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GDP Growth (Annual %) for China, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
4.96%
GDP Growth (Annual %) · annual % · +118.2% since 1961
GDP growth for China was 4.96% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 19.30% in 1970. The lowest was -27.27% in 1961 (about -5.5× the latest value).
China ranks 54 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 25%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 3.62%, so China sits above it. It peaked in 1970 and has fallen 74% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 29%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
4.96%
First (1961)
-27.27%
Change
+118.2%
Highest
19.30%
in 1970
Lowest
-27.27%
in 1961
Average
7.88%
Annual growth (CAGR)
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Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.96% |
| 2024 | 4.96% |
| 2023 | 5.42% |
| 2022 | 3.13% |
| 2021 | 8.57% |
| 2020 | 2.34% |
| 2019 | 6.07% |
| 2018 | 6.76% |
| 2017 | 6.89% |
| 2016 | 6.77% |
| 2015 | 6.98% |
| 2014 | 7.46% |
Reading this correctly. Annual percentage growth rate of GDP at constant market prices. A negative value means the economy contracted that year. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG — GDP Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.