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China: Commitments, public and publicly guaranteed

22.84Bcurrent USD · 2025-14.0% since 2015

Commitments are the total amount of long-term loans for which contracts were signed in the year specified; data for private nonguaranteed debt are not available. Long-term external debt is defined as debt that has an original or extended maturity of more than one year and that is owed to nonresidents by residents of an economy and repayable in currency, goods, or services. Data are in current U.S. dollars. All creditors combined (IDS counterpart area: World); figures by creditor are not carried. Annual figures for China from 1981 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
202522,835,200,072.1
202476,853,820,408.5
202334,294,364,294
202298,474,313,644.5
2021201,214,720,207.2
202095,352,048,777.5
201972,356,106,411.4
201879,353,931,475
201747,270,491,714.1
201634,430,737,218.7
201526,555,020,346
201440,867,248,417.7
201325,811,262,752.6
201233,708,456,997.4
201124,074,074,708
201029,765,798,745.4
20097,403,145,448.8
20086,010,100,000
20078,044,591,401.8
20067,191,231,796.8
200511,013,804,312.6
20047,522,517,962.6
20035,172,891,103.9
20026,474,646,274.4
20017,472,011,029.4
200010,702,000,000
199910,539,607,938.7
19988,028,535,597.1
199722,108,424,734.2
199622,437,973,730.3
199522,812,453,985.5
199415,959,527,177.1
199324,929,976,158.1
199216,830,799,189.9
19918,460,960,299.9
19909,988,264,916.7
19898,353,536,734.6
198810,184,860,072.9
198710,336,737,496.1
19866,999,981,505.2
19856,219,501,074.5
19842,975,082,468.7
19832,158,018,155.1
19822,317,461,242.5
19812,271,905,016.3

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World Bank (2026). Commitments, public and publicly guaranteed. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-commitments-public-and-publicly-guaranteed (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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