Real GDP growth in China

Real GDP in China changed by 5.0% in 2025.

Measure: Real GDP growth (World Bank) Unit: Annual % change Data: 1961 to 2025 Source: World Bank
China, 2025 5.0% Annual % change
Change from 2024 0percentage points 2024: 5.0%
World, 2025 2.9% Official aggregate
Median of G20 countries, 2025 1.4% Middle value of 19 countries
Position in 2025 47th of 186 See the full ranking

Real GDP growth in China over time

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Annual % change. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Real GDP growth (World Bank) (annual % change), 2001 to 2025
Period ChinaWorld
2025 5.0% 2.9%
2024 5.0% 2.9%
2023 5.4% 2.9%
2022 3.1% 3.4%
2021 8.6% 6.5%
2020 2.3% -2.9%
2019 6.1% 2.7%
2018 6.8% 3.3%
2017 6.9% 3.4%
2016 6.8% 2.8%
2015 7.0% 3.1%
2014 7.5% 3.2%
2013 7.8% 2.9%
2012 7.9% 2.7%
2011 9.5% 3.3%
2010 10.6% 4.5%
2009 9.4% -1.3%
2008 9.7% 2.1%
2007 14.2% 4.4%
2006 12.7% 4.5%
2005 11.5% 4.1%
2004 10.1% 4.5%
2003 10.1% 3.1%
2002 9.2% 2.3%
2001 8.3% 2.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of 0 percentage points from 5.0% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 7.0%, the figure has changed by −2.0 percentage points.
  • Among the 186 countries with data for 2025, China has the 47th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 2.9%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2025 for China
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank and OECD national accounts data, from national statistical offices