Asian Development Bank

Asia Regional Integration Center

Economic and Financial Indicators Database

Country:China, People's Rep ofChina, People's Rep ofChina, People's Rep ofChina, People's Rep ofChina, People's Rep ofChina, People's Rep ofChina, People's Rep of
Sector:External SectorExternal SectorExternal SectorExternal SectorExternal SectorExternal SectorExternal Sector
Indicator:Exchange Rate, Local Currency per US$ (average)Gross International Reserves excluding Gold (y-o-y, %)Merchandise Export Growth (y-o-y, %)Merchandise Import Growth (y-o-y, %)Merchandise Trade Balance, in US$ valueNominal Effective Exchange Rate (y-o-y, %)Real Effective Exchange Rate (y-o-y, %)
Source:Bloomberg LPInternational Monetary FundCEIC databaseCEIC databaseCEIC databaseBank for International SettlementsBank for International Settlements
Unit:NonePercentPercentPercentBillionsPercentPercent
Currency:YuannonenonenoneUSDnonenone
Note:
2024-037.202
2024-027.1942.9252.922-8.43339.706-1.872-4.803
2024-017.1681.0815.28915.64285.458-2.338-6.564
2023-127.1403.500-0.8040.09375.340-1.341-5.440
2023-117.2211.762-1.207-1.19968.395-1.139-5.337
2023-107.3071.603-7.8912.38356.528-2.884-6.951
2023-097.2982.837-7.320-7.02277.831-4.637-8.802
2023-087.2503.414-9.567-8.03968.198-5.790-9.994
2023-077.1883.136-15.380-13.18080.597-7.502-11.789
2023-067.1643.882-13.869-7.98170.619-5.241-9.337
2023-056.9891.531-8.033-5.14165.792-2.625-7.139
2023-046.8882.7097.967-7.77190.208-4.326-9.400
2023-036.894-0.13414.309-0.57188.191-4.149-8.902
2023-026.842-2.517-1.5605.55116.821-1.971-7.377
2023-016.792-1.167-10.697-20.546100.064-1.902-6.624
2022-126.975-3.749-10.109-7.30478.013-2.870-7.868
2022-117.171-3.269-9.223-10.85969.248-2.255-7.769
2022-107.191-5.135-0.616-1.14285.1541.175-4.395
2022-097.017-5.3525.566-0.40584.7443.682-1.298
2022-086.801-5.4317.001-0.19479.3934.614-0.537
2022-076.735-2.81417.7962.487101.2676.0130.986
2022-066.696-3.16917.7131.49397.9414.865-0.246
2022-056.698-1.64516.7945.08678.7544.568-0.472
2022-046.432-1.1793.6740.65051.1198.0443.198
2022-036.3451.88014.4940.60247.3808.1153.051
2022-026.3441.5766.13211.89230.5846.6471.965
2022-016.3561.63423.96321.78585.3727.0332.728
2021-126.3692.32020.77520.75194.4637.9564.465
2021-116.3902.70221.43131.73371.7116.2273.815
2021-106.4204.21926.57820.66884.5405.8203.165
2021-096.4573.18227.51917.86466.7585.2702.307
2021-086.4773.43925.10333.82858.3316.6854.065
2021-076.4762.58618.95028.96256.5896.5274.288
2021-066.4263.28231.76637.53351.5276.4624.384
2021-056.4303.91327.61451.77445.5404.5032.653
2021-046.5203.49431.80842.71342.8602.8611.061
2021-036.5123.63430.24037.60213.7983.6311.976
2021-026.4613.241154.85717.17637.8804.1682.396
2021-016.4723.12524.77826.60265.3793.8232.219
2020-126.5403.55818.3246.64678.1743.9573.275
2020-116.6042.72021.1165.05075.4014.3242.878
2020-106.7280.77811.3975.20458.4434.3763.961
2020-096.8131.6649.91913.60736.9993.2834.031
2020-086.9281.8979.532-2.01558.9250.9922.382
2020-077.0081.6797.257-0.92662.329-0.6641.019
2020-067.083-0.1720.3473.27046.421-0.8380.859
2020-057.1050.054-3.289-16.43662.926-0.7661.153
2020-047.072-0.0873.490-13.77545.333-1.1291.438
2020-037.023-1.224-6.800-0.46519.933-1.3091.484
2020-026.9970.530-40.5478.679-62.119-1.7161.522
2020-016.9260.894-2.747-12.05654.690-0.9912.175
2019-127.0121.1527.69216.36147.210-1.5300.947
2019-117.0211.101-2.6860.36737.926-0.6592.193
2019-107.0961.696-2.010-6.84143.018-1.6710.706
2019-097.1180.170-3.778-8.46739.648-2.007-0.404
2019-087.064-0.086-1.190-5.02734.826-1.2530.031
2019-076.878-0.4522.778-5.64044.613-0.8880.237
2019-066.8990.216-1.737-7.57650.976-4.196-3.275
2019-056.855-0.2880.459-8.38541.658-3.347-2.507
2019-046.717-0.941-3.2764.65713.834-1.001-0.440
2019-036.714-1.38814.090-7.32532.671-0.4610.110
2019-026.740-1.392-21.219-4.8934.081-1.215-1.246
2019-016.792-2.3058.517-0.96239.157-1.040-0.871
2018-126.885-2.121-4.550-7.29457.056-0.908-0.807
2018-116.939-1.8154.6293.14544.705-1.595-1.535
2018-106.921-1.78114.97720.94334.908-1.574-1.605
2018-096.855-0.68614.35514.95031.702-1.018-0.953
2018-086.8480.5889.04520.36727.886-0.061-0.187
2018-076.7171.21211.34527.66928.0501.6431.327
2018-066.4681.79510.17713.83941.4704.8774.446
2018-056.3731.81111.44225.11524.9225.9195.444
2018-046.2983.09911.13820.92028.3824.1733.965
2018-036.3214.402-3.58814.309-4.9832.7392.817
2018-026.3234.25842.9206.68433.7522.0812.941
2018-016.4315.3959.70737.08520.3490.010-0.423
2017-126.5924.26110.7465.05154.685-0.693-0.931
2017-116.6222.17512.31518.65240.2140.030-0.225
2017-106.627-0.3946.24816.80238.1850.3600.462
2017-096.571-1.8397.44419.01928.6050.391-0.020
2017-086.669-2.9454.59113.62841.919-0.841-1.008
2017-076.772-3.7716.00010.92146.725-1.969-2.327
2017-066.809-4.6419.10616.30242.753-3.181-3.396
2017-056.885-4.3355.49814.59940.794-4.838-5.191
2017-046.890-5.9174.18511.60038.033-4.405-5.200
2017-036.896-6.34912.30519.64623.916-5.093-6.159
2017-026.872-6.167-4.80938.133-9.148-5.188-6.473
2017-016.896-7.0033.14215.37451.343-4.936-4.670
2016-126.925-9.429-6.4282.61840.708-5.708-5.418
2016-116.847-11.058-1.4854.62344.230-7.320-6.705
2016-106.731-11.296-7.551-1.26248.764-6.306-5.776
2016-096.673-9.715-10.244-1.85441.978-6.981-6.442
2016-086.649-10.284-3.1881.40152.049-6.949-6.831
2016-076.680-12.137-6.384-12.92650.227-7.154-6.562
2016-066.592-13.021-6.142-9.05047.909-4.812-4.155
2016-056.533-13.786-4.734-0.08149.976-2.854-2.008
2016-046.478-13.886-2.026-10.54645.558-3.557-2.520
2016-036.505-13.64411.237-7.44329.857-2.306-1.253
2016-026.549-15.550-25.442-13.83432.5920.3621.282
2016-016.570-15.255-11.521-18.77563.2871.4431.860
2015-126.454-13.318-1.683-7.64859.3893.5903.971
2015-116.371-10.636-7.180-9.20453.7455.3975.751
2015-106.350-8.508-6.995-19.01961.6436.2106.392
2015-096.369-9.620-3.806-20.52960.3428.4189.077
2015-086.339-10.380-5.563-13.86960.24010.74911.768
2015-076.209-7.984-8.359-8.16443.02513.63714.178
2015-066.206-7.5272.777-6.30546.53912.77113.053
2015-056.204-6.878-2.770-17.77658.86712.28812.375
2015-046.202-5.838-6.476-16.39834.13412.66613.232
2015-036.239-5.580-15.014-12.8803.08111.13211.350
2015-026.252-2.92848.291-20.79860.6196.9207.171
2015-016.218-1.432-3.319-19.99160.0325.8255.493
2014-126.1910.5119.517-2.30749.6125.7625.724
2014-116.1261.4794.676-6.66154.4745.8035.393
2014-106.1263.06111.5754.64245.4054.8094.406
2014-096.1396.08315.1067.20830.9632.0941.658
2014-086.15411.6289.369-2.13549.836-0.226-0.437
2014-076.19911.70914.463-1.53647.301-2.025-2.048
2014-066.23114.0997.1555.45731.565-1.668-1.764
2014-056.23813.2606.952-1.71935.922-1.776-1.743
2014-046.22512.4750.7910.70318.4530.243-0.347
2014-036.17314.573-6.632-11.2617.7032.4772.926
2014-026.08115.155-18.13410.424-22.9896.1476.387
2014-016.05113.25210.55010.77231.8697.6198.212
2013-126.07415.2634.2738.64525.6417.0567.682
2013-116.09314.79012.7245.41933.8015.9057.033
2013-106.10313.5345.6017.50731.1075.9927.585
2013-096.12011.367-0.3787.41015.2077.6289.003
2013-086.1228.4597.0997.12228.5197.0527.841
2013-076.1349.3985.11510.79117.8186.6777.351
2013-066.1347.806-3.268-0.86927.1245.5106.362
2013-056.1419.4960.897-0.06220.4255.6756.169
2013-046.1867.01314.58516.62418.1615.1916.164
2013-036.2164.0589.98014.161-0.8234.6394.982
2013-026.2342.49821.749-14.94515.2253.7554.901
2013-016.2224.71124.96128.98929.1461.7161.797
2012-126.2334.00714.0305.95131.6181.4001.799
2012-116.2332.3122.818-0.11819.6333.1643.068
2012-106.2650.35511.4802.18332.0472.6211.957
2012-096.3212.5549.8292.27027.6693.5052.983
2012-086.3600.2522.687-2.72826.6617.3837.118
2012-076.371-0.2191.0355.67325.1478.7008.431
2012-066.3641.27111.2516.28031.7228.8418.855
2012-056.3241.20215.26112.72018.6998.5959.371
2012-046.3044.8024.8610.38918.4277.6938.623
2012-036.3148.4588.8435.4265.3476.5557.548
2012-026.30010.59518.33340.283-31.4835.0765.640
2012-016.31410.954-0.527-14.98027.2785.9227.653
2011-126.34711.74813.34312.14216.5215.3246.524
2011-116.35716.36913.78722.61714.5285.1016.259
2011-106.37218.55215.81829.05817.0335.1547.611
2011-096.39020.85317.02821.11414.5141.8614.724
2011-086.40528.03224.41730.42817.759-1.4001.462
2011-076.45927.81020.34722.99531.484-3.496-0.408
2011-066.47530.29117.89419.02922.273-4.835-1.798
2011-056.49629.80719.27728.40913.047-3.906-1.635
2011-046.52926.39029.82322.00911.421-1.5640.693
2011-036.56624.50235.75727.4090.139-0.7181.801
2011-026.58423.3882.34219.712-7.306-0.3291.899
2011-016.60021.39937.68851.3776.4611.5003.959
2010-126.64818.62717.91925.62513.0802.1034.373
2010-116.65415.83234.90637.93922.8901.7094.717
2010-106.66718.57822.76825.42027.1480.2392.496
2010-096.74116.53525.05424.37216.8750.6962.393
2010-086.78815.35334.32335.53720.036-0.3491.432
2010-076.77717.36438.03723.20728.7300.2191.685
2010-066.81915.73743.85234.64020.0221.2612.392
2010-056.82817.34848.44748.90419.530-1.144-0.098
2010-046.82624.59930.44150.0511.681-6.375-5.715
2010-036.82625.89524.16866.387-7.236-8.200-7.857
2010-026.82927.47145.65644.7217.612-7.392-6.684
2010-016.82726.89121.02985.62414.168-6.228-6.565
2009-126.82823.94717.60355.58118.430-5.796-5.467
2009-116.82827.404-1.16026.25319.093-8.804-9.140
2009-106.82724.583-13.687-6.78223.988-5.929-6.526
2009-096.82819.958-15.024-3.79212.932-0.118-0.900
2009-086.83217.894-23.108-17.12515.7124.0402.815
2009-076.83217.908-22.868-14.90710.6307.5496.040
2009-066.83417.898-21.411-12.9828.3368.3356.424
2009-056.82516.333-26.340-24.84613.38911.3489.096
2009-046.83214.399-22.553-22.76713.13516.27013.149
2009-036.83716.182-17.137-24.93518.56119.58716.417
2009-026.83716.122-25.723-23.8024.84117.58913.652
2009-016.83920.398-17.511-43.06139.10915.22614.069
2008-126.85527.379-2.848-21.31538.98015.34514.031
2008-116.82925.951-2.239-18.00140.09019.79219.058
2008-106.83629.15719.12615.38935.23916.25716.084
2008-096.83832.88621.29620.88629.3709.8719.711
2008-086.85333.72321.12022.91828.6956.6156.480
2008-076.83733.17526.85233.59025.2784.1585.160
2008-066.89935.70217.68731.20021.3513.4705.572
2008-056.97338.97428.09940.08320.2092.8006.203
2008-046.99940.86021.81326.58116.6781.9586.531
2008-037.07339.88630.61324.82313.4070.3894.697
2008-027.16642.2526.42235.0958.5550.8515.735
2008-017.24443.82426.59327.47419.4810.5434.007
2007-127.36843.21921.59825.48922.6871.1034.281
2007-117.42144.00122.70825.25026.281-0.7442.633
2007-107.50243.96422.23725.46727.051-0.9202.517
2007-097.52244.94522.75716.01323.9141.0594.919
2007-087.57444.74022.68420.02424.9742.2416.865
2007-077.57544.94134.11526.89424.3571.9625.612
2007-067.63241.43227.00414.29526.9102.5574.978
2007-057.67739.58028.65519.10022.4743.2524.676
2007-047.72539.11726.64421.22516.8460.3271.276
2007-037.73937.1916.89114.5036.8710.2601.464
2007-027.75035.40451.72612.87623.7570.9891.670
2007-017.78930.55033.28427.45815.8811.3761.737
2006-127.82230.06424.77313.51220.997-1.830-1.210
2006-117.86330.53232.72918.21922.928-1.706-1.762
2006-107.90228.40129.42314.66223.8290.117-0.173
2006-097.93328.25330.55221.90715.2870.7240.205
2006-087.97328.81732.69924.50018.7960.278-1.085
2006-077.99129.97722.49519.39514.6230.823-0.910
2006-068.00531.98523.27318.70214.5032.5971.166
2006-058.01433.45025.13721.58413.0042.6231.221
2006-048.01432.99323.80815.51610.4575.2223.841
2006-038.03432.33628.22021.25811.1897.1335.481
2006-028.05032.33822.21429.4822.4246.4154.728
2006-018.06535.00528.04525.3939.4895.7824.910
2005-1233.68818.23022.17511.0167.9877.043
2005-1137.86118.53620.88410.5316.8265.677
2005-1044.09229.64023.42312.0162.8831.406
2005-0948.79825.77523.2477.5630.291-1.626
2005-0851.11933.07423.22710.593-0.369-1.545
2005-0751.06928.58612.38910.545-0.212-0.728
2005-0650.48030.62415.6809.678-2.492-2.972
2005-0550.09030.22015.6068.988-4.997-5.445
2005-0448.79631.88816.5804.591-3.880-4.475
2005-0349.22432.76318.8585.733-4.637-4.317
2005-0249.92929.612-5.0304.357-2.958-1.273
2005-0149.30442.12323.8526.494-3.234-3.474
2004-1250.55732.71224.49911.076-4.821-4.790
2004-1135.96845.88638.3199.895-4.827-4.517
2004-1034.72728.33929.1007.090-2.270-0.582
2004-0933.46033.05121.9894.992-3.357-0.544
2004-0835.47237.37835.4994.489-4.214-1.423
2004-0734.89233.83434.1182.032-4.115-1.407
2004-0635.22046.46750.4611.843-3.080-0.534
2004-0534.23432.58135.3152.103-2.2070.043
2004-0436.99332.30842.695-2.250-6.222-4.310
2004-0338.50642.86942.517-0.540-6.578-5.205
2004-0237.90639.67176.745-7.872-7.602-7.122
2004-0136.02419.93615.221-0.025-7.451-5.973
2003-1240.19650.71747.3435.726-7.915-6.488
2003-1152.49233.81428.3904.869-6.853-5.553
2003-1050.44136.66639.6715.733-8.037-8.044
2003-0947.88431.43139.8000.289-5.134-5.835
2003-0843.68127.10227.2602.794-3.553-4.344
2003-0744.24930.46935.2971.596-3.315-4.486
2003-0642.39932.53440.0192.140-5.894-7.213
2003-0542.61437.32340.8822.238-7.353-8.411
2003-0439.59033.27734.3621.016-6.654-7.642
2003-0338.98434.73444.765-0.458-7.038-8.449
2003-0238.03227.79449.3910.676-7.705-9.585
2003-0140.07537.19863.500-1.240-7.074-8.755
2002-1235.02830.14328.3303.156-4.094-6.557
2002-1131.72430.03837.8512.474-3.051-5.612
2002-1030.67531.39433.3034.749-1.349-3.749
2002-0931.95433.02336.3512.117-1.444-3.611
2002-0833.14725.05122.7552.232-2.411-4.586
2002-0733.58627.62128.7902.222-5.071-7.264
2002-0634.20217.8078.6672.919-2.658-4.705
2002-0532.87818.40119.2672.211-0.201-2.645
2002-0431.59617.25217.8100.9721.638-1.194
2002-0329.0562.9348.2371.3343.4871.157
2002-0227.359-0.323-12.6633.2196.0814.575
2002-0128.86928.22322.0332.7335.6573.258
2001-1228.12511.4484.5582.1134.5362.884
2001-1127.3088.328-3.6783.1553.7391.849
2001-1026.0790.088-0.2163.8893.7962.118
2001-0922.5734.3865.4942.1384.1642.028
2001-0819.4460.9226.6251.3785.5004.267
2001-0716.2786.5707.5171.9338.3897.582
2001-0613.998-0.5544.6900.8298.5957.410
2001-0513.2813.48510.8632.0056.3355.288
2001-0412.99211.11019.0900.9338.6277.656
2001-0311.96814.90216.6632.3667.4275.956
2001-0211.60829.89035.7310.9735.2082.909
2001-017.7080.8581.8811.3816.7415.417
2000-126.6898.54622.9140.5726.7065.769
2000-116.08813.78528.0000.5146.5085.437
2000-105.01824.93037.3883.8286.2243.967
2000-095.08323.73335.7342.2684.2911.959
2000-085.01827.34854.6162.5402.5830.709
2000-075.86624.04440.0851.9870.190-1.576
2000-067.12045.03939.8361.904-0.493-2.131
2000-056.86529.62724.2843.1470.924-0.797
2000-045.79838.77032.7762.158-0.787-2.826
2000-036.15835.94823.9282.332-0.940-3.209
2000-026.03434.54454.1151.3530.917-0.343
2000-016.58947.62554.2301.5240.919-1.074
1999-125.7242.169-1.0682.8330.235-2.516
1999-115.50228.75936.8102.564-0.415-2.971
1999-105.59423.75718.1904.439-0.674-3.127
1999-096.69720.20632.4423.313-3.503-6.138
1999-086.52117.68223.9214.873-4.009-7.566
1999-075.6087.31416.6323.401-1.410-4.967
1999-064.590-1.63822.6100.792-1.606-5.808
1999-054.2494.14121.4611.8650.101-4.381
1999-045.149-7.42718.6200.9580.421-4.193
1999-034.526-3.98622.0210.4450.242-3.814
1999-024.673-10.318-4.2632.273-1.576-5.209
1999-013.919-11.03513.7781.475-4.825-8.436
1998-124.5013.320-7.7672.215-1.760-5.541
1998-115.230-9.6982.2082.7644.158-0.279
1998-105.580-17.305-9.1083.0626.0041.780
1998-096.608-6.8770.4363.92910.2325.556
1998-089.282-2.865-1.9794.71612.3968.186
1998-0712.8433.423-6.7034.20513.0668.696
1998-0617.2061.3355.2073.72414.74110.291
1998-0520.729-1.748-4.2843.66011.9787.788
1998-0423.2978.0743.8684.3149.7866.476
1998-0326.3399.6055.9863.65310.8278.155
1998-0228.04824.88517.9803.14911.5558.146
1998-0129.7859.692-12.9374.08315.95912.866
1997-1233.3744.664-4.6880.09514.65611.839
1997-1135.40323.2054.0804.65510.1908.254
1997-1038.74017.17913.5244.9757.9176.263
1997-0939.71023.87611.4445.1208.4016.989
1997-0838.94213.550-0.6204.9568.6147.399
1997-0739.37925.91813.0902.8146.3325.925
1997-0638.61225.4313.1634.1055.0264.756
1997-0537.50324.755-2.1343.4226.4996.362
1997-0438.97129.7532.9553.5558.2278.370
1997-0337.80435.255-0.0992.9667.8898.991
1997-0237.70913.189-4.8952.0957.3849.887
1997-0142.07827.048-1.1871.6625.1687.892
1996-1241.9726.2418.398-1.6994.7858.497
1996-1136.98411.602-3.5531.9754.2337.831
1996-1035.06723.1393.0543.8935.1288.844
1996-0936.3087.851-8.8383.1003.6897.847
1996-0837.81312.636-3.8342.9754.7989.428
1996-0736.4930.9861.6181.0838.37413.310
1996-0637.962-12.748-0.4201.3369.01114.326
1996-0539.792-5.1654.3940.1578.06913.350
1996-0436.274-5.0376.0320.4899.85415.917
1996-0339.343-19.2008.593-0.7146.52212.400
1996-0238.777-2.46513.8710.5553.5808.715
1996-0138.800-0.10955.492-0.9383.0647.814
1995-1242.485-6.7653.148-1.2242.2097.563
1995-1151.430-3.86816.8620.1343.4999.789
1995-1065.87718.34116.6141.3723.38410.306
1995-0973.73018.77422.5531.1273.93011.640
1995-0883.95222.70315.3960.9482.16111.117
1995-0784.70518.57715.6431.1420.08110.602
1995-0694.05828.75211.1393.079-1.9259.556
1995-0595.59135.63021.6831.324-2.15811.172
1995-0495.76234.2039.2591.713-3.7189.599
1995-0398.97651.74417.3752.639-1.17013.019
1995-02102.03154.98019.4531.7621.34216.751
1995-01112.86788.05613.7162.6790.87217.311
1994-12136.36236.944-0.9400.592
1994-11127.80441.6488.1992.362
1994-10115.23629.6308.9141.022
1994-0997.21318.388-3.5591.242
1994-0884.31633.70914.5940.175
1994-0780.01635.6859.7790.725
1994-0664.99856.83533.4731.043
1994-0553.86731.01311.0000.005
1994-0450.68829.58725.745-0.472
1994-0342.27722.89015.075-0.237
1994-0235.602-1.546-7.879-0.230
1994-0123.77945.39878.402-0.835
1993-128.56719.41235.547-4.571
1993-11-5.1544.90324.768-0.582
1993-10-12.3055.12221.679-0.592
1993-09-14.21125.02839.638-0.722
1993-08-19.883-0.18337.473-1.121
1993-07-23.6126.50939.710-1.139
1993-06-23.593-9.2458.284-0.435
1993-05-20.6319.27133.831-1.296
1993-04-18.5028.60022.962-0.586
1993-03-15.78915.11728.661-0.675
1993-02-13.13317.16333.436-0.650
1993-01-11.198-15.8866.2330.153
1992-12-9.251-2.025
1992-115.9000.891
1992-1011.9700.555
1992-0916.4870.222
1992-0828.7181.280
1992-0736.7930.886
1992-0636.8980.838
1992-0539.3580.243
1992-0439.8560.265
1992-0343.6860.107
1992-0253.6420.119
1992-0159.0910.975
1991-1288.018
1991-11137.125
1991-10110.616
1991-0968.826
1991-0859.376
1991-0764.745
1991-0676.775
1991-0577.447
1991-0484.009
1991-0387.583
1991-0288.943
1991-0196.461
1990-1286.273
1990-1117.538
1990-1026.197
1990-0970.465
1990-0886.497
1990-0796.344
1990-06100.126
1990-0586.594
1990-0480.469
1990-0380.639
1990-0276.589
1990-0163.364
 
 
 
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