World Bank · Debt
India: Debt outstanding, public sector, bonds
94.09Bcurrent USD · 2025+58.1% since 2015
Public sector debt from bonds that are either publicly issued or privately placed. Data are in current U.S. dollars. All creditors combined (IDS counterpart area: World); figures by creditor are not carried. Annual figures for India from 1970 to 2025.
Every year
| Year | Value (current USD) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 94,088,372,907.3 | |
| 2024 | 88,352,161,493.8 | |
| 2023 | 74,172,219,433.3 | |
| 2022 | 72,076,551,158.6 | |
| 2021 | 75,093,256,619.4 | |
| 2020 | 71,332,819,314 | |
| 2019 | 81,350,904,017.6 | |
| 2018 | 73,808,994,555.1 | |
| 2017 | 81,997,191,918.5 | |
| 2016 | 53,245,822,270.4 | |
| 2015 | 59,512,109,193.8 | |
| 2014 | 50,811,190,038.2 | |
| 2013 | 21,910,499,371.8 | |
| 2012 | 24,006,937,663.3 | |
| 2011 | 16,516,832,135.2 | |
| 2010 | 14,700,470,000 | |
| 2009 | 9,521,212,252.9 | |
| 2008 | 4,519,608,815.4 | |
| 2007 | 4,663,964,912.2 | |
| 2006 | 2,213,226,145.5 | |
| 2005 | 1,359,706,705 | |
| 2004 | 8,148,345,708.5 | |
| 2003 | 6,590,272,158.2 | |
| 2002 | 9,810,097,021.1 | |
| 2001 | 9,887,935,851.6 | |
| 2000 | 10,000,329,602.8 | |
| 1999 | 5,747,160,569.3 | |
| 1998 | 6,042,040,145.2 | |
| 1997 | 1,967,503,562.8 | |
| 1996 | 1,438,890,952.8 | |
| 1995 | 3,309,244,731.7 | |
| 1994 | 3,525,206,860.8 | |
| 1993 | 3,709,918,459.3 | |
| 1992 | 3,947,347,477.9 | |
| 1991 | 4,261,062,356.5 | |
| 1990 | 2,784,579,642.6 | |
| 1989 | 2,473,056,775 | |
| 1988 | 1,858,138,550 | |
| 1987 | 1,237,569,225 | |
| 1986 | 975,705,750 | |
| 1985 | 615,028,900 | |
| 1984 | 259,640,000 | |
| 1983 | 30,000,000 | |
| 1982 | 11,377,742 | |
| 1981 | 1,988,091 | |
| 1980 | 2,281,149 | |
| 1979 | 2,287,932.8 | |
| 1978 | 2,209,241.2 | |
| 1977 | 2,203,814.2 | |
| 1976 | 2,036,934 | |
| 1975 | 2,024,271 | |
| 1974 | 2,239,542 | |
| 1973 | 2,225,070 | |
| 1972 | 2,259,452 | |
| 1971 | 2,507,943.1 | |
| 1970 | 2,412,527.4 |
Source
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