World Bank · Debt
China: Net transfers on external debt, total
-231.48Bcurrent USD · 2025+46.8% since 2015
Net transfers on external debt are net flows minus interest payments during the year; negative transfers show net transfers made by the borrower to the creditor during the year. 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.
Every year
| Year | Value (current USD) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | -231,479,199,899.9 | |
| 2024 | -185,755,560,028.9 | |
| 2023 | -217,425,653,318.6 | |
| 2022 | -281,446,616,228.7 | |
| 2021 | 255,962,417,471 | |
| 2020 | 117,881,314,424.9 | |
| 2019 | 48,843,022,978.1 | |
| 2018 | 194,888,378,174.9 | |
| 2017 | 287,468,381,996.5 | |
| 2016 | -26,473,695,140.7 | |
| 2015 | -435,122,913,336.9 | |
| 2014 | 218,015,923,554.2 | |
| 2013 | 288,288,132,957.3 | |
| 2012 | 29,921,374,109.5 | |
| 2011 | 276,117,743,850.6 | |
| 2010 | 258,878,828,655.5 | |
| 2009 | 37,733,729,389.4 | |
| 2008 | -10,794,506,190.1 | |
| 2007 | 36,189,140,688.8 | |
| 2006 | 24,855,980,773.4 | |
| 2005 | 35,421,503,133.7 | |
| 2004 | 29,478,276,494.9 | |
| 2003 | 10,584,011,421.8 | |
| 2002 | -2,643,907,588.9 | |
| 2001 | 32,769,448,516.6 | |
| 2000 | -9,704,048,607 | |
| 1999 | -8,811,816,140.3 | |
| 1998 | -21,411,498,407.4 | |
| 1997 | 11,586,500,706.1 | |
| 1996 | 8,440,815,907.5 | |
| 1995 | 11,768,873,315.1 | |
| 1994 | 7,237,889,849.8 | |
| 1993 | 10,976,779,304.7 | |
| 1992 | 10,922,087,568.9 | |
| 1991 | 1,817,048,010 | |
| 1990 | 5,018,413,585.2 | |
| 1989 | 893,070,589.1 | |
| 1988 | 5,085,712,713.7 | |
| 1987 | 6,337,575,559 | |
| 1986 | 4,113,211,131.7 | |
| 1985 | 3,617,347,401 | |
| 1984 | 1,694,518,772.5 | |
| 1983 | 1,368,434,958.1 | |
| 1982 | 2,014,147,297.1 | |
| 1981 | 953,092,429.2 |
Source
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- Iran, Islamic Republic of
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- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kosovo
- Kyrgyzstan
- Lao People's Democratic Republic
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- Liberia
- Madagascar
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- Maldives
- Mali
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- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Moldova, Republic of
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- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Nepal
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Macedonia
- Pakistan
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Rwanda
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Sierra Leone
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Africa
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Syrian Arab Republic
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania, United Republic of
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Tonga
- Tunisia
- Türkiye
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