China: Real GDP

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Millions of local currency · 1661–2025 · 143 observations · forecasts to 2031 · rGDP

2025: 121 trillionlocal currency
Change on 2024: +5.0%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025: +5.6%a year
In US dollars, 2025: $19.2 trillionUS dollars

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Millions of local currency

Year	Value
2031	151,668,656	Forecast
2030	146,836,944	Forecast
2029	142,080,096	Forecast
2028	137,056,288	Forecast
2027	131,784,904	Forecast
2026	126,407,392	Forecast
2025	120,915,608
2024	115,157,712
2023	109,674,016
2022	104,039,248
2021	100,877,880
2020	92,914,728
2019	90,790,688
2018	85,597,176
2017	80,178,840
2016	75,009,744

Sources

Xu et al.1661–1933
Barro & Ursúa1890–2009
Maddison Project Database1929–2022
Asian Historical Statistics1932–2010
WDI (archive)1960–1997
World Development Indicators1960–2025
Mitchell1962–1996
FAO1970–2023
United Nations1970–2024
National Bureau of Statistics of China1978–2023
IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2025
OECD Economic Outlook1992–2025
Asian Development Bank2000–2024
IMF International Financial Statistics2011–2025
OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027
IMF WEO (forecast)2025–2031

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China documentation (PDF)

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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