GDP growth
%5.0%up+0.00
World Bank NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG (opens in new tab) · data year 2025 (vs 2024) · updated 2026-10-08
East Asia / CHN
China
How China's economy is moving, sector by sector, with every number sourced.
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China Overview dashboard
Inflation (CPI)
%0.1%down-0.16
World Bank FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG (opens in new tab) · data year 2025 (vs 2024) · updated 2026-10-08
Unemployment
% labour force4.6%up+0.03
World Bank SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS (opens in new tab) · data year 2025 (vs 2024) · updated 2026-10-08
GDP per capita
US$13,862up+569
World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD (opens in new tab) · data year 2025 (vs 2024) · updated 2026-10-08
Central govt debt
% GDPNo World Bank data for this country.
Current account
% GDP3.8%up+1.30
World Bank BN.CAB.XOKA.GD.ZS (opens in new tab) · data year 2025 (vs 2024) · updated 2026-10-08
Long-run trend
Annual · World Bank WDIFull series 2000–latest so no single baseline year is cherry-picked.
Claim checksEach number with its counterweight
Claim check
"China's exports are booming."
The data
Exports (% GDP)
- 2015
- 20.9%
- 2025
- 21.1%
increase+0.1 change
Counter-metric
Imports (% GDP)
- 2015
- 17.8%
- 2025
- 16.9%
decrease-0.9 change
Exports moved +0.1 pts of GDP; imports moved -0.9 pts. Look at both before calling it a boom.
Sources: World Bank NE.EXP.GNFS.ZS, NE.IMP.GNFS.ZS. Claim wording is a generic template, not a quote.
Claim check
"We've massively increased health spending."
The data
Health expenditure (% GDP)
- 2013
- 4.6%
- 2023
- 5.9%
increase+1.3 change
Counter-metric
Infant mortality (per 1,000 births)
- 2014
- 8.9
- 2024
- 4.1
decrease-4.8 change
Spending share changed +1.3 pts; infant mortality changed -4.8 per 1,000. Outcomes are the counterweight to inputs.
Sources: World Bank SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS, SP.DYN.IMRT.IN. Claim wording is a generic template, not a quote.
Claim check
"Manufacturing is the engine of growth."
The data
Manufacturing value added (% GDP)
- 2015
- 28.4%
- 2025
- 24.7%
decrease-3.7 change
Counter-metric
Industry value added (% GDP)
- 2015
- 40.0%
- 2025
- 35.6%
decrease-4.4 change
Manufacturing share of GDP changed -3.7 pts vs industry overall -4.4 pts.
Sources: World Bank NV.IND.MANF.ZS, NV.IND.TOTL.ZS. Claim wording is a generic template, not a quote.
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