“India is not the worst performing economy as far as GDP growth for April-June 2020 is concerned.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 3 Sep 2020.
FACTLY rated thisMISLEADING
What FACTLY found
India’s GDP growth of -23.9% was the worst for April-June 2020 compared to the same period in 2019 among the G-7 economies & China. The figures presented on social media are a mix of annualized & YoY rates which have to be compared separately.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 3 September 2020. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 4 September 2020, 1 day later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.
Where the claim appeared
Links recorded by FACTLY. Some posts may have been deleted since.
This check was done by FACTLY, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.