World Bank · Debt
China: Interest payments on external debt, long-term
44.22Bcurrent USD · 2025+369.8% since 2015
Interest payments on long-term debt are actual amounts of interest paid by the borrower in currency, goods, or services in the year specified. Long-term external debt is defined as debt that has an original or extended maturity of more than one year and that is owed to nonresidents by residents of an economy and repayable in currency, goods, or services. Data are in current U.S. dollars. 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 | 44,221,706,731 | |
| 2024 | 40,050,631,620.7 | |
| 2023 | 51,394,206,190.4 | |
| 2022 | 47,296,432,914.4 | |
| 2021 | 46,491,957,960 | |
| 2020 | 31,593,417,277.8 | |
| 2019 | 35,729,943,737.3 | |
| 2018 | 27,184,283,527.1 | |
| 2017 | 16,580,792,395.9 | |
| 2016 | 11,210,575,619.1 | |
| 2015 | 9,413,788,096.3 | |
| 2014 | 9,546,811,887.2 | |
| 2013 | 7,694,157,742.7 | |
| 2012 | 7,808,251,433.7 | |
| 2011 | 7,008,777,997 | |
| 2010 | 5,483,881,237.8 | |
| 2009 | 3,205,765,112.3 | |
| 2008 | 4,881,480,150.9 | |
| 2007 | 5,514,782,314.2 | |
| 2006 | 3,862,674,179.5 | |
| 2005 | 3,248,876,630.9 | |
| 2004 | 4,020,344,165.4 | |
| 2003 | 4,623,343,293.8 | |
| 2002 | 4,231,980,457.5 | |
| 2001 | 6,248,773,765.1 | |
| 2000 | 6,065,149,249.7 | |
| 1999 | 5,939,247,235.2 | |
| 1998 | 5,575,202,401.3 | |
| 1997 | 5,554,879,637.7 | |
| 1996 | 4,686,161,306.9 | |
| 1995 | 4,658,396,035.7 | |
| 1994 | 3,845,509,372.8 | |
| 1993 | 2,631,363,314.8 | |
| 1992 | 2,709,033,537.3 | |
| 1991 | 2,953,480,960.3 | |
| 1990 | 2,533,786,984.6 | |
| 1989 | 2,511,213,192.4 | |
| 1988 | 1,611,298,527.1 | |
| 1987 | 1,125,024,836.9 | |
| 1986 | 645,041,578.3 | |
| 1985 | 586,612,714.5 | |
| 1984 | 610,110,773.4 | |
| 1983 | 522,680,013.2 | |
| 1982 | 541,017,712.8 | |
| 1981 | 517,967,056.1 |
Source
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