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China: General government debt (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1982–2024 · 42 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdebt_GDP

2024
90.4%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
+6.3 pointsfrom 84.1%
Average, 2015–2024
65.4%10 years
Record high and low
90.4% (2024)low 0.971% (1984)

General government debt (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
2031126.8Forecast
2030123.8Forecast
2029120.3Forecast
2028116.7Forecast
2027112.5Forecast
2026106.9Forecast
202599.2Forecast
202490.4
202384.1
202277.3
202172.1
202070.1
201959.8
201855.9
201753.9
201650.0
201540.8

Sources

  • Bordo1982–1997
  • IMF Historical Public Debt Database1984–2015
  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1984–2023
  • IMF Global Debt Database1995–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1995–2024
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

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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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