India Become Fourth Largest Economy: This is a big good news for India before the beginning of the new year. According to the government’s Annual Economic Review report, India has achieved the status of the world’s fourth largest economy on the basis of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), leaving behind Japan.
India becomes the fourth largest economy!
According to the government, India has now reached the fourth position globally with a GDP of $4.18 trillion, although its final confirmation will be done by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), whose official data is expected to be released in the first half of 2026. If the current pace continues, India could also become the world’s third largest economy in the next two and a half to three years, overtaking Germany with an estimated GDP of $7.3 trillion.
The government report says that India’s economy has been growing at a fast pace for the last several years and its size has almost doubled in the last decade. The country’s GDP growth rate in the second quarter of the financial year 2025-26 was 8.2 percent, which is the highest level in the last six years.
India is growing at a fast pace
Despite global trade challenges, strong domestic demand has strengthened the Indian economy. The growth rate in the first quarter of the financial year 2024-25 was 7.8 percent, while in the fourth quarter it remained at 7.4 percent.
The government said strong domestic demand, institutional reforms, balanced monetary policy and price stability have created a favorable ‘Goldilocks’ situation for the Indian economy, where there is a balance between growth and inflation. For this reason, domestic and international institutions are predicting that the Indian economy will emerge stronger in the coming years and its role on the global economic stage will become even stronger.
