Per capita consumer spending in India 1974-2012

In 2012, the value of per capita household expenditure or consumer spending across India amounted to nearly 574 U.S. dollars. Although data showed an upward trend in consumer spending since 1974, average monthly spending across the country had declined in more than four decades as reported by the NSO, to about 1,400 Indian rupees in fiscal year 2018 from over 1,500 rupees in fiscal year 2012.