China External Debt 1981-2025

China external debt for 2022 was 2.389 trillion US dollars, a 11.6% decline from 2021.
  • China external debt for 2021 was 2.702 trillion US dollars, a 16.16% increase from 2020.
  • China external debt for 2020 was 2.326 trillion US dollars, a 10.03% increase from 2019.
  • China external debt for 2019 was 2.114 trillion US dollars, a 7.78% increase from 2018.
Total external debt is debt owed to nonresidents repayable in currency, goods, or services. Total external debt is the sum of public, publicly guaranteed, and private nonguaranteed long-term debt, use of IMF credit, and short-term debt. Short-term debt includes all debt having an original maturity of one year or less and interest in arrears on long-term debt. Data are in current U.S. dollars.