exceed GDP. GDP counts only final output once; the map also shows the inputs firms buy from each other and the money that passes through financial markets.

What it is

What the Centre, States and local bodies spend on public services, from the national accounts.

Trend

SAM 2023-24: 10.7% of GDP

2011-12: Sources are joined here: the series continues as mospi_nas_2026_oldbase_nas2025_s1_1 (NO).
2011-12: Source changes from mospi_nas_2026_api_b2011_back (NB) to mospi_nas_2026_oldbase_nas2025_s1_1 (NO).
2022-23: Source changes from mospi_nas_2026_oldbase_nas2025_s1_1 (NO) to mospi_nas_2026_s1_1 (NN). New GDP base (2022-23). Earlier years are on the 2011-12 base; levels are not directly comparable, shares are closer.
2025-26: Sources are joined here: the series continues as mospi_nas_2026_api_b2022_annual (NP).
2025-26: Source changes from mospi_nas_2026_s1_1 (NN) to mospi_nas_2026_api_b2022_annual (NP).

Checked against the 2023-24 SAM: the series matches.

Sources

MoSPI NAS REST API (eSankhyiki backend)
MoSPI (NSO), eSankhyiki. Table NAS API getNASData indicator 11. Retrieved 2026-09-29.
api.mospi.gov.in: getNASData

Every year

Every year
Year	Value	Share of GDP	Label	Base year	Estimate stage
1950-51	₹568 crore	5.6% of GDP	Official total	2011-12	·
1951-52	₹596 crore	5.5% of GDP	Official total	2011-12	·
1952-53	₹618 crore	5.8% of GDP	Official total	2011-12	·
1953-54	₹652 crore	5.6% of GDP	Official total	2011-12	·
1954-55	₹680 crore	6.2% of GDP	Official total	2011-12	·
1955-56	₹729 crore	6.5% of GDP	Official total	2011-12	·
1956-57	₹804 crore	6.0% of GDP	Official total	2011-12	·
1957-58	₹939 crore	6.8% of GDP	Official total	2011-12	·
1958-59	₹1,008 crore	6.6% of GDP	Official total	2011-12	·
1959-60	₹1,062 crore	6.6% of GDP	Official total	2011-12	·
1960-61	₹1,159 crore	6.6% of GDP	Official total	2011-12	·
1961-62	₹1,288 crore	6.9% of GDP	Official total	2011-12	·
1962-63	₹1,561 crore	7.8% of GDP	Official total	2011-12	·
1963-64	₹2,007 crore	8.7% of GDP	Official total	2011-12	·
1964-65	₹2,163 crore	8.0% of GDP	Official total	2011-12	·
1965-66	₹2,492 crore	8.8% of GDP	Official total	2011-12	·
1966-67	₹2,731 crore	8.5% of GDP	Official total	2011-12	·
1967-68	₹3,053 crore	8.1% of GDP	Official total	2011-12	·
1968-69	₹3,343 crore	8.4% of GDP	Official total	2011-12	·
1969-70	₹3,747 crore	8.5% of GDP	Official total	2011-12	·
1970-71	₹4,188 crore	8.9% of GDP	Official total	2011-12	·
1971-72	₹4,848 crore	9.7% of GDP	Official total	2011-12	·
1972-73	₹5,156 crore	9.3% of GDP	Official total	2011-12	·
1973-74	₹5,653 crore	8.4% of GDP	Official total	2011-12	·
1974-75	₹6,858 crore	8.6% of GDP	Official total	2011-12	·
1975-76	₹8,084 crore	9.5% of GDP	Official total	2011-12	·
1976-77	₹8,978 crore	9.8% of GDP	Official total	2011-12	·
1977-78	₹9,580 crore	9.2% of GDP	Official total	2011-12	·
1978-79	₹10,635 crore	9.4% of GDP	Official total	2011-12	·
1979-80	₹12,226 crore	9.9% of GDP	Official total	2011-12	·
1980-81	₹14,194 crore	9.7% of GDP	Official total	2011-12	·
1981-82	₹16,631 crore	9.6% of GDP	Official total	2011-12	·
1982-83	₹19,658 crore	10.2% of GDP	Official total	2011-12	·
1983-84	₹22,712 crore	10.1% of GDP	Official total	2011-12	·
1984-85	₹26,116 crore	10.4% of GDP	Official total	2011-12	·
1985-86	₹31,100 crore	10.9% of GDP	Official total	2011-12	·
1986-87	₹36,772 crore	11.6% of GDP	Official total	2011-12	·
1987-88	₹43,166 crore	11.9% of GDP	Official total	2011-12	·
1988-89	₹49,824 crore	11.6% of GDP	Official total	2011-12	·
1989-90	₹57,041 crore	11.6% of GDP	Official total	2011-12	·
1990-91	₹65,016 crore	11.3% of GDP	Official total	2011-12	·
1991-92	₹73,370 crore	11.1% of GDP	Official total	2011-12	·
1992-93	₹83,084 crore	10.9% of GDP	Official total	2011-12	·
1993-94	₹96,382 crore	11.0% of GDP	Official total	2011-12	·
1994-95	₹1.07 lakh crore	10.4% of GDP	Official total	2011-12	·
1995-96	₹1.27 lakh crore	10.5% of GDP	Official total	2011-12	·
1996-97	₹1.44 lakh crore	10.3% of GDP	Official total	2011-12	·
1997-98	₹1.70 lakh crore	11.0% of GDP	Official total	2011-12	·
1998-99	₹2.11 lakh crore	11.9% of GDP	Official total	2011-12	·
1999-00	₹2.42 lakh crore	12.2% of GDP	Official total	2011-12	·
2000-01	₹2.56 lakh crore	11.9% of GDP	Official total	2011-12	·
2001-02	₹2.72 lakh crore	11.8% of GDP	Official total	2011-12	·
2002-03	₹2.82 lakh crore	11.3% of GDP	Official total	2011-12	·
2003-04	₹3.04 lakh crore	10.9% of GDP	Official total	2011-12	·
2004-05	₹3.32 lakh crore	10.4% of GDP	Official total	2011-12	·
2005-06	₹3.77 lakh crore	10.4% of GDP	Official total	2011-12	·
2006-07	₹4.17 lakh crore	9.8% of GDP	Official total	2011-12	·
2007-08	₹4.83 lakh crore	9.9% of GDP	Official total	2011-12	·
2008-09	₹5.81 lakh crore	10.5% of GDP	Official total	2011-12	·
2009-10	₹7.30 lakh crore	11.5% of GDP	Official total	2011-12	·
2010-11	₹8.40 lakh crore	11.0% of GDP	Official total	2011-12	·
2011-12	₹9.68 lakh crore	11.1% of GDP	Official total	2011-12	Revised
2012-13	₹10.62 lakh crore	10.7% of GDP	Official total	2011-12	Revised
2013-14	₹11.57 lakh crore	10.3% of GDP	Official total	2011-12	Revised
2014-15	₹13.02 lakh crore	10.4% of GDP	Official total	2011-12	TRE
2015-16	₹14.36 lakh crore	10.4% of GDP	Official total	2011-12	TRE
2016-17	₹15.87 lakh crore	10.3% of GDP	Official total	2011-12	TRE
2017-18	₹18.40 lakh crore	10.8% of GDP	Official total	2011-12	TRE
2018-19	₹20.46 lakh crore	10.8% of GDP	Official total	2011-12	TRE
2019-20	₹22.12 lakh crore	11.0% of GDP	Official total	2011-12	TRE
2020-21	₹23.06 lakh crore	11.6% of GDP	Official total	2011-12	TRE
2021-22	₹24.72 lakh crore	10.5% of GDP	Official total	2011-12	SRE
2022-23	₹29.34 lakh crore	11.2% of GDP	Official total	2022-23	Final
2023-24	₹31.21 lakh crore	10.7% of GDP	Official total	2022-23	Final
2024-25	₹34.45 lakh crore	10.8% of GDP	Official total	2022-23	FRE
2025-26	₹37.59 lakh crore	10.9% of GDP	Official total	2022-23	PE

Breaks and changes in the series

2011-12: Sources are joined here: the series continues as mospi_nas_2026_oldbase_nas2025_s1_1 (NO).
2011-12: Source changes from mospi_nas_2026_api_b2011_back (NB) to mospi_nas_2026_oldbase_nas2025_s1_1 (NO).
2022-23: Source changes from mospi_nas_2026_oldbase_nas2025_s1_1 (NO) to mospi_nas_2026_s1_1 (NN). New GDP base (2022-23). Earlier years are on the 2011-12 base; levels are not directly comparable, shares are closer.
2025-26: Sources are joined here: the series continues as mospi_nas_2026_api_b2022_annual (NP).
2025-26: Source changes from mospi_nas_2026_s1_1 (NN) to mospi_nas_2026_api_b2022_annual (NP).

No linked series: concept change at the new base: free PDS grain (food subsidy as a social transfer in kind) and FCI as non-market are inside GFCE; unstable overlap ratios (plan s.2.5)