World Bank · Debt
China: Interest payments on external debt, short-term
81.66Bcurrent USD · 2025+146.3% since 2015
Interest payments on short-term debt are actual amounts of interest paid by the borrower in currency, goods, or services in the year specified. This item includes interest paid on long-term debt, IMF charges, and interest paid on short-term debt. 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. All creditors combined (IDS counterpart area: World); figures by creditor are not carried. Annual figures for China from 1982 to 2025.
Every year
| Year | Value (current USD) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 81,656,867,000 | |
| 2024 | 82,943,605,000 | |
| 2023 | 81,770,558,000 | |
| 2022 | 56,330,234,000 | |
| 2021 | 64,390,482,000 | |
| 2020 | 60,868,081,000 | |
| 2019 | 59,345,680,000 | |
| 2018 | 53,250,989,000 | |
| 2017 | 45,025,992,000 | |
| 2016 | 25,214,123,000 | |
| 2015 | 33,153,545,000 | |
| 2014 | 33,623,870,000 | |
| 2013 | 32,683,220,000 | |
| 2012 | 34,564,520,000 | |
| 2011 | 30,801,920,000 | |
| 2010 | 27,801,920,000 | |
| 2009 | 3,207,728,000 | |
| 2008 | 4,486,000,000 | |
| 2007 | 5,941,500,000 | |
| 2006 | 5,541,100,000 | |
| 2005 | 3,301,713,000 | |
| 2004 | 2,962,580,000 | |
| 2003 | 2,621,859,000 | |
| 2002 | 2,139,025,000 | |
| 2001 | 1,734,750,000 | |
| 2000 | 1,167,685,000 | |
| 1999 | 1,140,361,000 | |
| 1998 | 1,651,221,000 | |
| 1997 | 1,364,905,000 | |
| 1996 | 811,453,000 | |
| 1995 | 1,339,527,000 | |
| 1994 | 948,000,000 | |
| 1993 | 809,000,000 | |
| 1992 | 696,700,000 | |
| 1991 | 753,637,000 | |
| 1990 | 648,960,000 | |
| 1989 | 628,000,000 | |
| 1988 | 534,100,000 | |
| 1987 | 640,000,000 | |
| 1986 | 417,000,000 | |
| 1985 | 593,700,000 | |
| 1984 | 386,300,000 | |
| 1983 | 277,000,000 | |
| 1982 | 248,000,000 |
Source
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World Bank (2026). Interest payments on external debt, short-term. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-interest-payments-on-external-debt-short-term (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.
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