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China: Principal repayments, public sector, bilateral

625.09Mcurrent USD · 2025-83.6% 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. Principal repayments are actual amounts of principal (amortization) 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
2025625,089,289.1
20241,025,549,141.7
2023624,140,133.5
20221,234,281,056.2
20211,761,478,073
20202,458,160,611.5
20192,020,874,905.5
20182,679,097,557
20174,205,934,932.7
20163,935,765,652.5
20153,822,471,729.6
20142,392,087,589.5
20134,158,970,634.7
20121,884,687,565.5
20112,020,560,262.6
20105,419,905,747.6
20091,003,232,026.1
20081,298,091,781.1
20071,558,301,036.6
20061,357,011,332.4
2005219,374,979.3
2004928,442,625.8
20031,225,279,281.9
20021,353,247,649.6
20011,404,257,339.3
20002,871,260,996.8
19993,249,000,346.6
19982,149,625,609
19971,341,223,596.7
1996850,340,799.9
1995746,354,347.5
1994724,639,705.5
1993614,017,865.7
1992545,104,804
1991464,269,927.3
1990631,269,318.6
1989421,178,108
1988451,286,353.1
1987397,498,480.2
1986276,713,401.6
198548,948,784
198456,710,000
198355,510,000
198276,510,000
198178,000,000

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

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