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China: Debt service on external debt, public sector

91.68Bcurrent USD · 2025+164.9% since 2015

Public sector debt service is the sum of principal repayments and interest actually paid in currency, goods, or services on long-term obligations of public debtors and long-term private obligations guaranteed by a public entity. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Reported as: PPG. 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
202591,676,028,705.3
202476,739,400,511.6
2023117,496,177,184.4
202295,756,351,032.4
202150,315,116,270.7
202033,809,761,546.4
201929,288,223,963.7
201821,412,046,065.2
201718,780,873,579.3
201618,494,835,420.5
201534,607,643,307
201414,694,715,177.8
201312,162,590,610.4
201210,430,584,709.5
201114,122,532,039.9
201013,782,300,279.1
20098,663,114,070.1
20089,410,129,820.6
20078,557,074,085
20068,862,591,767.1
20058,898,308,089.3
20047,993,278,637.5
200313,981,476,098.4
200213,016,751,292.7
200113,277,920,664.4
200014,377,689,954.3
199914,503,888,875.4
199812,794,134,088.2
199716,591,840,243.8
199614,470,377,304.8
199513,568,774,014.7
199410,117,109,097
19939,313,955,578.3
19927,884,454,567
19917,032,513,487.8
19905,811,885,870.6
19894,871,844,041.7
19883,896,257,883.2
19873,080,882,861
19862,521,611,452.9
19851,886,472,568.8
19841,898,340,871.9
19831,911,996,018.3
19821,843,189,898.6
19811,722,425,516.7

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

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