International migrant stock (% of population, 2019)
0.1
(13.2)
Women
79.2
(82.9)
Latest 5-year average growth (%)
0.4
(0.6)
ECONOMY
Gross domestic product (GDP)
Value added shares (%)
In current prices (billion USD)
14 726.4
Agriculture, forestry and fishing
7.7
(2.8)
In current prices (billion CNY)
101 598.6
Industry including construction
37.8
(26.3)
Latest 5-year average real growth (%)
5.7
(0.8)
Services
54.5
(71.0)
Per capita (thousands USD PPP)
17.3
(46.3)
GENERAL GOVERNMENT Per cent of GDP
Expenditure
36.7
(49.8)
Gross financial debt (2019)
57.1
(97.2)
Revenue
29.8
(38.9)
EXTERNAL ACCOUNTS
Exchange rate (CNY per USD)
6.90
Main exports (% of total merchandise exports)
PPP exchange rate (USA = 1)
4.19
Machinery and transport equipment
48.6
In per cent of GDP
Miscellaneous manufactured articles
22.4
Exports of goods and services
18.5
(50.6)
Manufactured goods
16.9
Imports of goods and services
16.0
(47.1)
Main imports (% of total merchandise imports)
Current account balance
1.9
(0.0)
Machinery and transport equipment
40.3
Net international investment position
14.6
Crude materials, inedible, except fuels
14.2
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials
12.9
LABOUR MARKET, SKILLS AND INNOVATION
Employment rate (aged 15 and over, %, 2019, OECD: 2020)
67.4
(55.1)
Unemployment rate, Labour Force Survey (aged 15 and over, %, 2020)
5.6
(7.1)
Men (2019, OECD: 2020)
72
(63.0)
Youth (aged 15-24, %, 2019, OECD: 2020)
11.0
(15.0)
Women (2019, OECD: 2020)
58
(47.7)
Mean weekly hours worked (2016, OECD: 2020)
46.1
(36.9)
Gross domestic expenditure on R&D (% of GDP, 2018)
2.2
(2.6)
ENVIRONMENT
Total primary energy supply per capita (toe, 2019, OECD: 2020)
2.4
(3.7)
CO2 emissions from fuel combustion per capita (tonnes, 2019)
7.0
( 8.3)
Renewables (%, 2019, OECD: 2020)
9.7
(11.9)
Water abstractions per capita (1 000 m³, 2019)
0.4
Exposure to air pollution (more than 10 μg/m³ of PM 2.5, % of population, 2019)
99.9
(61.7)
SOCIETY
Income inequality (Gini coefficient, 2019, OECD: latest available)
0.418
(0.318)
Education outcomes (PISA score in Beijing-Shanghai-Jiangsu-Guangdong, 2018)
Public and private spending (% of GDP)
Reading
555
(485)
Health care (2018, OECD: 2019)
5.1
(8.8)
Mathematics
591
(487)
Education (% of GNI, 2019)
1.8
(4.4)
Science
590
(487)
Share of women in parliament (%)
24.9
(31.5)
Net official development assistance (% of GNI, 2019, OECD: 2017)
0.0
(0.4)
Note: The year is indicated in parenthesis where data are not for 2020.
1. Where the OECD aggregate is not provided in the source database and data exist for at least 80% of member countries, a simple OECD average of latest available data is presented.
