China China

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China, is a country located at Eastern Asia, it has an area of 9,600,013 Km2 so, it is one of the largest countries in the world.

China, with a population of 1,411,750,000 people, it is the world's most populous country in the world and has a population density of 147 people per km2.

It's capital is Beijing and its currency is Chinese yuan

China is the 2º largest economy by nominal GDP. Its national debt in 2022 was 13,065,012 millions of euros (13,768,928 millions of dollars), ( 76.98% debt-to-GDP ratio) and its public debt per capita is €9,254 euros per inhabitant$9,753 dollars per inhabitant.

The last annual rate of CPI published in China was on February of 2024 and it was 0.7%.

In terms of the human development index (HDI) of China, which is the index used by the United Nations to measure the progress of a country, was 0.768 points in 2021, leaving it in 79th place in the table of 191 countries published.

If the reason to visit China are business, you must know it's in the 46th of the Doing Business ranking , which provides objective measures of business regulations for local firms.

In the tables at the bottom of the page, you can see more information about the economy and demography of China, if you want to see information about other countries click here

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China Economy
Gouvernement
Annual GDP [+]2022€16,971,917M
Annual GDP [+]2022$17,886,330M
GDP per capita [+]2022€12,022
GDP per capita [+]2022$12,670
Debt (M.€.) [+]202213,065,012
Debt ($M) [+]202213,768,928
Debt (%GDP) [+]202276.98%
Debt Per Capita [+]2022€9,254
Debt Per Capita [+]2022$9,753
Deficit (M.€) [+]2022-1,275,562
Deficit ($M) [+]2022-1,344,286
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2022-7.52%
Expenditure (M.€) [+]20225,668,679.8
Expenditure ($M) [+]20225,974,096.9
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]2020464,908.4
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]2020530,593.4
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]202010.53%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]2020399,279,487,472.5
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]2017352,140.8
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]20179.07%
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]2022270,766.7
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]2022285,355.1
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20224.79%
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202233.40%
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2022€4,015
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2022$4,232
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2020€329
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2020$376
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2020€280
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2017$250
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2022€192
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2022$202
Moody's Rating [+]12/05/2023A1
S&P Rating [+]09/21/2017A+
Fitch Rating [+]11/19/2019A+
Corruption Index [+]202245
Competitiveness Ranking [+]201928º
Fragile States Index [+]201872.4
RTI Raking [+]202289º
Innovation Ranking [+]201817º
Labour
Unemployment rate [+]2014Q44.1%
NMW [+]2022$286.5
NMW [+]2022€268.3
Human Capital Ranking [+]201734º
Markets
Euro / Chinese yuan [+]03/18/20247.8402
US Dollar exchange rate [+]03/18/20247.1981
Stock ExchangeYTD % [+]03/19/2024-0.86%
Prices
CPI (overall index) [+]February 20240.7%
PPI Year on Year [+]February 2024-2.7%
Money Market
Key rates [+]08/21/20233.45%
Business
Doing Business [+]201946º
IPI Year on Year [+]March 20233.9%
Passengers vehicles Year [+]December 202223,563,287
Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]December 202219.03
Motor vehicle production [+]202227,020,615
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]2020225.22
Taxes
Tax Revenue (%GDP) [+]202121.0%
Standard VAT [+]01/01/202013.00%
Top tax rate + SSC [+]202045.0%
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]201965,700,000
Exports [+]2021€2,844,304.9M
Exports [+]2021$3,363,959.4M
Exports % GDP [+]202118.96%
Imports [+]2021€2,272,367.8M
Imports [+]2021$2,687,529.4M
Imports % GDP [+]202115.14%
Trade balance [+]2021€571,937.1M
Trade balance [+]2021$676,430.0M
Trade balance % GDP [+]20213.81%
Retail Sales YoY [+]March 202310.6%
Socio-Demography
Global AgeWatch Ranking [+]201552º
Density [+]2022147
Global Peace Ranking [+]202380º
Remittance received ($M) [+]201763,859.7
% Immigrant [+]20200.07%
% Emigrant [+]20200.74%
Birth Rate [+]20217.52‰
Remittance sent ($M) [+]20172,827.8
Crude death rate [+]20217.18‰
Fertility Rate [+]20211.16
% risk of poverty [+]20200%
Population [+]20221,411,750,000
Immigrant stock [+]20201,039,675
Emigrant stock [+]202010,461,170
HDI [+]20210.768
Gender Gap Ranking [+]2023107º
Life expectancy [+]202178.21
Suicides [+]2015138,622
Suicide rate [+]201510.02
Number of homicides [+]20207,157
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]20200.50
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]20218.73
Annual crude oil production [+]20224,090
Crude Oil Reserves [+]202126,022.6
Consumption GWh [+]20217,805,656
Generation GWh [+]20218,151,518
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]03/05/2024121,976
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]03/05/202499,331,724
Fully vaccinated [+]02/09/20231,276,760,000
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]03/05/202486.40
Doses administered [+]02/09/20233,491,077,000