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China: Interest payments, public sector, bilateral

314.38Mcurrent USD · 2025-72.2% since 2015

Public sector bilateral debt includes loans from governments and their agencies (including central banks), loans from autonomous bodies, and direct loans from official export credit agencies. Interest payments are actual amounts of interest paid by the borrower in currency, goods, or services in the year specified. 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 1981 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
2025314,383,567.6
2024324,926,954.9
2023353,257,993.1
2022418,177,302.9
2021474,499,519
2020528,133,348.9
2019763,363,076.9
2018460,546,183.8
2017490,769,588.3
2016590,867,952.3
20151,130,686,572.7
2014689,656,973.8
20131,085,924,552.5
20121,332,224,360.3
2011542,228,586
2010508,650,215
2009436,193,741.9
2008464,374,664.1
2007645,057,176.8
2006534,837,674.5
2005724,639,094.2
20041,008,638,037.5
2003799,129,666.4
2002519,883,537.8
2001767,085,153.2
2000868,911,965.6
1999970,431,860.7
1998996,134,753.4
19971,053,254,216.4
1996624,614,934.5
1995667,930,025.6
1994650,092,091.2
1993449,883,552.7
1992358,308,907.8
1991372,401,773.2
1990305,385,734.8
1989277,730,610
1988290,493,972.1
1987276,475,091.4
1986186,687,736.2
1985142,295,916.7
1984121,410,880.8
1983101,054,346.4
198281,305,168
198155,129,104.5

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World Bank (2026). Interest payments, public sector, bilateral. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-interest-payments-public-sector-bilateral (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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