The latest report released by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) shows that India's GDP growth rate in 2026 is 6.3%.
Indonesia ranks second.
China's GDP growth rate is 4.5%, ranking third.
These figures accurately reflect the IMF's latest view on global economic growth in 2026. Simply put, these numbers depict a picture of "divergence in Asia's core engines and a shift in the center of global growth towards the south."
Although China's growth rate has been overtaken by Indonesia, the IMF recently raised its forecast for China by 0.3 percentage points. This shows external recognition of China's "resilience" and "high-quality development" transformation on a large base.
Although India's growth rate exceeds China's, China's economic volume is nearly five times that of India.
This ranking is more like a "prism": it not only proves that Asia remains the locomotive of global growth, but also reflects the different stages of development of various countries - India is tapping into its demographic potential, Indonesia is rising steadily, while China is actively slowing down to pave the way for a more sustainable future.
India is ambitious, pushing Japan out of the top four, and claiming that in 2027, its economy will surpass Germany and enter the top three in the world.
Appendix: Top 10 Global Nominal GDP in 2026
Based on the IMF's October 2025 World Economic Outlook and Worldometer data from January 2026, the top 10 global nominal GDP rankings in 2026 are as follows (in trillions of US dollars):
United States: 31.82, growth rate 2.1%
China: 20.65, growth rate 4.2%
Germany: 5.33, growth rate 0.9%
India: 4.51, growth rate 6.2%
Japan: 4.46, growth rate 0.7%
United Kingdom: 4.23, growth rate 1.3%
France: 3.56, growth rate 1.0%
Canada: 2.71, growth rate 1.6%
Italy: 2.54, growth rate 0.7%
Russia: 2.54, growth rate 0.8%
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