World Bank · Debt
China: Total change in external debt stocks
-101.51Bcurrent USD · 2025+77.2% since 2015
Total change in debt stocks shows the variation in debt stock between two consecutive years. 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 1989 to 2025.
Every year
| Year | Value (current USD) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | -101,511,276,950 | |
| 2024 | -68,427,806,095.3 | |
| 2023 | -82,964,788,179.8 | |
| 2022 | -193,851,378,032.2 | |
| 2021 | 398,121,112,123.1 | |
| 2020 | 212,070,548,133.4 | |
| 2019 | 152,599,526,851.5 | |
| 2018 | 218,035,589,745.2 | |
| 2017 | 329,622,602,768.9 | |
| 2016 | 80,135,284,399.2 | |
| 2015 | -444,611,576,632.4 | |
| 2014 | 297,903,902,758.6 | |
| 2013 | 332,312,290,999.5 | |
| 2012 | 93,954,799,515.1 | |
| 2011 | 311,472,093,366.1 | |
| 2010 | 288,241,862,738 | |
| 2009 | 68,072,516,088.9 | |
| 2008 | 8,673,944,713.8 | |
| 2007 | 51,329,632,654.3 | |
| 2006 | 40,562,482,934.7 | |
| 2005 | 38,497,827,909.7 | |
| 2004 | 40,178,705,038.9 | |
| 2003 | 21,714,757,438.2 | |
| 2002 | 1,150,302,545.9 | |
| 2001 | 38,408,571,230.5 | |
| 2000 | -2,918,701,223 | |
| 1999 | 4,611,140,694.9 | |
| 1998 | -2,690,189,918.1 | |
| 1997 | 17,867,583,802.3 | |
| 1996 | 10,722,196,360.6 | |
| 1995 | 17,647,483,635.7 | |
| 1994 | 14,574,606,741.4 | |
| 1993 | 13,553,857,135.2 | |
| 1992 | 12,279,709,083.2 | |
| 1991 | 4,957,776,552.7 | |
| 1990 | 10,368,940,735.7 | |
| 1989 | 2,493,511,600.7 |
Source
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