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NATIONAL PUBLIC DEBT China 2021

China national debt goes up

In 2021 China public debt was 10,779,312 million euros12,757,574 million dollars, has increased 1,915,7382,641,737 million since 2020.

This amount means that the debt in 2021 reached 71.84% of China GDP, a 3.78 percentage point rise from 2020, when it was 68.06% of GDP.

If we check the tables we can see the evolution of China debt. It has risen since 2011 in global debt terms, when it was 1,818,080 million euros 2,530,240 million dollars and also in terms of GDP percentage, when it amounted to 33.77%.

According to the last data point published, China per capita debt in 2021 was 7,631 euros9,031 dollars per inhabitant. In 2020 it was 6,277 euros 7,164 dollars, afterwards rising by 1,354 euros1,867 dollars, and if we again check 2011 we can see that then the debt per person was 1,349 euros1,878 dollars .

The position of China, as compared with the rest of the world, has worsened in 2021 in terms of GDP percentage. Currently it is country number 126 in the list of debt to GDP and 138 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
202110,779,31212,757,57471.84%€7,631$9,031
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