World Bank · Debt
China: Debt outstanding, External debt stocks, variable rate public and publicly guaranteed debt
124.26Bcurrent USD · 2025+136.6% since 2015
Debt outstanding, External debt stocks, variable rate public and publicly guaranteed debt Reported as: PPG. All creditors combined (IDS counterpart area: World); figures by creditor are not carried. Annual figures for China from 1981 to 2025.
Every year
| Year | Value (current USD) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 124,260,219,183.9 | |
| 2024 | 130,212,760,591.4 | |
| 2023 | 104,223,192,976.5 | |
| 2022 | 91,548,232,335.5 | |
| 2021 | 76,669,942,009.1 | |
| 2020 | 82,489,834,688.8 | |
| 2019 | 79,753,086,072.4 | |
| 2018 | 66,072,240,005.5 | |
| 2017 | 63,591,762,367.6 | |
| 2016 | 58,912,530,922.2 | |
| 2015 | 52,525,960,719 | |
| 2014 | 84,810,683,837 | |
| 2013 | 75,453,104,331.8 | |
| 2012 | 58,597,245,283.5 | |
| 2011 | 45,712,146,439.7 | |
| 2010 | 27,544,207,404 | |
| 2009 | 25,178,731,173.2 | |
| 2008 | 24,625,866,682.9 | |
| 2007 | 23,115,368,358.5 | |
| 2006 | 22,383,608,306 | |
| 2005 | 20,665,982,715.8 | |
| 2004 | 19,796,266,773.2 | |
| 2003 | 20,093,249,714.3 | |
| 2002 | 21,893,163,959 | |
| 2001 | 22,644,483,746.2 | |
| 2000 | 23,944,083,506.9 | |
| 1999 | 22,850,308,094 | |
| 1998 | 34,896,635,191.1 | |
| 1997 | 42,805,631,873.1 | |
| 1996 | 29,501,750,680.8 | |
| 1995 | 27,280,141,895.7 | |
| 1994 | 22,689,471,734 | |
| 1993 | 20,068,390,291.8 | |
| 1992 | 17,088,553,407.3 | |
| 1991 | 16,808,997,298.8 | |
| 1990 | 16,490,818,962.5 | |
| 1989 | 13,901,226,303.5 | |
| 1988 | 12,528,247,801.3 | |
| 1987 | 8,848,545,695.9 | |
| 1986 | 4,064,567,732.6 | |
| 1985 | 2,337,770,698.5 | |
| 1984 | 1,337,396,666.6 | |
| 1983 | 1,462,271,119.2 | |
| 1982 | 1,840,122,183.2 | |
| 1981 | 2,630,185,623.3 |
Source
Published by World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.
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World Bank (2026). Debt outstanding, External debt stocks, variable rate public and publicly guaranteed debt. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-debt-outstanding-external-debt-stocks-variable-rate-public (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.
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