India against the world

India at a glance

Six contrasts that explain where India's energy system stands today and how fast it is moving. India is always the orange bar, the world average the blue one.

How the mix has moved

What India pays for oil

Brent is the benchmark for most of India's crude imports. The orange line is the price paid at the time, in dollars; the blue line restates it in dollars using US consumer prices. India pays in rupees, so a weaker rupee raises the cost further. More on the Prices page. Energy data: , , fetched . Primary energy uses the physical energy content method the Energy Institute adopted in 2026, so shares differ from older editions; see the Annexe. Coming next: demand by segment, real coal, LNG and power prices, and capex by sector.