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Industrial production growth

8.0%
year on year, Aug 2026

Inside its usual range of 2.9% to 8.2%. The record is 133.5%, in April 2021. Up from 4.7% a year ago.

200020102020−50.0%50.0%100.0%150.0%133.5%, Apr 2021−57.3%, Apr 2020usual range, 2.9% to 8.2%8.0%200020102020−50.0%50.0%100.0%150.0%133.5%, Apr 2021−57.3%, Apr 2020usual range, 2.9% to 8.2%8.0%200020052010201520202025−50.0%0.0%50.0%100.0%150.0%133.5%, Apr 2021−57.3%, Apr 2020usual range, 2.9% to 8.2%8.0%200020052010201520202025−50.0%50.0%100.0%150.0%133.5%, Apr 2021−57.3%, Apr 2020usual range, 2.9% to 8.2%8.0%

What it is. Industrial output (factories, mines and power) against a year earlier.

How to read it. Monthly and noisy, partly because of how the calendar falls. Read the trend over several months.

Source: MoSPI / National Statistics Office, eSankhyiki API Method Data

The numbers

Latest8.0%Aug 2026
A week ago7.4%
A month ago7.4%
A year ago4.7%
Usual range2.9% to 8.2%
Median5.2%
Lowest−57.3%1 Apr 2020
Highest133.5%1 Apr 2021
Percentile, full history73
Percentile, last 5 years90

The usual range is the middle half of readings since 1995. A percentile is the share of the 377 readings since 1 Apr 1995 that were below today's. Data: statistics, history (JSON); history as CSV.

To cite: tipsheet, “Industrial production growth”, data to Aug 2026, https://tipsheet.markets/i/iip-growth/

Read it with

WPI inflation 9.9%above usual
Real GDP growth 7.8%above usual
Core CPI inflation 4.4%usual
Unemployment rate (PLFS) 5.0%new series
CPI inflation 4.8%usual
Market value of NSE-listed companies ₹467.7 lakh crbelow its record

the usual range: the middle half of all readingstodayEach line runs from the lowest reading ever to the highest.