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China: Current account

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

2025
5.28 trillionlocal currency
Change on 2024
+58.9%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+11.1%a year
In US dollars, 2025
$735 billionUS dollars

Current account

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Recent values

Millions of local currency

YearValue
20315,511,931Forecast
20305,291,289Forecast
20295,085,619Forecast
20284,927,530Forecast
20276,260,595Forecast
20265,676,001Forecast
20255,282,880
20243,324,732
20231,805,139
20222,711,318
20211,918,576
20201,532,192
2019618,179
2018173,700
20171,277,632
20161,257,268

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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