China Interest Payments

Current and historical interest payments data for China, including latest value (3.44), trend, international ranking, comparison and source notes.
COUNTRY: China
UNIT: percent of revenue
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: partial
UPDATED: 2026-06-05T19:14:49+02:00
Economy Data Rating
China · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
A
84 / 100
Strong stability
Fiscal stability 19.5 / 25
Macroeconomic stability 18.5 / 20
External stability 13.8 / 15
Financial robustness 9.3 / 15
Structural stability 9.5 / 10
Future capacity 8.7 / 10
Demographic capacity n/a
Method: Economy Data 7-pillar stability model with structural financial robustness adjustment. This is a transparent Economy Data heuristic, not an official sovereign credit rating. Data coverage: 71% of weighted inputs available.
Time range: 2005–2021 20052021
2005 2021
Selected year: 2021 · Value: n/a 2021

China · interest payments as a percentage of government revenue.

2005–2021
3.44 percent of revenue
3.92 percent of revenue
3.21 percent of revenue
47 selected year
max 8 6 4 2 0
2005 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 2021
interest payments rate reference line

Countries by interest payments

full ranking
Country Rate Class
India 33.98 high
Egypt 33.25 high
Bahrain 31.94 high
Brazil 30.09 high
Kenya 24.28 high
Ghana 21.58 medium
Bangladesh 20.83 medium
United States 20.29 medium

Interpretation

short note

This public finance indicator helps assess fiscal capacity, budget pressure and the role of government.

Values should be interpreted together with country context, time range, source coverage and related macroeconomic indicators.

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Comparison

latest
India 33.98
Singapore 0.47
Germany 2.48

Related indicators

internal links
Government Debt GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS
Government Revenue GC.REV.XGRT.GD.ZS
Government Expense GC.XPN.TOTL.GD.ZS
Fiscal Balance GC.BAL.CASH.GD.ZS
GDP Growth NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG

Source layer

planned

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Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: GC.XPN.INTP.RV.ZS

Cache: partial · Updated: 2026-06-05T19:14:49+02:00

China Snapshot

country profile
Population 1.41 bn
GDP 18743.8 bn
Debt/GDP n/a
Inflation 0.22%
Unemployment 4.62%
Currency n/a
Region Asia
Income group Upper middle income

China Interest Payments: data context and use

This page is part of the Economy Data indicator system. It provides structured country-level economic data, historical series, rankings and comparison views for researchers, students, journalists and decision makers. The page combines indicator metadata, country context, latest available values, ranking information and source notes.

The selected indicator is Interest Payments for China. The data are designed for quick comparison across countries and for deeper interpretation together with related macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, exports, imports, population and inequality.

Keyphrase synonyms: china interest payments rate, interest payments data china, china interest payments statistics, china percent of revenue.