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China: Current account balance (BoP, current US$)

735.02Bcurrent USD · 2025+150.8% since 2015

Balance of current transactions (transactions in goods and services, earned income and transfer income) between residents and non-residents. The term current account balance is used in the external accounts and is expressed from the perspective of resident units. The term current external balance is used in the national accounts and is expressed from the perspective of the non-resident units, and therefore with the opposite sign. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars. Annual figures for China from 1982 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
2025735,021,965,565.35
2024462,283,038,233.159
2023257,029,393,581.815
2022404,141,947,756.877
2021297,407,494,180.593
2020223,715,895,433.051
201990,267,369,315.181
201824,130,909,184.499
2017188,676,126,121.161
2016191,337,035,941.993
2015293,022,317,035.547
2014236,046,577,873.629
2013148,203,949,879.877
2012215,391,747,469.441
2011136,096,761,577.55
2010237,810,389,607.954
2009243,256,567,919.618
2008420,568,516,143.544
2007353,182,677,237.315
2006231,843,041,064.413
2005132,378,493,766.399
200468,940,960,688.562
200343,051,582,861.334
200235,421,997,979.647
200117,401,000,000
200020,518,382,000
199921,115,000,000
199831,472,000,000
199736,963,000,000
19967,243,000,000
19951,618,390,000
19946,908,000,000
1993-11,609,000,000
19926,401,000,000
199113,272,000,000
199011,997,000,000
1989-4,317,000,000
1988-3,802,000,000
1987300,000,000
1986-7,034,000,000
1985-11,417,000,000
19842,030,000,000
19834,240,000,000
19825,674,000,000

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Monetary Fund. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). Current account balance (BoP, current US$). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-current-account-balance (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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