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China: Inflation

Percent · 1640–2025 · 366 observations · forecasts to 2031 · infl

2025
0%percent
Change on 2024
−0.4 pointsfrom 0.422%
Average, 2016–2025
1.44%10 years
Record high and low
1,308% (1948)low −56.3% (1657)

Inflation

Report error
-200%0%200%400%600%800%1000%1200%1400%16501700175018001850190019502000ChinaChina
ForecastPercent

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Recent values

Percent

YearValue
20311.99Forecast
20302.00Forecast
20291.90Forecast
20281.80Forecast
20271.51Forecast
20261.43Forecast
20250
20240.422
20230.335
20221.88
20210.849
20202.49
20192.90
20181.93
20171.52
20162.12

Sources

  • Clio Infra1640–2010
  • Reinhart & Rogoff1800–2014
  • Historical Financial Statistics1927–1940
  • National Bureau of Statistics of China1951–2023
  • World Bank (inflation)1970–2024
  • Mitchell1971–2008
  • Bank for International Settlements1979–2025
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1981–2025
  • OECD Key Economic Indicators1985–2025
  • Bordo1987–1997
  • WDI (archive)1987–1997
  • IMF International Financial Statistics1987–2025
  • World Bank Global Economic Monitor1987–2025
  • World Development Indicators1987–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook1994–2025
  • Asian Development Bank2000–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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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