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China: Real GDP

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

2025
118 trillionlocal currency
Change on 2024
+4.9%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+5.5%a year
In US dollars, 2025
$18.7 trillionUS dollars

Real GDP

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100B1T10T100T1,000T1700175018001850190019502000ChinaChina, 1661: 127 billionChina, 1685: 148 billionChina, 1724: 188 billionChina, 1766: 220 billionChina, 1812: 230 billionChina, 1850: 289 billionChina
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Recent values

Millions of local currency

YearValue
2031147,200,000Forecast
2030142,500,000Forecast
2029137,900,000Forecast
2028133,000,000Forecast
2027127,900,000Forecast
2026122,900,000Forecast
2025117,700,000
2024112,200,000
2023107,000,000
2022101,600,000
202198,713,664
202091,023,560
201989,030,488
201884,030,272
201778,717,048
201673,603,656

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

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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