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NATIONAL PUBLIC DEBT China 2020

Public debt went up in China

In 2020 China public debt was 8,863,574 million euros10,115,837 million dollars, has increased 1,531,3151,906,654 million since 2019.

This amount means that the debt in 2020 reached 68.06% of China GDP, a 10.82 percentage point rise from 2019, when it was 57.24% of GDP.

If we check the tables we can see the evolution of China debt. It has risen since 2010 in global debt terms, when it was 1,542,760 million euros 2,046,934 million dollars and also in terms of GDP percentage, when it amounted to 33.92%.

According to the last data point published, China per capita debt in 2020 was 6,277 euros7,164 dollars per inhabitant. In 2019 it was 5,200 euros 5,822 dollars, afterwards rising by 1,077 euros1,342 dollars, and if we again check 2010 we can see that then the debt per person was 1,151 euros1,527 dollars .

The position of China, as compared with the rest of the world, has improved in 2020 in terms of GDP percentage. Currently it is country number 116 in the list of debt to GDP and 132 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
20208,863,57410,115,83768.06%€6,277$7,164
20197,332,2598,209,18357.24%€5,200$5,822
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