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China: Current account

Millions of local currency · 1982–2025 · 44 observations · forecasts to 2031 · CA

2025
5.15 trillionlocal currency
Change on 2024
+82.8%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+10.9%a year
In US dollars, 2025
$717 billionUS dollars

Current account

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Recent values

Millions of local currency

YearValue
20315,335,743Forecast
20305,122,154Forecast
20294,923,058Forecast
20284,770,022Forecast
20274,949,220Forecast
20264,577,904Forecast
20255,154,758
20242,819,878
20231,773,658
20222,972,984
20212,276,118
20201,705,388
2019704,672
2018172,048
20171,278,254
20161,257,051

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

China documentation (PDF)

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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