China's GDP (current LCU) was 140.19 trillion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 99.55% from 70.25 trillion in 2015 (7.15% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 140.19 trillion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 103.49 trillion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 70.25 trillion | 2015 |
| Highest | 140.19 trillion | 2025 |
| Lowest | 116.47 billion | 1962 |
| Average since 2016 | 110.37 trillion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 147.33 billion |
What the numbers say
In 2025, China's GDP (current LCU) rose 4% on 2024 (from 134.81 trillion to 140.19 trillion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +11.8% and a typical year strayed about 5.7% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.4 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 36.4% in 1994 and the biggest yearly fall was 16.2% in 1961. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about 7.2 trillion a year. A straight line explains 99% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
A straight-line projection, tested first
Extending that straight line gives about 164 trillion for 2028. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2023 to 2025 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 1.09 trillion, against 11.4 trillion for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.
See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.
How it compares
In 2025, China had the 25th highest value of the 186 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
Closest to China in the 2025 ranking
What this measures
Gross domestic product is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. It can be measured in three different ways: using either the expenditure approach, the income approach, or the production approach. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.
All 66 values
| Year | GDP (current LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 140,187,920,000,000 |
| 2024 | 134,806,620,000,000 |
| 2023 | 129,427,170,000,000 |
| 2022 | 123,402,940,000,000 |
| 2021 | 117,382,300,000,000 |
| 2020 | 103,486,760,000,000 |
| 2019 | 100,587,240,000,000 |
| 2018 | 93,601,010,000,000 |
| 2017 | 84,738,290,000,000 |
| 2016 | 76,119,300,000,000 |
GDP (current LCU) in nearby economies
- American Samoa — 871 million (2022)
- Australia — 2.78 trillion (2025)
- Brunei Darussalam — 19.66 billion (2025)
- Cambodia — 205.76 trillion (2025)
- Fiji — 14.25 billion (2025)
- French Polynesia — 697.55 billion (2024)
- Guam — 6.91 billion (2022)
- Hong Kong SAR, China — 3.33 trillion (2025)
- Indonesia — 23,821.1 trillion (2025)
- Japan — 663.76 trillion (2025)
- Kiribati — 542 million (2025)
- Korea, Rep. — 2,663.34 trillion (2025)
More economic policy & debt data for China
- Exports of goods and services (current US$) — US$4.11 trillion (2025)
- Exports of goods and services (current LCU) — 29.54 trillion (2025)
- Exports of goods and services (% of GDP) — 21.07% (2025)
- Imports of goods and services (current US$) — US$3.29 trillion (2025)
- Imports of goods and services (current LCU) — 23.67 trillion (2025)
- Imports of goods and services (% of GDP) — 16.89% (2025)
- External balance on goods and services (current US$) — US$816.19 billion (2025)
- External balance on goods and services (current LCU) — 5.87 trillion (2025)
- External balance on goods and services (% of GDP) — 4.19% (2025)
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Questions people ask
- What is China's GDP (current LCU)?
- 140.19 trillion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1960?
- It is up 95,052% from 147.33 billion in 1960 (11.13% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 140.19 trillion in 2025 and the lowest 116.47 billion in 1962.
- How does China rank?
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NY.GDP.MKTP.CN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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