Name: China External Debt
Creator: EconomicsAPI
Keywords: China,External Debt,data,historical,api,2024

Question 1

What is China's external debt right now?

Accepted Answer

External Debt in China is $2.42T as of Dec 2024.

Question 2

What are the historical extremes for China's external debt?

Accepted Answer

The all-time high is $2.72T (Dec 2021); the record low is $5.8B (Dec 1981), over a series starting in 1981.

Question 3

How often is this series updated?

Accepted Answer

External Debt for China is a annual series; values refresh when new data is published or revised.

Question 4

Where does this data come from?

Accepted Answer

See our methodology page for how we source and verify every series.

China External Debt

External Debt in China fell to $2.42T in Dec 2024 from $2.45T in Dec 2023.