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China: External debt stocks, short-term

1.31Tcurrent USD · 2024+5.4% since 2014

Short-term external debt is defined as debt that has an original maturity of one year or less. Available data permit no distinction between public and private nonguaranteed short-term debt. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Annual figures for China from 1982 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
20241,305,871,555,000
20231,287,403,080,192.3
20221,265,190,078,358.7
20211,367,100,081,763.8
20201,236,232,086,566
20191,205,312,080,771.4
20181,218,901,082,134.2
20171,030,633,085,053.2
2016801,396,077,737.5
2015822,244,079,544.5
20141,239,452,085,974.1
20131,077,031,000,068.4
2012792,108,000,065.4
2011771,361,000,064.1
2010512,323,000,066.2
2009240,509,000,071.4
2008187,188,000,000
2007203,698,000,000
2006173,377,000,000
2005148,267,000,000
2004115,770,000,000
200388,093,000,000
200265,680,000,000
200156,300,000,000
200013,080,000,000
199915,180,000,000
199817,340,000,000
199731,464,000,000
199625,407,080,000
199522,325,450,000
199417,483,000,000
199315,296,000,000
199213,765,000,000
199110,780,000,000
19909,317,000,000
19896,907,000,000
19888,806,000,000
19878,221,000,000
19866,076,000,000
19856,419,000,000
19845,600,000,000
19833,984,000,000
19822,300,000,000

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

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