| Economic growth | Economic development |
| 1. Increase in income and production. | 1. Improvement in the quality of life. |
| 2. Measured in terms of increase in national income. | 2. Measured in terms of various indices such as Physical Quality of Life Index, Human Development Index, etc. |
| 3. Quantitative measure. | 3. Qualitative measure |
| 4. Emphasis is purely on the economic factors. | 4. Emphasis on socio-economic factors. |
| 5. Growth happens in a short-term. | 5. Economic development happens over a long period of time. |