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GDP growth in China

Is that economy growing or stalling?

China's gdp growth is 4.96 % — #23 of 127 countries on the atlas (higher is better). Period 2025.

4.96%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt)

GDP growth in China over time

14.15 %8.25 %2.34 %14.15 % · 20072.34 % · 20202000: 8.57 %2001: 8.32 %2002: 9.24 %2003: 10.11 %2004: 10.14 %2005: 11.45 %2006: 12.68 %2007: 14.15 %2008: 9.67 %2009: 9.41 %2010: 10.59 %2011: 9.46 %2012: 7.86 %2013: 7.78 %2014: 7.46 %2015: 6.98 %2016: 6.77 %2017: 6.89 %2018: 6.76 %2019: 6.07 %2020: 2.34 %2021: 8.57 %2022: 3.13 %2023: 5.42 %2024: 4.96 %2025: 4.96 %2000201220254.96 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#23 of 127
higher is better
Ranked behind
82 %
104 of 127 countries
Latest move
▲ 0.00 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
9.19 pp
peak 14.15 % in 2007
Full series
▼ 3.61 pp
since 2000

In Asia: #13 of 36vs median 2.90 %: +2.06 pp (better)

Among 127 countries

4 of 127 countries between -2.71 % and -2.14 %2 of 127 countries between -2.14 % and -1.56 %1 of 127 countries between -1.56 % and -0.99 %3 of 127 countries between -0.99 % and -0.41 %12 of 127 countries between 0.16 % and 0.74 %11 of 127 countries between 0.74 % and 1.31 %12 of 127 countries between 1.31 % and 1.89 %9 of 127 countries between 1.89 % and 2.47 %14 of 127 countries between 2.47 % and 3.04 %13 of 127 countries between 3.04 % and 3.62 %11 of 127 countries between 3.62 % and 4.19 %10 of 127 countries between 4.19 % and 4.77 %6 of 127 countries between 4.77 % and 5.34 %3 of 127 countries between 5.34 % and 5.92 %1 of 127 countries between 5.92 % and 6.49 %2 of 127 countries between 6.49 % and 7.07 %3 of 127 countries between 7.07 % and 7.64 %2 of 127 countries between 7.64 % and 8.22 %2 of 127 countries between 8.22 % and 8.79 %2 of 127 countries between 9.37 % and 9.95 %4 of 127 countries between 10.52 % and 11.10 %median 2.90 %China: ahead of 82 % of the 127 countries with a published gdp growthChina 4.96 %-2.71 %11.10 %
Half of all 127 countries sit between 1.30 % and 4.37 %. China is ahead of 82 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGDP growthvs China
21 Indonesia5.11 %+0.15 pp
22 Singapore5.03 %+0.07 pp
23 China4.96 %—
24 Sri Lanka4.95 %−0.01 pp
25 Nicaragua4.92 %−0.04 pp

Annual real GDP growth (World Bank).

How to read this figure

Annual growth of real GDP (World Bank) — the size of the economy adjusted for inflation. Population growth matters: a country can grow 2 % while its GDP per person stands still.

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