NATIONAL PUBLIC DEBT China 2023

Public debt went up in China

In 2023 China public debt was 13,854,168 million euros14,984,390 million dollars, has increased 746,8501,170,889 million since 2022.

This amount means that the debt in 2023 reached 84.38% of China GDP, a 6.99 percentage point rise from 2022, when it was 77.39% of GDP.

If we check the tables we can see the evolution of China debt. It has risen since 2013 in global debt terms, when it was 2,683,923 million euros 3,564,620 million dollars and also in terms of GDP percentage, when it amounted to 37.04%.

According to the last data point published, China per capita debt in 2023 was 9,828 euros10,630 dollars per inhabitant. In 2022 it was 9,284 euros 9,785 dollars, afterwards rising by 544 euros845 dollars, and if we again check 2013 we can see that then the debt per person was 1,972 euros2,620 dollars .

The position of China, as compared with the rest of the world, has worsened in 2023 in terms of GDP percentage. Currently it is country number 156 in the list of debt to GDP and 141 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
202313,854,16814,984,39084.38%€9,828$10,630
202213,107,31813,813,50177.39%€9,284$9,785
202110,781,73612,760,46471.85%€7,633$9,033
20209,136,08710,426,84270.16%€6,470$7,384
20197,736,9198,662,24060.40%€5,487$6,143
20186,637,9487,842,67056.66%€4,723$5,580
20175,968,2776,739,87354.95%€4,263$4,814
20165,143,8175,692,13850.70%€3,694$4,088
20154,155,3354,610,86441.49%€3,004$3,333
20143,165,5054,206,45939.97%€2,300$3,056
20132,683,9233,564,62037.04%€1,972$2,620
20122,284,5502,937,02434.39%€1,687$2,169
20111,818,0802,530,24033.77%€1,349$1,878
20101,542,7612,046,93433.92%€1,151$1,527
20091,262,5811,759,11334.57%€946$1,318
2008845,3281,243,13427.16%€637$936
2007756,5691,036,98329.16%€573$785
2006560,801704,17925.57%€427$536
2005484,056602,54226.31%€370$461
2004413,823514,52226.39%€318$396
2003392,679444,07126.80%€304$344
2002402,027379,87825.92%€313$296
2001365,929327,73924.58%€287$257
2000299,898277,11222.99%€237$219
1999223,038237,94521.86%€177$189
1998211,63820.66%$170
1997197,39420.61%$160
1996184,35921.43%$151
1995158,03321.62%$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