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BOFIT China Statistics

Macroeconomic indicators | Fiscal indicators | Monetary indicators
Page updated 16 August 2010


Macroeconomic indicators
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 as of
GDP, y-o-y %-change 8.3 9.1 10.1 10.1 11.3 12.7 14.2 9.6 9.1 11.1 H1/10
GDP, US$ billion 1325 1454 1641 1932 2258 2714 3495 4520 5000 2532 H1/10
Industrial production,
y-o-y %-change
8.7 12.6 17.0 16.7 16.4 16.6 18.5 12.9 11.0 17.0 1-7/10
Fixed investments,
y-o-y %-change
13.0 16.9 27.7 26.6 25.7 24.5 25.8 26.1 30.1 24.9 1-7/10
Exports, US$ billion 266 326 438 593 762 969 1218 1429 1202 850 1-7/10
Imports, US$ billion 244 295 413 561 660 792 956 1133 1006 767 1-7/10
Current account,
% of GDP
1.3 2.4 2.8 3.6 7.2 9.4 11.0 9.4 6.1
Population, million
(end of year)
1276 1285 1292 1300 1308 1314 1321 1328 1335

Sources: People's Bank of China, National Bureau of Statistics of China, Ministry of Commerce.


Fiscal indicators (% of GDP)
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 as of
Revenues 14.9 15.7 16.0 16.5 17.3 18.4 20.0 19.5 20.4
Expenditures 17.2 18.3 18.1 17.8 18.5 19.1 19.3 19.8 22.6
Balance -2.3 -2.6 -2.2 -1.3 -1.1 -0.7 0.7 -0.3 -2.8
Government debt 18.9 19.2 18.5 17.8 16.5 20.2 17.0 17.7

Sources: Budget – National Bureau of Statistics of China. Government debt – IMF.


Monetary indicators
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 as of
Inflation (CPI), y-o-y
%-change (end of period)
-0.3 -0.4 3.2 2.4 1.6 2.8 6.5 1.2 1.9 3.3 7/10
M2, y-o-y %-change
(end of period)
17.6 16.9 19.5 14.6 17.6 16.9 16.7 17.8 27.7 17.6 7/10
Average monthly disposable income in urban areas, CNY 572 642 706 785 874 980 1149 1315 1431 1626 1-6/10
Average monthly net income in rural areas, CNY 211 226 244 270 326 359 413 478 523 605 1-3/10
Forex reserves, US$ billion
(end of period)
212.2 286.4 403.0 609.9 818.9 1066 1528 1946 2399 2454 6/10
CNY/EUR (end of period) 7.29 8.68 10.45 11.28 9.52 10.28 10.75 9.50 9.84 8.83 7/10
CNY/USD (end of period) 8.28 8.28 8.28 8.28 8.07 7.81 7.30 6.82 6.83 6.77 7/10

Sources: People's Bank of China, National Bureau of Statistics of China.

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