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China: Interest payments, public sector, multilateral

1.71Bcurrent USD · 2025+257.9% since 2015

Public sector multilateral loans include loans and credits from the World Bank, regional development banks, and other multilateral and intergovernmental agencies. Excluded are loans from funds administered by an international organization on behalf of a single donor government; these are classified as loans from governments. 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 1983 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (current USD)Note
20251,707,268,220.9
20242,160,356,759.4
20231,938,176,948.4
2022610,368,041.6
2021402,430,500.1
2020784,421,129.6
20191,151,443,663.7
2018943,093,081.8
2017733,060,621.1
2016568,881,274.1
2015477,047,903.4
2014529,950,191.7
2013580,701,524.5
2012633,176,168.8
2011647,295,429.5
2010527,585,167.9
2009737,549,897.6
20081,012,426,981.7
20071,106,153,697.4
2006936,843,042.4
2005681,527,065.2
2004867,322,258.7
2003804,950,050.1
20021,149,040,858.1
20011,808,175,833.3
20001,518,458,164.2
1999964,779,968.1
1998817,116,674.2
1997732,016,425.6
1996685,883,520.2
1995620,873,780.5
1994481,264,985.8
1993377,711,801.6
1992320,264,644.8
1991262,505,015.1
1990225,808,642.2
1989178,991,651.5
1988143,140,279.8
1987125,849,363.1
198675,779,632.8
198529,922,421.2
19849,300,367.2
19833,338,498

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

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