East Asia & Pacific · Upper-middle income
China: key statistics
China has 1.4bn people (2025) and a GDP per person of $13,862. Below: 77 indicators with the latest year, world rank and change over ten years.
- Capital
- Beijing
- Region
- East Asia & Pacific
- Income group
- Upper-middle income
- Currency
- renminbi CNY
- Languages
- Putonghua
- ISO codes
- CNCHN
- Land neighbours
- Afghanistan, Bhutan, India, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, South Korea, Laos, Myanmar, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, North Korea, Russia, Tajikistan, Vietnam
Population1.4bn2025 · rank 2 of 217GDP$19.5tn2025 · rank 2 of 211GDP per capita$13,8622025 · rank 93 of 211Life expectancy78.0 yrs2024 · rank 70 of 217Internet users91.6%2025 · rank 47 of 188Fertility1.012024 · rank 210 of 217CO₂ per person9.32 t2024 · rank 22 of 203Inflation0.1%2025 · rank 167 of 180
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China, topic by topic
Each profile brings together the indicators of one topic with world and regional rank, values since 2000, group averages and a comparison with neighbours.
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World rank counts countries with a value in the recent window; regional rank is within East Asia & Pacific.
PopulationFull population profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 1.4bn | 2025 | 2/217 | 1/37 | +1.9% | 8.2bn | |
| Population growth | -0.17% | 2025 | 188/217 | 29/37 | −0.8 pp | 0.91% | |
| Urban share | 66.3% | 2025 | 101/217 | 18/37 | +9.0 pp | 57.8% | |
| Fertility | 1.01 | 2024 | 210/217 | 33/37 | −43% | 2.19 | |
| Aged 65+ | 14.9% | 2025 | 68/217 | 8/37 | +4.9 pp | 10.4% | |
| Aged 0–14 | 15.4% | 2025 | 174/217 | 31/37 | −2.9 pp | 24.4% | |
| Density | 150.1 | 2024 | 76/216 | 16/37 | +2.7% | 62.1 | |
| Birth rate | 6.8 | 2024 | 206/217 | 33/37 | −51% | 16.3 | |
| Area | 9,562,910 km² | 2024 | 4/216 | 1/37 | ±0.0% | 140,539,257 km² |
EconomyFull economy profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GDP | $19.5tn | 2025 | 2/211 | 1/36 | +73% | $118tn | |
| GDP per capita | $13,862 | 2025 | 93/211 | 16/36 | +70% | $14,406 | |
| GDP per capita, PPP | $29,333 | 2025 | 81/199 | 10/31 | +118% | $25,704 | |
| GNI per capita | $14,230 | 2025 | 78/201 | 13/33 | +77% | $14,244 | |
| GDP growth | 5.0% | 2025 | 53/210 | 12/36 | −2.0 pp | 2.9% | |
| GDP per capita growth | 5.1% | 2025 | 28/210 | 7/36 | −1.2 pp | 2.0% | |
| Agriculture share | 6.7% | 2025 | 95/198 | 20/29 | −1.6 pp | 4.0% | |
| Industry share | 35.6% | 2025 | 29/201 | 9/30 | −4.4 pp | 25.0% | |
| Services share | 57.7% | 2025 | 101/201 | 16/30 | +6.0 pp | 63.3% | |
| Investment | 40.5% | 2024 | 6/175 | 1/27 | −4.8 pp | 26.3% | |
| Savings | 42.7% | 2024 | 8/163 | 3/25 | −4.6 pp | 26.0% |
Prices & public financeFull prices & public finance profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inflation | 0.1% | 2025 | 167/180 | 23/27 | −1.4 pp | 3.0% | |
| Real interest rate | 5.2% | 2024 | 65/136 | 12/24 | +0.7 pp | — | |
| Lending rate | 4.3% | 2024 | 125/136 | 21/24 | −1.2 pp | — | |
| Exchange rate | 7.19 | 2025 | 113/210 | 17/36 | +15% | — | |
| Tax revenue | 7.0% | 2024 | 133/142 | 24/25 | −2.5 pp | 13.9% | |
| External debt | 13.0% | 2024 | 113/119 | 16/16 | −3.6 pp | — | |
| Military spending | 1.72% | 2025 | 78/156 | 8/18 | ±0.0 pp | 2.48% |
Trade & investmentFull trade & investment profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exports | 21.1% | 2025 | 145/184 | 26/32 | +0.1 pp | 29.5% | |
| Imports | 16.9% | 2025 | 174/184 | 32/32 | −0.9 pp | 28.5% | |
| Trade openness | 38.0% | 2025 | 166/184 | 32/32 | −0.7 pp | 68.5% | |
| Current account | 3.8% | 2025 | 44/185 | 14/29 | +1.2 pp | — | |
| FDI inflows | 0.4% | 2025 | 163/197 | 27/32 | −1.7 pp | 1.4% | |
| Remittances | 0.2% | 2025 | 157/178 | 22/26 | −0.1 pp | 0.8% | |
| Tourist arrivals | 30.4m | 2020 | 11/196 | 2/35 | −77% | 2.4bn |
LabourFull labour profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unemployment | 4.6% | 2025 | 112/187 | 10/29 | ±0.0 pp | 4.8% | |
| Youth unemployment | 15.8% | 2025 | 73/187 | 4/29 | +5.1 pp | 13.4% | |
| Participation rate | 64.6% | 2025 | 68/187 | 14/29 | −4.7 pp | 61.0% | |
| Women's participation | 59.1% | 2025 | 54/187 | 11/29 | −3.5 pp | 48.9% |
Aid, poverty & equalityFull aid, poverty & equality profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net ODA received | −$267m | 2023 | 145/145 | 24/24 | +59% | $259bn | |
| ODA, % of GNI | 0.0% | 2023 | 139/139 | 23/23 | ±0.0 pp | 0.2% | |
| ODA per person | −$0.19 | 2023 | 145/145 | 24/24 | +61% | $32.2 | |
| Extreme poverty | 0.0% | 2022 | 140/151 | 15/17 | −12.9 pp | 10.1% | |
| Poverty, $4.20/day | 0.5% | 2022 | 121/151 | 14/17 | −24.6 pp | 18.2% | |
| National poverty rate | 0.0% | 2020 | 145/145 | 15/15 | −17.2 pp | — | |
| Gini index | 36.0 | 2022 | 65/151 | 4/17 | −14% | — | |
| Undernourishment | 2.5% | 2024 | 116/167 | 18/23 | ±0.0 pp | 8.1% | |
| Women in parliament | 26.5% | 2025 | 93/190 | 7/30 | +2.9 pp | 27.2% |
EducationFull education profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adult literacy | 96.7% | 2020 | 48/141 | 9/23 | +1.6 pp | 87.7% | |
| Female literacy | 95.1% | 2020 | 54/147 | 12/24 | +2.3 pp | 84.6% | |
| Primary enrolment | 99.6% | 2024 | 102/191 | 18/30 | +2.7 pp | 102.2% | |
| Secondary enrolment | 92.3% | 2012 | — | — | +29.4 pp | 77.3% | |
| Tertiary enrolment | 76.9% | 2024 | 38/172 | 7/27 | +33.2 pp | 43.6% | |
| Primary completion | 103.5% | 2010 | — | — | +10.0 pp | 88.0% | |
| Pupils per teacher | 16.4 | 2018 | 100/173 | 18/27 | −6.4% | 23.4 | |
| Education spending | 3.9% | 2023 | 105/184 | 17/29 | +2.0 pp | 3.6% |
HealthFull health profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 78.0 yrs | 2024 | 70/217 | 11/37 | +1.7% | 73.5 yrs | |
| Infant mortality | 4.1 | 2024 | 154/196 | 25/30 | −54% | 27.7 | |
| Under-5 mortality | 5.7 | 2024 | 150/196 | 25/30 | −51% | 37.4 | |
| Maternal mortality | 16 | 2023 | 131/194 | 25/30 | −47% | 197 | |
| Health spending | 5.9% | 2023 | 106/193 | 15/29 | +1.3 pp | 10.1% | |
| Health spending per person | $763 | 2023 | 72/193 | 10/29 | +132% | $1,317 | |
| Physicians | 3.11 | 2022 | 56/180 | 4/25 | +99% | 1.86 | |
| Measles vaccination | 95% | 2024 | 61/193 | 12/30 | −4.0 pp | 84% | |
| Child stunting | 4.8% | 2017 | 131/154 | 23/25 | −6.9 pp | — | |
| Basic water | 96.1% | 2024 | 112/206 | 22/37 | +5.2 pp | 91.5% | |
| Basic sanitation | 97.3% | 2024 | 82/203 | 13/37 | +14.3 pp | 82.2% |
Digital & energy accessFull digital & energy access profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Internet users | 91.6% | 2025 | 47/188 | 8/28 | +41.3 pp | 73.6% | |
| Mobile subscriptions | 131.8 | 2024 | 54/210 | 11/34 | +42% | 111.5 | |
| Fixed broadband | 47.2 | 2024 | 9/208 | 2/34 | +227% | 20.1 | |
| Electricity access | 100.0% | 2024 | 24/215 | 3/36 | ±0.0 pp | 91.9% | |
| Clean cooking | 90.0% | 2024 | 105/192 | 12/30 | +21.0 pp | 75.4% |
EnvironmentFull environment profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CO₂ per person | 9.32 t | 2024 | 22/203 | 7/37 | +17% | 4.69 t | |
| Renewable energy | 15.2% | 2021 | 122/212 | 15/37 | +3.9 pp | 19.7% | |
| Renewable power | 28.4% | 2021 | 92/206 | 10/35 | +11.6 pp | 27.8% | |
| Forest cover | 24.0% | 2024 | 122/214 | 29/35 | +1.8 pp | 31.1% | |
| Arable land | 11.6% | 2024 | 88/206 | 9/34 | −0.8 pp | 10.7% | |
| Water withdrawals | 20.2% | 2022 | 59/177 | 5/20 | −1.1 pp | 9.0% |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)