UK slips behind India to become world's 6th biggest economy


London, Sep 3 (IANS): Britain has dropped behind India to become the world's sixth largest economy, according to Bloomberg.

India toppled the UK from its position in the final three months of 2021 to become the fifth-biggest economy. The calculation is based in US dollars, and India extended its lead in the first quarter, according to GDP figures from the International Monetary Fund.

This news comes as a further blow to the government in London as it grapples with a brutal cost-of-living shock, Bloomberg reported.

The IMF's own forecasts show India overtaking the UK in dollar terms on an annual basis this year, putting the Asian powerhouse behind just the US, China, Japan and Germany. A decade ago, India ranked 11th among the largest economies, while the UK was 5th.

The UK's decline down the international rankings is an unwelcome backdrop for the new Prime Minister. Conservative Party members choose Boris Johnson's successor on Monday, with Foreign Secretary Liz Truss expected to beat former Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak in the run-off.

The winner will take over a nation facing the fastest inflation in four decades and rising risks of a recession that the Bank of England says may last well into 2024.

By contrast, the Indian economy is forecast to grow more than 7 per cent this year. A world-beating rebound in Indian stocks this quarter has just seen their weighting rise to the second spot in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index, trailing only China's.

The calculations were done using the IMF database and historic exchange rates on the Bloomberg terminal.

The UK is likely to have fallen further since. UK GDP grew just one per cent in cash terms in the second quarter and, after adjusting for inflation, shrank 0.1 per cent. Sterling has also underperformed the dollar relative to the rupee, with the pound falling eight per cent against the Indian currency this year.

 

  

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  • Piad, Mangalore

    Sat, Sep 03 2022

    5th Biggest Economy ??? for what ? what basic facilities we common people of India are enjoying compare to UK . The government is busy selling India to the corporates. As compared to the population India would have been No. 1, by this time if UPA was in power. In fact the Indian government collecting taxes from salaried people and not providing any retirement benefits. worst of worst the medical benefits, insurance benefits are curtailed by this government.

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  • Rudolf Rodrigues, Mumbai

    Sat, Sep 03 2022

    The only metric of any value for a country should involve the quality of life it's citizens lead. So the ability of the government to provide food / clothing / shelter to ALL it's citizens is the prime metric. Followed by health, education and employment. "5th biggest economy" tag has no value if the above base needs are not met.

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  • GURKA, Mangaluru

    Sat, Sep 03 2022

    It will slip further as the power goes to ASIANs who are governing the country on the basis of RELIGION and EMOTIONS!!! Not to be surprised that if the situation continues they will BRITISH EMPIRE like Bangladesh or pakistan

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  • Agnes, Mangalore

    Sat, Sep 03 2022

    If BJP/NDA comes to power again, no doubt India will go back 200 years. Now we should have been number#1 in economy if UPA continued to be in power....

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