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NATIONAL PUBLIC DEBT China 2018

The national debt increased in China

In 2018 China public debt was 6,308,205 million euros7,453,081 million dollars, has increased 689,4181,107,886 million since 2017.

This amount means that the debt in 2018 reached 53.85% of China GDP, a 2.12 percentage point rise from 2017, when it was 51.73% of GDP.

If we check the tables we can see the evolution of China debt. It has risen since 2008 in global debt terms, when it was 845,327 million euros 1,243,134 million dollars and also in terms of GDP percentage, when it amounted to 27.16%.

According to the last data point published, China per capita debt in 2018 was 4,489 euros5,303 dollars per inhabitant. In 2017 it was 4,013 euros 4,532 dollars, afterwards rising by 476 euros771 dollars, and if we again check 2008 we can see that then the debt per person was 637 euros936 dollars .

The position of China, as compared with the rest of the world, has worsened in 2018 in terms of GDP percentage. Currently it is country number 113 in the list of debt to GDP and 126 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
20186,308,2057,453,08153.85%€4,489$5,303
20175,618,7876,345,19551.73%€4,013$4,532
20164,893,9455,415,63048.24%€3,515$3,890
20154,155,3354,610,86441.49%€3,004$3,333
20143,165,5054,206,45939.97%€2,300$3,056
20132,683,9253,564,62037.04%€1,972$2,620
20122,284,5522,937,02434.39%€1,687$2,169
20111,818,0802,530,24033.77%€1,349$1,878
20101,542,7602,046,93433.92%€1,151$1,527
20091,262,5811,759,11334.57%€946$1,318
2008845,3271,243,13427.16%€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