Economy of Bihar

Source	Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
Date	23 Dec 2025

Bihar has the 14th largest economy among Indian states, as the GDP of the state in the year 2024-25 is estimated at ₹9.92 lakh crore. With 9.24% of the country's population, Bihar contributed 2.91% to the national GDP in 2023-24.

Bihar has a GDP (nominal) of around 117 billion US dollars in 2024. The economy of Bihar is equivalent to that of Uzbekistan, the 62nd largest economy in the world.

Bihar's real GSDP growth rate for 2024-25 was 8.64%, the 6th highest in India. During the period 2012-24, it has the average growth rate of 5.98%, the 15th highest in the country.

In 2024-25, Bihar’s per capita income was ₹69,321, almost one-third of the national average. In terms of NSDP per capita, Bihar is the poorest state. The NSDP per capita of Bihar is two-thirds that of the 2nd-lowest state, Uttar Pradesh. People in Bihar have an income that is just one-fifth of that of people in Tamil Nadu. The nominal GDP per capita of Bihar is estimated at 878 dollars in 2024; that is equivalent to that of Sierra Leone, the 171st richest economy in the world.

In 2024-25, the services (tertiary) sector contributed 54.07% of the state’s Gross State Value Added (GSVA), followed by the secondary sector (23.18%) and the primary sector (22.75%).

GDP of Bihar

Year	At current prices (crore INR)				At 2011-12 prices (crore INR)
Year	GSDP	GSVA	NSDP	NSVA	GSDP	GSVA	NSDP	NSVA
2011-12	247,144	241,699	228,497	22,305,198	247,144	241,699	228,497	22,305,198
2012-13	282,368	276,699	261,327	25,565,802	256,851	251,609	236,933	23,169,108
2013-14	317,101	306,685	292,143	28,172,681	269,650	260,662	246,915	23,792,724
2014-15	342,951	335,199	315,732	30,798,049	279,482	269,418	255,739	24,567,441
2015-16	371,602	364,155	340,119	33,267,219	296,488	286,090	269,200	25,880,101
2016-17	421,051	408,457	386,879	37,428,466	318,797	306,940	289,265	27,740,757
2017-18	468,746	458,415	431,128	42,079,646	344,028	334,827	312,605	30,340,381
2018-19	527,976	510,351	483,604	46,597,923	381,383	366,992	345,545	33,115,465
2019-20	581,855	559,805	532,573	51,052,271	398,329	381,822	359,241	34,273,400
2020-21	567,814	552,327	515,397	49,991,038	368,970	357,140	328,354	31,652,379
2021-22	647,394	641,107	587,205	58,091,705	387,256	382,800	343,583	33,912,738
2022-23	763,165	756,813	688,372	68,201,950	436,909	432,862	386,515	38,246,853
2023-24	877,197	850,879	795,097	76,877,918	489,126	472,786	434,180	41,783,995
2024-25	991,997	962,021	899,020	86,904,462	531,372	513,233	471,322	45,318,283

GDP per capita of Bihar

Year	Per capita at current prices (INR)		Per capita at 2011-12 prices (INR)
Year	GSDP	NSDP	GSDP	NSDP
2011-12	23,525	21,750	23,525	21,750
2012-13	26,459	24,487	24,067	22,201
2013-14	29,250	26,948	24,873	22,776
2014-15	31,143	28,671	25,379	23,223
2015-16	33,218	30,404	26,503	24,064
2016-17	37,052	34,045	28,054	25,455
2017-18	40,065	36,850	29,405	26,719
2018-19	44,451	40,715	32,109	29,092
2019-20	48,263	44,175	33,040	29,798
2020-21	46,413	42,128	30,159	26,839
2021-22	52,144	47,296	31,192	27,674
2022-23	60,573	54,637	34,678	30,678
2023-24	68,624	62,201	38,264	33,966
2024-25	76,490	69,321	40,972	36,342

GDP Growth of Bihar

Year	Growth (%) at current prices (INR)		Growth (%) at 2011-12 prices (INR)
Year	GSDP	NSDP	GSDP	NSDP
2012-13	14.25	14.37	3.93	3.69
2013-14	12.30	11.79	4.98	4.21
2014-15	8.15	8.07	3.65	3.57
2015-16	8.35	7.72	6.08	5.26
2016-17	13.31	13.75	7.52	7.45
2017-18	11.33	11.44	7.91	8.07
2018-19	12.64	12.17	10.86	10.54
2019-20	10.20	10.13	4.44	3.96
2020-21	-2.41	-3.23	-7.37	-8.60
2021-22	14.02	13.93	4.96	4.64
2022-23	17.88	17.23	12.82	12.50
2023-24	14.94	15.50	11.95	12.33
2024-25	13.09	13.07	8.64	8.55

Sectorwise GDP of Bihar

	Sector	GVA (Rupees in Lakh) at current prices		GVA (Rupees in Lakh) at 2011-12 prices
	Sector	2024-25	% share	2024-25	% share
1	Primary Sector	21,886,453	22.75	9,409,105	18.33
1.1	Agriculture, forestry & fishing	21,517,342	22.37	9,253,352	18.03
1.11	Crops	10,490,688	10.90	4,688,220	9.13
1.12	Livestock	7,510,554	7.81	2,962,266	5.77
1.13	Forestry & logging	1,513,935	1.57	698,967	1.36
1.14	Fishing and aquaculture	2,002,165	2.08	903,899	1.76
1.2	Mining & quarrying	369,111	0.38	155,752	0.30
2	Secondary Sector	22,301,913	23.18	13,764,509	26.82
2.1	Manufacturing	6,932,174	7.21	4,637,274	9.04
2.2	Electricity, gas, water supply & other utility services	2,026,303	2.11	1,365,444	2.66
2.3	Construction	13,343,436	13.87	7,761,791	15.12
3	Tertairy Sector	52,013,767	54.07	28,149,659	54.85
3.1	Trade, repair, hotels and restaurants	13,998,344	14.55	6,836,466	13.32
3.11	Trade & repair services	12,844,099	13.35	6,274,260	12.22
3.12	Hotels & restaurants	1,154,244	1.20	562,206	1.10
3.2	Transport, storage, communication & services related to broadcasting	9,314,084	9.68	5,224,268	10.18
3.21	Railways	854,260	0.89	476,650	0.93
3.22	Road transport	4,840,138	5.03	2,714,136	5.29
3.23	Water transport	11,711	0.01	6,567	0.01
3.24	Air transport	45,329	0.05	25,419	0.05
3.25	Services incidental to transport	545,036	0.57	305,632	0.60
3.26	Storage	68,206	0.07	38,292	0.07
3.27	Communication & services related to broadcasting	2,949,404	3.07	1,657,572	3.23
3.3	Financial services	4,334,142	4.51	2,582,659	5.03
3.4	Real estate, ownership of dwelling & professional services	6,598,399	6.86	4,673,160	9.11
3.5	Public administration	5,294,946	5.50	2,763,327	5.38
3.6	Other services	12,473,852	12.97	6,069,779	11.83
	GVA at basic prices	96,202,133		51,323,272