NATIONAL PUBLIC DEBT China 2024

China national debt goes up

In 2024 China public debt was 15,303,837 million euros16,559,578 million dollars, has increased 1,449,8641,575,398 million since 2023.

This amount means that the debt in 2024 reached 88.33% of China GDP, a 6.32 percentage point rise from 2023, when it was 82.01% of GDP.

If we check the tables we can see the evolution of China debt. It has risen since 2014 in global debt terms, when it was 3,165,533 million euros 4,206,496 million dollars and also in terms of GDP percentage, when it amounted to 39.31%.

According to the last data point published, China per capita debt in 2024 was 10,856 euros11,747 dollars per inhabitant. In 2023 it was 9,828 euros 10,630 dollars, afterwards rising by 1,028 euros1,117 dollars, and if we again check 2014 we can see that then the debt per person was 2,300 euros3,056 dollars .

The position of China, as compared with the rest of the world, has worsened in 2024 in terms of GDP percentage. Currently it is country number 158 in the list of debt to GDP and 143 in debt per capita, out of the 191 we publish.

In this page we show you the progression of the public debt in China. You can see debt in other countries in Public debt and see all the information about China in economy of China.

China: Evolution of debt
DateDebt (M.€.)Debt ($M)Debt (%GDP)Debt Per CapitaDebt Per Capita
202415,303,83716,559,57888.33%€10,856$11,747
202313,853,97314,984,18082.01%€9,828$10,630
202213,107,63013,813,83075.45%€9,285$9,785
202110,781,56912,760,26770.15%€7,632$9,033
20209,135,92510,426,65769.04%€6,470$7,384
20197,736,7558,662,05559.44%€5,487$6,143
20186,637,7857,842,47755.58%€4,723$5,580
20175,968,1106,739,68553.90%€4,263$4,814
20165,143,6445,691,94649.72%€3,694$4,088
20154,155,7024,611,27140.78%€3,004$3,334
20143,165,5334,206,49639.31%€2,300$3,056
20132,683,9223,564,61936.44%€1,972$2,620
20122,284,5502,937,02533.83%€1,687$2,169
20111,818,0802,530,24033.18%€1,349$1,878
20101,542,7612,046,93433.34%€1,151$1,527
20091,262,5811,759,11333.99%€946$1,318
2008845,3281,243,13426.72%€637$936
2007756,5691,036,98328.71%€573$785
2006560,801704,17925.17%€427$536
2005484,056602,54225.91%€370$461
2004413,823514,52226.00%€318$396
2003392,678444,07126.42%€304$344
2002402,027379,87825.55%€313$296
2001365,929327,73924.25%€287$257
2000299,898277,11222.71%€237$219
1999223,038237,94521.61%€177$189
1998211,63820.44%$170
1997197,39420.39%$160
1996184,35921.22%$151
1995158,03321.42%$130
199434,3216.14%$29
199341,1676.71%$35
199224,3174.98%$21
199130,3947.43%$26
199027,1166.95%$24
198929,3236.50%$26
198818,0284.46%$16
198711,6603.60%$11
19869,6443.24%$9
198510,1473.31%$10
19843,0170.97%$3
China: Evolution of debt as a percentage of GDP

China: Evolution of debt in millions