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China: Disbursements on external debt, long-term

183.02Bcurrent USD · 2025+68.3% since 2015

Disbursements on long-term debt are drawings by the borrower on loan commitments during the year specified. 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
2025183,021,722,212.7
2024216,369,808,983.2
2023210,895,397,412.7
2022272,632,681,069.6
2021462,392,417,538.6
2020361,370,382,680.4
2019338,220,483,540.4
2018247,558,998,491.7
2017263,029,979,722
2016162,124,791,575.4
2015108,770,568,704.5
2014137,195,972,845.2
201380,560,426,496.7
201281,420,800,665.7
201179,878,778,059.5
201039,166,875,661.9
200924,317,119,016.3
200839,060,037,465.2
200737,754,506,523.3
200627,295,703,586.7
200530,428,779,292.4
200425,102,974,012.8
200325,690,546,922.9
200219,068,017,649.6
200114,548,841,924.2
200019,005,881,920
199919,929,979,135.3
199811,147,988,680.8
199723,975,841,308.9
199621,116,478,124.8
199521,993,868,101.5
199416,187,824,484.4
199319,613,184,978.6
199216,555,850,225.9
19918,659,122,283.5
19909,665,388,814.7
19898,442,300,569.5
19889,065,390,341
19878,044,203,841.8
19866,731,737,383.3
19855,280,093,024.2
19842,364,746,758.5
19832,375,830,912.8
19821,838,975,489.8
19811,800,605,106.6

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World Bank (2026). Disbursements on external debt, long-term. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-disbursements-on-external-debt-long-term (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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