Archive · 25 Sep 2026
India Leads Growth Outlook as Economist Optimism Rises to 74%
Economists study how countries’ economies may perform in the future.
A World Economic Forum survey asked chief economists about India’s growth.
About 74% expected India to have strong or very strong growth in the next year.
This was the highest optimism among the economies included in the survey.
In May, only 52% had expected similarly strong growth.
That means confidence rose by 22 percentage points.
The new results were published in the September 2026 Chief Economists’ Outlook.
The report shows that economists became more hopeful about India’s economic future.
About 74% of surveyed chief economists expect strong or very strong growth in India over the next 12 months.
India had the most optimistic growth outlook among economies assessed in the World Economic Forum’s September 2026 report.
Optimism increased from 52% in the report’s May 2026 edition.
The change represents a 22-percentage-point increase in positive growth expectations.
The findings come from the World Economic Forum’s Chief Economists’ Outlook.
- Who
- Chief economists surveyed by the World Economic Forum.
- What
- Expectations for strong or very strong growth in India rose to 74%.
- When
- The finding is from the September 2026 Chief Economists’ Outlook, compared with its May 2026 edition.
- Where
- India, among the economies assessed in the World Economic Forum outlook.
- Why
- The survey measured economists’ expectations for economic growth over the following 12 months.
- Report
- World Economic Forum’s Chief Economists’ Outlook
- Report edition
- September 2026
- India growth optimism
- 74% of surveyed chief economists
- Earlier reading
- 52% in the May 2026 edition
- Change
- Increase of 22 percentage points
- Forecast period
- The next 12 months
- Ranking
- India had the most optimistic outlook among the economies assessed