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China: Debt outstanding, public sector, bonds

275.23Bcurrent USD · 2025+311.1% since 2015

Public sector debt from bonds that are either publicly issued or privately placed. 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
2025275,225,663,969
2024311,034,900,826.9
2023319,958,632,029.8
2022389,255,831,205.5
2021414,381,102,649.2
2020288,191,640,067.3
2019214,523,483,115.8
2018163,960,052,673.4
2017101,554,443,000
201669,468,584,000
201566,944,597,000
201455,402,590,000
201336,508,843,000
201230,103,843,000
201113,403,750,000
201012,398,310,000
200911,625,546,000
200815,727,847,900
200716,525,570,700
200616,341,572,000
200516,038,550,900
200413,768,632,700
200311,167,000,000
200210,567,773,400
200111,851,786,600
200011,371,000,000
199911,029,000,000
199813,941,000,000
199712,385,042,219.2
199610,847,373,775.5
199510,683,863,732.1
199411,087,071,448.1
19937,715,073,227.1
19925,448,726,318.2
19915,659,860,340.4
19905,425,467,977.9
19895,227,888,524.3
19885,181,518,758.9
19874,498,170,700
19862,810,734,000
19851,234,034,200
1984139,610,000
198364,845,000
198259,390,000
198133,540,000

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World Bank (2026). Debt outstanding, public sector, bonds. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-debt-outstanding-public-sector-bonds (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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