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China: External debt stocks, long-term

1.07Tcurrent USD · 2024+101.7% since 2014

Long-term debt is debt that has an original or extended maturity of more than one year. It has three components: public, publicly guaranteed, and private nonguaranteed debt. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Annual figures for China from 1981 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
20241,066,746,178,385.9
20231,111,557,704,456
20221,217,127,455,277.9
20211,306,579,654,090.9
20201,079,933,452,987.2
2019899,184,417,331
2018732,940,209,517.9
2017670,232,633,700.9
2016603,111,760,044
2015501,839,109,841.7
2014528,801,810,596
2013392,681,576,206.9
2012345,313,808,348.5
2011272,117,541,016
2010219,650,176,825.7
2009203,028,979,852.1
2008198,870,361,293.7
2007173,676,949,315.9
2006152,686,277,941.6
2005137,251,585,790.9
2004131,221,456,249.2
2003118,735,626,282.3
2002119,463,812,204.1
2001127,717,850,330.2
2000132,518,343,675.7
1999133,320,563,620.8
1998126,874,433,291.8
1997115,440,623,209.9
1996103,629,959,407.6
199595,989,393,047
199483,184,359,411.3
199370,796,752,669.9
199258,773,895,534.7
199149,479,186,451.5
199045,515,193,868.2
198937,117,932,607.8
198832,620,334,460.8
198725,963,179,948.8
198616,571,434,200.4
19859,940,225,348.3
19846,185,533,891.8
19835,303,637,603.3
19825,222,125,925.8
19814,913,954,562.5

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Published by World Bank, produced by World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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

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