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China: International debt issues to GDP

8.36percent · 2020+569.6% since 2010

Total value of outstanding international debt issues both public and private, as a share of GDP. Offshore bank loan data from BIS Statistical Appendix Table 12A (Amount Outstanding): International debt securities - all issuers. Annual figures for China from 1987 to 2020.

19872020

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20208.361
20198.026
20187.421
20177.197
20165.723
20154.807
20144.219
20132.928
20122.106
20111.616
20101.249
20090.993
20081.045
20071.193
20061.128
20051.28
20041.389
20031.4
20021.384
20011.508
20001.646
19991.827
19981.917
19972.042
19961.909
19952.098
19942.746
19932.491
19911.458
19901.425
19891.419
19881.654
19871.616

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by BIS. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). International debt issues to GDP. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-international-debt-issues-to-gdp (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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