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China: External debt stocks, total

2.42Tcurrent USD · 2024+36.1% since 2014

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. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Annual figures for China from 1981 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
20242,419,835,436,491.8
20232,447,537,483,872.8
20222,530,502,272,052.6
20212,724,353,650,084.8
20202,326,232,537,961.7
20192,114,161,989,828.3
20181,961,562,462,976.8
20171,710,819,944,231.6
20161,413,904,270,462.7
20151,333,768,986,063.5
20141,778,380,562,695.9
20131,480,476,659,937.3
20121,148,164,368,937.8
20111,054,209,569,422.7
2010742,737,476,056.6
2009454,495,613,318.6
2008386,423,097,229.7
2007377,749,152,515.9
2006326,419,519,861.6
2005285,857,036,926.9
2004247,359,209,017.2
2003207,180,503,978.3
2002185,465,746,540.1
2001184,315,443,994.2
2000145,906,872,763.7
1999148,825,573,986.7
1998144,214,433,291.8
1997146,904,623,209.9
1996129,037,039,407.6
1995118,314,843,047
1994100,667,359,411.3
199386,092,752,669.9
199272,538,895,534.7
199160,259,186,451.5
199055,301,409,898.8
198944,932,469,163.1
198842,438,957,562.4
198735,339,526,722.2
198623,719,315,917.2
198516,699,215,995.6
198412,088,935,352.5
19839,611,696,896
19828,359,968,254.8
19815,798,013,609.4

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