India Slips To Sixth In Global GDP Rank Triggering Hilarious Memes; This Nation Is Fourth Now

In a now-deleted tweet exchange, ex-Shark Ashneer Grover took a dig at the desis prematurely celebrating India’s tag of becoming the fourth-largest economy, trumping Japan. The author of Doglapan had quipped

We need to look at our GDP on a per capita basis and not blindly celebrate the tag of 3rd / 4th largest economy.

What’s changed since the November 2023 tweet and last year’s resounding celebrations? Seems like the nation has slipped two ranks and is now at the sixth position in the latest report by the International Monetary Fund.

While Moody’s sliced India’s GDP growth for 2026‑27 from 6.8% to 6% amid West Asia conflict, the IMF ranking had worse projections. India is now the sixth largest economy. The current ranking, along with GDP, is as follows:

United States ~ $32.38 trillion
China ~ $20.85 trillion
Germany ~ $5.45 trillion
Japan ~ $4.38 trillion
United Kingdom ~ $4.26 trillion
India ~ $4.15 trillion
France ~ $3.6 trillion
Italy ~ $2.74 trillion
Russia ~ $2.66 trillion
Brazil ~ $2.64 trillion

This is the IMF’s April 2026 outlook for the global GDP for 2026-27.

India had earlier surpassed the UK as the fifth largest economy in 2022-23 and was slated to become the fourth largest by the FY end of 2025-26. However, per the latest government data, India’s nominal GDP has declined from the Rs 357 lakh crore in the old series to Rs 345.5 lakh crore in the new series. It also spiraled due to the INR’s depreciation against a strong US dollar despite the West Asia conflict.

Far From Being the ‘Fourth Largest’, India Slips to Number Six on Global GDP Rankings

The Indian govt’s premature announcement of becoming the fourth largest economy, based on IMF projections rather than final data, seems to have aged like milk.https://t.co/ACCWb8zRcv— The Wire (@thewire_in) April 16, 2026

India Slips To 6th In IMF GDP Rankings, Dream Of 3rd-Largest Economy Delayed #India #GDP #Ranking #Economy https://t.co/nw5Sk47pkc
— News18 (@CNNnews18) April 16, 2026

Moody’s cuts India’s GDP growth for 2026‑27 from 6.8% to 6% amid West Asia conflict.
— TIMES NOW (@TimesNow) April 5, 2026

According to IMF projections, India holds GDP growth at 6.5% despite a dip from 7.6% in 2025, while major economies slow down amid US-Israel-Iran war. #DIU pic.twitter.com/GrDUdMZGyc
— IndiaToday (@IndiaToday) April 15, 2026

Meanwhile, the internet erupted in memes and hilarious jibes, with several finding the report dubious and even blaming Soros for the downfall. One netizen jibed

Aditya Dhar will show in his next movie how this is portrayed as the greatest achievement by the Modi government, designed to mislead Pakistan into thinking India is not progressing, while in reality India’s GDP and per capita income are stronger than many first‑world countries.

Another wrote

This is temporary because of the war & rupee depreciation. Once the monsoon hits our economy should be back on track, with that being said Modi 3.0 has not done anything good with the economy. Apart from GST cuts nothing! All PR no ground work, also corruption is still rampant

Refusing to believe the report on social media a third user remarked

this is fake news. looks like pubity is funded by soros

Yet another user commented

Aiyo but we have Vande Bharat and Udaan scheme, how can this happen?

One user noted

India’s economy is nothing more than pure human biomass, just sheer numbers & little else

https://t.co/x1G73ydpAM pic.twitter.com/pWyOmfuy1V
— Priyanka 👑 (@iPriiyanka) April 16, 2026

This is temporary because of the war & rupee depreciation

Once the monsoon hits our economy should be back on track, with that being said Modi 3.0 has not done anything good with the economy

Apart from GST cuts nothing!
All PR no ground work, also corruption is still rampant https://t.co/viCfYeyWBv
— Anmol (@Anmol_299) April 16, 2026

Blind supporters when they realise they cant use the “4th global GDP” argument anymore 😭😭😭pic.twitter.com/G6nI7jJlFP https://t.co/uxtzmVfkwr
— RICH ✌️ (@Rich_Reformed) April 16, 2026

this is fake news. looks like pubity is funded by soros https://t.co/WHqUURuOUP
— Crypto !! (@crypto_pinapple) April 16, 2026