Communications: Broadband - fixed subscriptions: subscriptions per 100 inhabitants
3.15 (2024, World Bank)
Communications: Internet users: percent of population
70.0% (2025, World Bank)
Communications: Telephones - fixed lines: subscriptions per 100 inhabitants
2.70 (2024, World Bank)
Communications: Telephones - mobile cellular: subscriptions per 100 inhabitants
79.35 (2024, World Bank)
Economy: Current account balance: Current account balance 2024
$-16.491 billion (2025, World Bank)
Economy: Debt - external: Debt - external 2023
$716.456 billion (2024, World Bank)
Economy: Exports: Exports 2024
$880.741 billion (2025, World Bank)
Economy: GDP - composition, by end use: exports of goods and services
22.3% (2025, World Bank)
Economy: GDP - composition, by end use: government consumption
10.8% (2025, World Bank)
Economy: GDP - composition, by end use: household consumption
56.7% (2025, World Bank)
Economy: GDP - composition, by end use: imports of goods and services
24.0% (2025, World Bank)
Economy: GDP - composition, by end use: investment in fixed capital
31.7% (2025, World Bank)
Economy: GDP - composition, by sector of origin: agriculture
16.2% (2025, World Bank)
Economy: GDP - composition, by sector of origin: industry
25.2% (2025, World Bank)
Economy: GDP - composition, by sector of origin: services
49.3% (2025, World Bank)
Economy: GDP - per capita (PPP)
$11,748 (2025, World Bank)
Economy: GDP (official exchange rate)
$3.956 trillion (2025, World Bank)
Economy: GDP (purchasing power parity) - real
$14.696 trillion (2025, World Bank)
Economy: Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income: Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income 2024
25.50 (2022, World Bank)
Economy: Household income or consumption by percentage share: highest 10%
22.1% (2022, World Bank)
Economy: Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%
4.5% (2022, World Bank)
Economy: Imports: Imports 2024
$949.660 billion (2025, World Bank)
Economy: Inflation rate (consumer prices): Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2024
2.4% (2025, World Bank)
Economy: Labor force
617,625,336 (2025, World Bank)
Economy: Population below poverty line
21.9% (2011, World Bank)
Economy: Public debt: Public debt 2023
46.5% of GDP (2018, World Bank)
Economy: Real GDP (purchasing power parity): Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2024
$14.696 trillion (2025, World Bank)
Economy: Real GDP growth rate: Real GDP growth rate 2024
7.6% (2025, World Bank)
Economy: Remittances: Remittances 2024
3.8% of GDP (2025, World Bank)
Economy: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2024
$700.074 billion (2025, World Bank)
Economy: Taxes and other revenues
9.4% of GDP (2022, World Bank)
Economy: Unemployment rate: Unemployment rate 2024
4.2% (2025, World Bank)
Economy: Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24): female
17.5% (2025, World Bank)
Economy: Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24): male
15.5% (2025, World Bank)
Economy: Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24): total
16.0% (2025, World Bank)
Energy: Electricity access: electrification - rural areas
99.9% (2024, World Bank)
Energy: Electricity access: electrification - total population
99.9% (2024, World Bank)
Energy: Electricity access: electrification - urban areas
100.0% (2024, World Bank)
Environment: Climate
northeast monsoon (December to April), southwest monsoon (June to October); tropical cyclones occur during May/June and October/November in the northern Indian Ocean and January/February in the southern Indian Ocean
Environment: Environmental issues
marine pollution from ocean dumping, improper waste disposal, and oil spills; oil pollution in Arabian Sea, Persian Gulf, and Red Sea; threats to coral reefs; loss of biodiversity; endangered marine species
Environment: Land use: agricultural land
60.1% (2023, World Bank)
Environment: Land use: agricultural land: arable land
51.8% (2023, World Bank)
Environment: Land use: forest
24.5% (2023, World Bank)
Environment: Marine fisheries
the Indian Ocean fisheries are the third most important in the world, accounting for 15.5%, or 12,220,000 mt of the global catch in 2020; tuna, small pelagic fish, and shrimp are important species in these regions; the Food and Agriculture Organization delineated two fishing regions in the Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean region (Region 57) is the most important and the fifth-largest-producing region in the world with 8.4%, or 6,590,000 mt, of the global catch in 2020; the region encompasses the waters north of 55º South latitude and east of 80º East longitude, including the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea, with the major producers including India (2,362,481 mt), Indonesia (1,940,558 mt), Burma (1,114,777 mt), Bangladesh (877,837 mt), and Sri Lanka (373,369 mt); the principal catches include shad, skipjack tuna, mackerel, shrimp, and sardinellas Western Indian Ocean region (Region 51) is the world’s sixth-largest-producing region with more than 7.1% or 5,630,000 mt of the global catch in 2020; this region encompasses the waters north of 40º South latitude and west of 80º East longitude, including the western Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea, Persian Gulf, and Red Sea, as well as the waters along the east coast of Africa and Madagascar, the south coast of the Arabian Peninsula, and the west coast of India; major producers include India (2,207,125 mt), Oman (580,048 mt), Pakistan (341,730 mt), and Mozambique (274,791 mt); the principal catches include skipjack and yellowfin tuna, mackerel, sardines, shrimp, and cephalopods Regional fisheries bodies: Indian Ocean Tuna Commission, Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna, Regional Commission for Fisheries (Persian Gulf/Gulf of Oman), Southeast Asia Fisheries Development Center, Southwest Indian Ocean Fisheries Commission, South Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement
Environment: Urbanization: urban population
35.7% (2025, World Bank)
Geography: Area - comparative
almost seven times the size of the US
Geography: Bathymetry: abyssal plains
the following are examples of features on the abyssal plains of the Indian Ocean (see Figure 2): Arabian Basin Crozet Basin Madagascar Basin Mid-Indian Basin Mozambique Basin Wharton Basin
Geography: Bathymetry: atolls
the following are examples of atolls in the Indian Ocean (see Figure 2): Bassas da India Chagos Archipelago/Diego Garcia Europa Island Juan de Nova Island Lakshadweep Islands Maldive Islands Seychelles
Geography: Bathymetry: continental shelf
the following are examples of features on the continental shelf of the Indian Ocean (see Figure 2): Exmouth Plateau Indus Canyon The Swatch of No Ground/Ganges Canyon (Bay of Bengal) Sunda Shelf
Geography: Bathymetry: continental slope
the following are examples of features on the continental slope of the Indian Ocean (see Figure 2): Bengal Fan Indus Fan
Geography: Bathymetry: mid-ocean ridge
the following are examples of mid-ocean ridges on the floor of the Indian Ocean (see Figure 2): Central Indian Ridge Davie Ridge Southeast Indian Ridge Southwest Indian Ridge
Geography: Bathymetry: ocean trenches
the following are examples of ocean trenches on the floor of the Indian Ocean (see Figure 2): Java/Sunda Trench (deepest point in the Indian Ocean)
Geography: Bathymetry: undersea terrain features
the following are examples of undersea terrain features on the floor of the Indian Ocean (see Figure 2): Andaman-Nicobar Ridge Chagos-Laccadive Ridge Kerguelen Plateau Madagascar Plateau Mascarene Plateau Mozambique Plateau Ninetyeast Ridge
Geography: Coastline
66,526 km
Geography: Elevation: highest point
sea level
Geography: Elevation: lowest point
Java Trench -7,192 m unnamed deep
Geography: Elevation: mean depth
-3,741 m
Geography: Elevation: ocean zones
the ocean is divided into three zones based on depth and light level; sunlight entering the water may travel about 1,000 m into the oceans under the right conditions, but there is rarely any significant light below 200 m euphotic zone : the upper 200 m (656 ft) is also called "sunlight" zone; only a small amount of light penetrates beyond this depth dysphotic zone : between 200 m (656 ft) and 1,000 m (3,280 ft), and also called the twilight zone; the intensity of light rapidly dissipates as depth increases, and photosynthesis is no longer possible aphotic zone : below 1,000 m (3,280 ft) and also called the midnight zone; sunlight does not penetrate to these depths
Geography: Geographic coordinates
20 00 S, 80 00 E
Geography: Geography - note
major chokepoints include Bab el Mandeb, Strait of Hormuz, Strait of Malacca, southern access to the Suez Canal, and the Lombok Strait
Geography: Major ocean currents
the counterclockwise Indian Ocean Gyre comprised of the southward flowing warm Agulhas and East Madagascar Currents in the west, the eastward flowing South Indian Current in the south, the northward flowing cold West Australian Current in the east, and the westward flowing South Equatorial Current in the north; a distinctive annual reversal of surface currents occurs in the northern Indian Ocean; low atmospheric pressure over southwest Asia from hot, rising, summer air results in the southwest monsoon and southwest-to-northeast winds and clockwise currents, while high pressure over northern Asia from cold, falling, winter air results in the northeast monsoon and northeast-to-southwest winds and counterclockwise currents
Geography: Natural hazards
occasional icebergs pose navigational hazard in southern reaches
Geography: Ocean volume: ocean volume
264 million cu km
Geography: Ocean volume: percent of World Ocean total volume
19.8%
Government: Country name: etymology
named for the country of India, which makes up much of its northern border
Introduction: Background
The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's five ocean basins (after the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Ocean, but larger than the Southern Ocean and Arctic Ocean). Four critically important access waterways are the Suez Canal (Egypt), Bab el Mandeb (Djibouti-Yemen), Strait of Hormuz (Iran-Oman), and Strait of Malacca (Indonesia-Malaysia). The International Hydrographic Organization decided in 2000 to delimit a fifth world ocean basin, the Southern Ocean, which removed the portion of the Indian Ocean south of 60 degrees south latitude.
Military and Security: Military expenditures: Military Expenditures 2025
2.3% of GDP (2024, World Bank)
People and Society: Age structure: 0-14 years
24.2% (2025, World Bank)
People and Society: Age structure: 15-64 years
68.4% (2025, World Bank)
People and Society: Age structure: 65 years and over
7.4% (2025, World Bank)
People and Society: Birth rate
15.98 (2024, World Bank)
People and Society: Contraceptive prevalence rate
66.7% (2021, World Bank)
People and Society: Current health expenditure
3.3% of GDP (2023, World Bank)
People and Society: Death rate
6.59 (2024, World Bank)
People and Society: Drinking water source: improved: total
95.7% (2024, World Bank)
People and Society: Hospital bed density
1.59 (2021, World Bank)
People and Society: Infant mortality rate: female
23.00 (2024, World Bank)
People and Society: Infant mortality rate: male
23.60 (2024, World Bank)
People and Society: Infant mortality rate: total
23.30 (2024, World Bank)
People and Society: Life expectancy at birth: female
73.86 (2024, World Bank)
People and Society: Life expectancy at birth: male
70.73 (2024, World Bank)
People and Society: Literacy: female
70.7% (2024, World Bank)
People and Society: Literacy: male
85.7% (2024, World Bank)
People and Society: Literacy: total population
78.2% (2024, World Bank)
People and Society: Maternal mortality ratio
80.00 (2023, World Bank)
People and Society: Physician density
0.72 (2020, World Bank)
People and Society: Population
1,463,865,525 (2025, World Bank)
People and Society: Population growth rate
0.9% (2025, World Bank)
People and Society: Population: female
709,090,076 (2025, World Bank)
People and Society: Population: male
754,775,449 (2025, World Bank)
People and Society: Sanitation facility access: improved: total
83.4% (2024, World Bank)
People and Society: Total fertility rate
1.96 (2024, World Bank)
People and Society: Urbanization: rate of urbanization
1.8% (2025, World Bank)
People and Society: Urbanization: urban population
35.7% (2025, World Bank)
Transnational Issues: Refugees and internally displaced persons: refugees
238,643 (2025, UNHCR)
Transnational Issues: Refugees and internally displaced persons: stateless persons
22,694 (2025, UNHCR)
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