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China: Central government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1982–2009 · 28 observations · cgovdebt_GDP

2009
22.9%percent of GDP
Change on 2008
+5.8 pointsfrom 17.0%
Average, 2000–2009
14.9%10 years
Record high and low
22.9% (2009)low 3.40% (1985)

Central government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
200922.9
200817.0
200718.0
200612.4
200512.8
200413.9
200313.8
200213.3
200112.6
200012.3

Sources

  • Reinhart & Rogoff1982–2009

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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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