West Bengal’s share in India’s GDP has fallen from 6.03 percent to 5.25 percent in 2018-19

West Bengal’s share in all-India GDP has declined from around 6 percent in 2011-12 to 5.5 percent in 2017-18.

West Bengal’s share in all-India GDP has declined from around 6 percent in 2011-12 to 5.5 percent in 2017-18.The Wire reported that "while the West Bengal economy appears to have grown faster than the national economy in 2017-18, the average (Gross State Domestic Product) GSDP growth rate in the state between 2012-13 and 2017-18 has been 5.5 percent, lower than the average GDP growth of 7.1 percent." Due to this, the share of West Bengal’s real GSDP in all-India GDP has declined from around 6 percent in 2011-12 to 5.5 percent in 2017-18. This means that West Bengal's economy did not have a relatively better growth performance compared to the overall Indian economy.

West Bengal's growth rate has consistently been increasing since 2011-12, starting from Rs. 5,20,48,504 to Rs. 6,94,98,032 in 2017-2018.