World Bank · Debt
China: Net flows on external debt, short-term
5.30Bcurrent USD · 2025+101.3% since 2015
Net flows (or net lending or net disbursements) received by the borrower during the year are disbursements minus principal repayments. Short-term external debt is defined as debt that has an original maturity of one year or less. Available data permit no distinction between public and private nonguaranteed short-term debt. 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 | 5,299,763,000 | |
| 2024 | -32,864,864,000 | |
| 2023 | 22,213,000,000 | |
| 2022 | -101,910,000,000 | |
| 2021 | 130,868,000,000 | |
| 2020 | 30,920,000,000 | |
| 2019 | -13,589,000,000 | |
| 2018 | 188,268,000,000 | |
| 2017 | 229,237,000,000 | |
| 2016 | -20,848,000,000 | |
| 2015 | -417,208,000,000 | |
| 2014 | 162,421,000,000 | |
| 2013 | 284,923,000,000 | |
| 2012 | 20,747,000,000 | |
| 2011 | 259,038,000,000 | |
| 2010 | 271,814,000,000 | |
| 2009 | 53,321,000,000 | |
| 2008 | -16,510,000,000 | |
| 2007 | 30,321,000,000 | |
| 2006 | 25,110,000,000 | |
| 2005 | 32,497,000,000 | |
| 2004 | 27,677,000,000 | |
| 2003 | 22,413,000,000 | |
| 2002 | 9,380,000,000 | |
| 2001 | 43,220,000,000 | |
| 2000 | -2,100,000,000 | |
| 1999 | -2,160,000,000 | |
| 1998 | -14,124,000,000 | |
| 1997 | 6,056,920,000 | |
| 1996 | 3,081,630,000 | |
| 1995 | 4,842,450,000 | |
| 1994 | 2,187,000,000 | |
| 1993 | 1,531,000,000 | |
| 1992 | 2,985,000,000 | |
| 1991 | 1,463,000,000 | |
| 1990 | 2,410,000,000 | |
| 1989 | -1,899,000,000 | |
| 1988 | 585,000,000 | |
| 1987 | 2,145,000,000 | |
| 1986 | -343,000,000 | |
| 1985 | 819,000,000 | |
| 1984 | 1,616,000,000 | |
| 1983 | 1,684,000,000 | |
| 1982 | 2,300,000,000 | |
| 1981 | 0 |
Source
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