Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu with its skyline and Metro | |
Currency | Indian rupee (INR, ₹) |
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1 April – 31 March | |
Country group |
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Statistics | |
GDP | ₹31.55 lakh crore (US$378 billion) (2024–25 est.)[3] |
GDP rank | 2nd |
GDP growth | 14.6% (2021-22)[3] |
GDP per capita | ₹350,695 (US$4,202) (2023-2024) [4] |
GDP per capita rank | 9th |
GDP by sector | Services: 54% (2020–21) Industry: 33% Agriculture: 13%[3] |
Population below poverty line | ![]() |
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Unemployment | ![]() |
External | |
Exports | ₹3.63 lakh crore (US$43 billion) (2019–20)[7] |
Export goods | Automobiles,[8] mobile phones,[9] software, missile defense, electronics, telecommunications equipment,[10] armaments,[11] locomotives,[12] ships, machinery, steel, aluminium, transportation equipment,[13] tyres, textiles, footwear, leather, chemicals, cement, plastics, toys, food processing, seafood, vegetables, fruits, tea and coffee |
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FDI stock | ₹28,049 crore (US$3.4 billion) (2017–18)[15] |
Public finances | |
26.29% of GSDP (2022–23 est.)[3] | |
₹−90,114 crore (US$−11 billion) (3.63% of GSDP) (2022–23 est.)[3] | |
Revenues | ₹2.36 lakh crore (US$28 billion) (2022–23 est.)[3] |
Expenses | ₹3.33 lakh crore (US$40 billion) (2022–23 est.)[3] |
All values, unless otherwise stated, are in US dollars. |
Tamil Nadu has the second largest state economy in India.[16] The state also hosts the highest number of factories in the country.[17][18] The state is 48.40% urbanised, accounting for around 9.26% of the urban population in the country, while the state as a whole accounted for 5.96% of India's total population in the 2011 census.[19] Services contributes to 54% to the gross domestic product of the state, followed by manufacturing at 33% and agriculture at 13%.[20]
Government is the major investor in the state, with 52% of total investments, followed by private Indian investors at 29.9% and foreign private investors at 14.9%. It has been ranked as the most economically free state in India by the Economic Freedom Rankings for the States of India.[21]
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