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China: External debt stocks (% of GNI)

13.00percent · 2024-21.9% since 2014

Total external debt stocks to gross national income. Total external debt is debt owed to nonresidents repayable in currency, goods, or services. Total external debt is the sum of public, publicly guaranteed, and private nonguaranteed long-term debt, use of IMF credit, and short-term debt. Short-term debt includes all debt having an original maturity of one year or less and interest in arrears on long-term debt. GNI (formerly GNP) is the sum of value added by all resident producers plus any product taxes (less subsidies) not included in the valuation of output plus net receipts of primary income (compensation of employees and property income) from abroad. Annual figures for China from 1981 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202413.001
202313.507
202213.932
202115.07
202015.635
201914.56
201813.925
201713.663
201612.402
201511.879
201416.639
201315.317
201213.268
201113.869
201012.045
20098.772
20088.229
200710.458
200611.715
200512.421
200412.499
200312.379
200212.575
200113.797
200012.067
199913.662
199814.132
199715.355
199615.073
199516.287
199417.789
199319.319
199216.92
199115.64
199015.255
198912.891
198813.569
198712.932
19867.873
19855.371
19844.619
19834.143
19824.063
19812.956

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