Historical GDP of China

This article includes a list of China's historical gross domestic product (GDP) values, the market value of all final goods and services produced by a nation in a given year. The GDP dollar estimates presented here are either calculated at market or government official exchange rates (nominal), or derived from purchasing power parity (PPP) calculations. This article also includes historical GDP growth.

Chart showing GDP development trends of China and India (1950-2002).

In 1985, the State Council of China (SCC) approved the establishment of a SNA (System of National Accounting), using GDP to measure the national economy. China started to study and then implement a new system of national economic accounting. In 1986, as the first citizen of the People's Republic of China to receive a Ph.D. in economics from an overseas country, Dr. Fengbo Zhang headed Chinese Macroeconomic Research - the key research project of the seventh Five-Year Plan of China, as well as completing and publishing the Chinese GDP data according to China's own research and calculations. A summary of the above events has been included in the book "Chinese Macroeconomic Structure and Policy" (June 1988) edited by Fengbo Zhang, and collectively authored by the Research Center of the SCC. This is the first GDP data which was published by China.

The research utilized the World Bank’s method as a reference, and made numerous appropriate adjustments based on China’s national condition. The GDP also has been converted to USD based data by utilizing the moving average exchange rate. The research systematically completed China’s GDP and GDP per capita from 1952 to 1986 and analyzed growth rate, the change and contribution rates of each component. The research also included international comparisons. Additionally, the research compared MPS and SNA, looking at the results from the two systems from analyzing Chinese economy. This achievement created the foundation for China GDP research.

The SCC issued “The notice regarding implementation of System of National Accounting” in August 1992, the Western SNA system officially is introduced to China, replaced Soviet Union's MPS system, Western economic indicator GDP became China’s most important economic indicator. Based on Dr. Fengbo Zhang's research, in 1997, the National Bureau of Statistics of China (NBS), in collaboration with Hitotsubashi University of Japan, re-estimated China’s GDP Data from 1952 up to 1995 based on the SNA principal.

When comparing Fengbo Zhang’s GDP measurement in the 1980s and the GDP in 1997 by the NBS and Japan’s cooperative research, the two are found to be very consistent; the deviation rate each year is very slight, between only 0.1% and 7%. During this period, there were many data adjustments, with weighting factors undergoing significant changes along with each years comparable price amendments, statistical method significant changes result in the substantial deviation. Even with science and technology as advanced as it is today, the single item survey is allowed at least ±3%, or a total of 6% deviation. Despite the extremely difficult conditions of a destroyed economy, blank theory, a lack of data, and simple methods in 1980s, there is so little deviation for such a long period of time and the comprehensiveness of the national economic indicator, indicates that the research conducted by Fengbo Zhang with the support of the extensive group he trained is extremely rigorous, and their result very precise. Xie Fuzhan, former Director, and Ma Jiantang, current Director of the NBS, both participated in Dr. Fengbo Zhang’s research project in the 1980s, as assistant researcher and graduate student, respectively, of the Research Center of the SCC.

Current status

Proportion of world (countries with data) nominal GDP for the countries with the top 10 highest nominal GDP in 2010, from 1980 to 2010 with IMF projections until 2016. Grey lines show actual US dollar values

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As of 2014, China's nominal GDP by Expenditure approach is 63.61 trillion Chinese yuan or 10.36 trillion US dollars. China's nominal GDP by Expenditure approach surpassed that of Italy in 2000, France in 2002, the United Kingdom in 2006 and that of Germany in 2007, before overtaking Japan in 2009, making China the world's second largest economy after the United States. But adjusting for purchasing power parity (PPP), China surpassed Japan and become the world's second largest economy as early as 2002.

From 1979 until 2010, China's average annual GDP growth was 9.91%, reaching an historical high of 15.2% in 1984 and a record low of 3.8% in 1990. Based on the current price, the country's average annual GDP growth in these 32 years was 15.8%, reaching an historical high of 36.41% in 1994 and a record low of 6.25% in 1999.

China NBS data

Annual GDP

China's Historical GDP for 1978 - 2014(Revision based on the 3rd National Economic Census 2013) (purchasing power parity of Chinese Yuan, as Intl. dollar based on IMF WEO October 6, 2015)
year	GDP				GDP per capita (GDPPC) based on mid-year population				Reference index
	GDP in billions			real growth (%)	GDPPC			real growth (%)	Mid-year population in thousands	exchange rate 1 foreign currency to CNY
	CNY	USD	PPP (Int$)		CNY	USD	PPP (Int$)			USD 1	Int$ 1 (PPP)
2014	63,591.00	10,352.12	18,088.04	7.3	46,629	7,591	13,258	6.8	1,364,270	6.1428	3.5169
2013	58,801.88	9,494.59	16,585.00	7.7	43,320	6,995	12,218	7.2	1,357,380	6.1932	3.5455
2012	53,412.30	8,461.35	15,154.32	7.7	39,544	6,264	11,220	7.2	1,350,695	6.3125	3.5246
2011	48,412.35	7,495.56	13,810.26	9.5	36,018	5,577	10,274	9.0	1,344,130	6.4588	3.5055
2010	40,890.30	6,040.37	12,357.02	10.6	30,568	4,515	9,237	10.1	1,337,705	6.7695	3.3091
2009	34,562.92	5,059.72	11,037.85	9.2	25,963	3,801	8,291	8.7	1,331,260	6.8310	3.1313
2008	31,675.17	4,560.79	10,031.74	9.6	23,912	3,443	7,573	9.0	1,324,655	6.9451	3.1575
2007	26,801.94	3,524.72	8,974.12	14.2	20,337	2,675	6,809	13.6	1,317,885	7.6040	2.9866
2006	21,765.66	2,730.33	7,657.08	12.7	16,602	2,083	5,841	12.1	1,311,020	7.9718	2.8426
2005	18,589.58	2,269.32	6,593.05	11.3	14,259	1,741	5,057	10.6	1,303,720	8.1917	2.8196
2004	16,071.44	1,941.75	5,738.51	10.1	12,400	1,498	4,428	9.4	1,296,075	8.2768	2.8006
2003	13,656.46	1,649.93	5,073.29	10.0	10,600	1,281	3,938	9.3	1,288,400	8.2770	2.6918
2002	12,100.20	1,461.91	4,520.87	9.1	9,450	1,142	3,531	8.4	1,280,400	8.2770	2.6765
2001	11,027.04	1,332.25	4,081.81	8.3	8,670	1,047	3,209	7.5	1,271,850	8.2770	2.7015
2000	9,977.63	1,205.26	3,684.99	8.4	7,902	955	2,918	7.5	1,262,645	8.2784	2.7076
1999	9,018.77	1,089.45	3,322.85	7.6	7,199	870	2,652	6.7	1,252,735	8.2783	2.7142
1998	8,488.37	1,025.28	3,041.04	7.8	6,835	826	2,449	6.8	1,241,935	8.2791	2.7913
1997	7,942.95	958.16	2,789.86	9.2	6,457	779	2,268	8.1	1,230,075	8.2898	2.8471
1996	7,157.23	860.84	2,511.81	9.9	5,878	707	2,063	8.8	1,217,550	8.3142	2.8494
1995	6,112.98	732.01	2,244.57	11.0	5,074	608	1,863	9.8	1,204,855	8.3510	2.7235
1994	4,845.96	562.26	1,980.83	13.1	4,066	472	1,662	11.8	1,191,835	8.6187	2.4464
1993	3,552.43	616.53	1,715.19	13.9	3,015	523	1,455	12.6	1,178,440	5.7620	2.0712
1992	2,706.83	490.85	1,470.88	14.3	2,324	421	1,263	12.9	1,164,970	5.5146	1.8403
1991	2,189.55	411.31	1,258.18	9.3	1,903	357	1,093	7.8	1,150,780	5.3233	1.7403
1990	1,877.43	392.51	1,115.28	3.9	1,654	346	982	2.4	1,135,185	4.7832	1.6834
1989	1,709.03	453.91	1,035.74	4.2	1,528	406	926	2.6	1,118,650	3.7651	1.6501
1988	1,510.11	405.71	958.04	11.3	1,371	368	870	9.5	1,101,630	3.7221	1.5762
1987	1,210.22	325.14	831.81	11.7	1,116	300	767	9.9	1,084,035	3.7221	1.4549
1986	1,030.88	298.56	726.90	8.9	966	280	681	7.3	1,066,790	3.4528	1.4182
1985	903.99	307.84	654.63	13.5	860	293	623	12.0	1,051,040	2.9366	1.3809
1984	722.63	310.54	559.05	15.2	697	300	539	13.7	1,036,825	2.3270	1.2926
1983	597.56	302.45	468.75	10.8	584	296	458	9.2	1,023,310	1.9757	1.2748
1982	533.30	281.80	406.80	9.0	529	279	403	7.4	1,008,630	1.8925	1.3110
1981	489.81	287.36	351.22	5.1	493	289	353	3.8	993,885	1.7045	1.3946
1980	455.16	303.76	305.23	7.9	464	310	311	6.6	981,235	1.4984	1.4912
1979	406.77	261.59		7.6	420	270		6.2	969,005	1.5550
1978	365.02	216.81		11.6	382	227		10.2	956,165	1.6836

China's GDP for 1952-1978

China's GDP figures for 1952-1978
(based on current price; in millions of GDP; real growth of %)

year	GDP (in millions)			GDP per capita
	CN￥	growth	real growth	CN￥	growt	real growth
1978	364,522	13.2	11.7	381	11.7	10.2
1977	322,105	8.8	7.6	341	7.2	6.2
1976	296,147	-1.7	-1.6	318	-3.3	-3.1
1975	301,311	7.5	8.7	329	5.8	6.8
1974	280,374	2.6	2.3	311	0.3	0.2
1973	273,335	8.0	7.9	310	5.4	5.4
1972	253,022	3.9	3.8	294	1.4	1.2
1971	243,526	7.7	7.1	290	5.1	4.1
1970	226,132	16.2	19.4	276	13.1	16.1
1969	194,578	12.5	16.9	244	9.4	13.7
1968	173,016	-2.8	-4.1	223	-5.5	-6.6
1967	178,028	-5.0	-5.7	236	-7.5	-8.1
1966	187,308	9.1	10.7	255	6.3	7.7
1965	171,720	18.0	17	240	15.4	14.3
1964	145,554	17.7	18.3	208	14.9	15.5
1963	123,637	7.4	10.2	181	4.6	7.5
1962	115,124	-5.7	-5.6	173	-6.5	-6.4
1961	122,094	-16.2	-27.3	185	-15.1	-26.6
1960	145,747	1.2	-0.3	218	0.9	-0.5
1959	144,036	10.1	8.8	216	8.0	6.7
1958	130,821	22.3	21.3	200	19.0	18.3
1957	106,929	3.9	5.1	168	1.2	2.4
1956	102,898	13.0	15	166	10.7	12.7
1955	91,078	6.0	6.8	150	4.2	4.5
1954	85,938	4.3	4.2	144	1.4	1.8
1953	82,419	21.4	15.6	142	19.3	13.1
1952	67,900			119

Components of GDP

Components of GDP by Expenditure Approach(in 100 millions CN￥)
year	GDP	Final Consumption Expenditures			Gross Capital Formation			Net Exports of Goods and Services
		Total	Household	Government	Total	Gross Fixed Capital Formation	Change in Inventories	Total
p2012	527,607.70	259,599.60	188,370.10	71,229.60	253,524.30	243,151.90	10,372.40	14,483.80
p2011	472,619.00	232,112.00			228,344.00	215,682.00	12,662.00	12,163.00
r2010	402,816.47	194,114.96	140,758.65	53,356.31	193,603.91	183,615.16	9,988.75	15,097.60
r2009	348,775.12	169,274.80	123,584.62	45,690.18	164,463.22	156,679.79	7,783.43	15,037.10
2008	315,974.60	153,422.49	111,670.40	41,752.09	138,325.30	128,084.42	10,240.88	24,226.80
2007	266,599.21	132,232.87	96,332.50	35,900.30	110,943.25	103,948.61	6,994.64	23,423.10
2006	222,712.53	113,103.85	82,575.45	30,528.40	92,954.08	87,954.06	5,000.02	16,654.60
2005	187,423.47	99,357.54	72,958.71	26,398.83	77,856.82	74,232.86	3,623.96	10,209.10
2004	160,956.58	87,552.58	65,218.48	22,334.10	69,168.40	65,117.70	4,050.70	4,235.60
2003	136,613.41	77,685.51	57,649.81	20,035.70	55,963.00	53,490.70	2,472.30	2,964.90
2002	120,475.62	71,816.52	53,056.57	18,759.95	45,565.00	43,632.10	1,932.90	3,094.10
2001	109,028.99	66,933.89	49,435.86	17,498.03	39,769.40	37,754.50	2,014.90	2,324.70
2000	98,749.00	61,516.00	45,854.60	15,661.40	34,842.80	33,844.40	998.40	2,390.20
1999	91,125.00	55,636.90	41,920.40	13,716.50	32,951.50	30,527.30	2,424.20	2,536.60
1998	86,531.60	51,588.20	39,229.30	12,358.90	31,314.20	28,569.00	2,745.20	3,629.20
1997	81,658.50	48,140.60	36,921.50	1,1219.10	29,968.00	25,965.00	4,003.00	3,549.90
1996	74,163.60	43,919.50	33,955.90	9,963.60	28,784.90	24,048.10	4,736.80	1,459.20
1995	63,216.90	36,748.20	28,369.70	8,378.50	25,470.10	20,885.00	4,585.10	998.60
1994	50,217.40	29,242.20	21,844.20	7,398.00	20,341.10	17,312.70	3,028.40	634.10
1993	36,938.10	21,899.90	16,412.10	5,487.80	15,717.70	13,309.20	2,408.50	-679.50
1992	27,565.20	17,203.30	13,000.10	4,203.20	10,086.30	8,513.70	1,572.60	275.60
1991	22,577.40	14,091.90	10,730.60	3,361.30	7,868.00	6,070.30	1,797.70	617.50
1990	19,347.80	12,090.50	9,450.90	2,639.60	6,747.00	4,827.80	1,919.20	510.30
1989	17,311.30	11,164.20	8,812.60	2,351.60	6,332.70	4,419.40	1,913.30	-185.60
1988	15,388.60	9,839.50	7,868.10	1,971.40	5,700.20	4,701.90	998.30	-151.10
1987	12,277.40	7,804.60	6,126.10	1,678.50	4,462.00	3,798.70	663.30	10.80
1986	10,508.50	6,821.80	5,302.10	1,519.70	3,941.90	3,139.70	802.20	-255.20
1985	9,076.70	5,986.30	4,687.40	1,298.90	3,457.50	2,672.00	785.50	-367.10
1984	7,362.70	4,846.30	3,742.00	1,104.30	2,515.10	2,147.00	368.10	1.30
1983	6,216.20	4,126.40	3,231.10	895.30	2,039.00	1,723.30	315.70	50.80
1982	5,590.00	3,714.80	2,902.90	811.90	1,784.20	1,503.20	281.00	91.00
1981	5,008.80	3,361.50	2,627.90	733.60	1,630.20	1,339.30	290.90	17.10
1980	4,592.90	3,007.90	2,331.20	676.70	1,599.70	1,322.40	277.30	-14.70
1979	4,092.60	2,633.70	2,011.50	622.20	1,478.90	1,153.10	325.80	-20.00
1978	3,605.60	2,239.10	1,759.10	480.00	1,377.90	1,073.90	304.00	-11.40

Components of GDP by Industries

Components of GDP by Industries (in 100 millions CN￥)
year	GNI	GDP	Agriculture	Industry	Services
p2012	516,662.00	519,322.10	52,377.00	235,319.60	231,626.50
p2011	472,115.04	472,881.56	47,486.21	220,412.81	204,982.53
r2010	399,759.54	401,512.80	40,533.60	187,383.22	173,595.98
r2009	340,319.95	340,902.81	35,226.00	157,638.78	148,038.04
2008	316,030.34	314,045.43	33,702.00	149,003.44	131,339.99
2007	266,422.00	265,810.31	28,627.00	125,831.36	111,351.95
2006	215,904.41	216,314.43	24,040.00	103,719.54	88,554.88
2005	183,617.37	184,937.37	22,420.00	87,598.09	74,919.28
2004	159,453.60	159,878.34	21,412.73	73,904.31	64,561.29
2003	134,976.97	135,822.76	17,381.72	62,436.31	56,004.73
2002	119,095.69	120,332.69	16,537.02	53,896.77	49,898.90
2001	108,068.22	109,655.17	15,781.27	49,512.29	44,361.61
2000	98,000.45	99,214.55	14,944.72	45,555.88	38,713.95
1999	88,479.15	89,677.05	14,770.03	41,033.58	33,873.44
1998	83,024.28	84,402.28	14,817.63	39,004.19	30,580.47
1997	78,060.85	78,973.03	14,441.89	37,543.00	26,988.15
1996	70,142.49	71,176.59	14,015.39	33,834.96	23,326.24
1995	59,810.53	60,793.73	12,135.81	28,679.46	19,978.46
1994	48,108.46	48,197.86	9,572.69	22,445.40	16,179.76
1993	35,260.02	35,333.92	6,963.76	16,454.43	11,915.73
1992	26,937.28	26,923.48	5,866.60	11,699.50	9,357.38
1991	21,826.20	21,781.50	5,342.20	9,102.20	7,337.10
1990	18,718.32	18,667.82	5,062.00	7,717.40	5,888.42
1989	17,000.92	16,992.32	4,265.92	7,278.00	5,448.40
1988	15,036.82	15,042.82	3,865.36	6,587.20	4,590.26
1987	12,050.62	12,058.62	3,233.04	5,251.60	3,573.97
1986	10,274.38	10,275.18	2,788.69	4,492.70	2,993.79
1985	9,040.74	9,016.04	2,564.40	3,866.60	2,585.04
1984	7,243.75	7,208.05	2,316.09	3,105.70	1,786.26
1983	5,985.55	5,962.65	1,978.39	2,646.20	1,338.06
1982	5,330.45	5,323.35	1,777.40	2,383.00	1,162.95
1981	4,889.46	4,891.56	1,559.46	2,255.50	1,076.60
1980	4,545.62	4,545.62	1,371.59	2,192.00	982.03
1979	4,062.58	4,062.58	1,270.19	1,913.50	878.89
1978	3,645.22	3,645.22	1,027.53	1,745.20	872.48

Quarterly GDP

China's quarterly GDP estimation was formally established in 1992. Afterwards, following the development of SNA of China, quarterly GDP is successively standardized and improved in estimation methodology, accounting classification, accounting procedure, release time and data quality control. Accumulated quarterly GDP estimation is formed. Not only quarterly GDP estimation by industries is established but also quarterly GDP estimation at expenditure approach is being studied. the following is the quarterly GDP list.

List of China's quarterly GDP 1992–present (Revison based on the 3rd Economic Census 2013, in millions of CNY)
year	quarter 1		quarter 2		quarter 3		quarter 4		sum
	GDP	growth (%) at current price	GDP	growth (%) at current price	GDP	growth (%) at current price	GDP	growth (%) at current price	GDP	growth (%) at current price	real growth (%)
p2015	14,796,180	6.6	16,621,640	7.1	17,359,500	6.2
r2014	13,873,800	8.3	15,520,100	8.5	16,346,700	8.5	17,873,280	7.6	63,613,880	8.2	7.3
2013	12,808,350	10.3	14,303,180	9.4	15,071,980	10.2	16,618,360	10.4	58,801,870	10.1	7.7
2012	11,614,790	12.3	13,076,580	10.4	13,672,290	9.1	15,048,640	9.9	53,412,300	10.3	7.7
2011	10,345,690	19.3	11,846,500	19.6	12,527,930	19.4	13,692,230	15.8	48,412,350	18.4	9.5
2010	8,668,430	18.3	9,905,980	18.5	10,495,060	18.0	11,820,820	18.4	40,890,290	18.3	10.6
2009	7,328,360	6.6	8,361,420	6.5	8,892,350	8.9	9,980,800	13.7	34,562,930	9.1	9.2
2008	6,877,840	21.3	7,853,760	21.5	8,161,950	18.7	8,781,630	12.7	31,675,180	18.2	9.6
2007	5,668,660	21.4	6,464,890	23.0	6,878,950	24.0	7,789,430	23.7	26,801,930	23.1	14.2
2006	4,667,830	16.3	5,256,040	17.5	5,546,780	16.7	6,295,010	17.7	21,765,660	17.1	12.7
2005	4,013,090	17.0	4,474,820	15.6	4,755,020	14.8	5,346,650	15.5	18,589,580	15.7	11.3
2004	3,429,060	15.7	3,871,310	18.9	4,143,580	18.5	4,627,490	17.4	16,071,440	17.7	10.1
2003	2,963,110	13.4	3,256,300	11.3	3,496,840	12.9	3,940,220	13.7	13,656,470	12.9	10.0
2002	2,613,290	9.1	2,924,560	9.1	3,097,140	10.3	3,465,210	10.2	12,100,200	9.7	9.1
2001	2,395,030	12.9	2,679,580	11.1	2,808,620	10.2	3,143,810	8.6	11,027,040	10.5	8.3
2000	2,121,550	10.1	2,412,880	11.3	2,549,190	11.5	2,894,010	9.8	9,977,630	10.6	8.4
1999	1,927,450	7.2	2,168,370	6.1	2,286,510	5.8	2,636,440	6.0	9,018,770	6.2	7.6
1998	1,797,670	8.1	2,042,790	5.9	2,160,670	6.2	2,487,230	7.3	8,488,360	6.9	7.8
1997	1,662,260	14.1	1,929,840	11.6	2,033,860	10.2	2,316,980	9.0	7,942,940	11.0	9.2
1996	1,457,260	20.8	1,728,620	17.4	1,845,790	15.1	2,125,560	16.1	7,157,230	17.1	9.9
1995	1,206,590	29.2	1,472,780	27.3	1,603,530	25.6	1,830,070	23.7	6,112,970	26.1	11.0
1994	933,780	37.3	1,156,690	37.4	1,276,450	37.2	1,479,040	34.5	4,845,960	36.4	13.1
1993	680,310	30.0	841,620	28.8	930,530	30.6	1,099,970	34.6	3,552,430	31.2	13.9
1992	523,480		653,680		712,250		817,430		2,706,840		14.3

Comparative data of three International organizations

Average figures of three agencies(United Nations, World bank and IMF) (in millions of USD)
year	China		comparable country
			the former			the later
	GDP	Rank	Country	GDP	Rank	Country	GDP	Rank
2011	7,281,423	2	United States	15,053,658	1	Japan	5,878,175	3
2010	5,937,461	2	United States	14,455,208	1	Japan	5,488,464	3
2009	5,017,084	3	Japan	5,035,142	2	Germany	3,301,489	4
2008	4,524,536	3	Japan	4,849,193	2	Germany	3,629,367	4
2007	3,494,214	3	Japan	4,356,341	2	Germany	3,325,402	4
2006	2,737,707	4	Germany	2,903,648	3	United Kingdom	2,451,355	5
2005	2,265,831	5	United Kingdom	2,291,673	4	France	2,137,772	6
2004	1,933,264	6	France	2,056,591	5	Italy	1,736,281	7
2003	1,643,279	6	France	1,793,333	5	Italy	1,515,450	7
2002	1,454,405	5	United Kingdom	1,605,856	4	France	1,453,757	6
2001	1,322,059	6	France	1,338,696	5	Italy	1,124,021	7
2000	1,196,598	6	France	1,327,630	5	Italy	1,105,089	7
1999	1,089,113	7	Italy	1,208,697	6	Canada	661,256	8
1998	1,028,046	7	Italy	1,225,121	6	Brazil	843,927	8
1997	963,449	7	Italy	1,199,099	6	Brazil	871,308	8
1996	868,061	7	United Kingdom	1,223,472	6	Brazil	839,806	8
1995	737,638	8	Brazil	769,214	7	Spain	596,815	9
1994	567,034	7	Italy	1,059,423	6	Canada	564,483	8

United Nations Figures at Expenditure Approach

Comparison of China's historical GDP Perra rankings in the world by year （United Nations figures, in millions）
year	China GDP			comparable country
				former rank			later rank
	GDP(CNY)	GDP(USD)	rank	country	GDP(USD)	rank	country	GDP(USD)	rank
r2011	46,547,000	7,203,784	2	United States	14,991,300	1	Japan	5,870,357	3
r2010	40,293,000	5,951,462	2	United States	14,419,600	1	Japan	5,488,424	3
r2009	34,631,660	5,069,470	2	United States	13,898,300	1	Japan	5,035,142	3
2008	31,490,130	4,531,831	3	Japan	4,849,185	2	Germany	3,623,688	4
2007	26,583,390	3,494,351	3	Japan	4,356,347	2	Germany	3,323,810	4
2006	22,224,000	2,787,254	4	Germany	2,902,749	3	United Kingdom	2,444,581	5
2005	18,713,120	2,283,671	5	United Kingdom	2,295,843	4	France	2,136,555	6
2004	16,080,010	1,942,781	6	France	2,055,678	5	Italy	1,727,825	7
2003	13,663,480	1,650,770	6	France	1,792,146	5	Italy	1,507,113	7
2002	12,047,560	1,455,554	5	United Kingdom	1,617,062	4	France	1,452,097	6
2001	10,902,800	1,317,230	6	France	1,338,291	5	Italy	1,117,348	7
2000	9,874,900	1,192,836	6	France	1,327,963	5	Italy	1,097,343	7
1999	9,112,500	1,100,776	7	Italy	1,200,787	6	Canada	661,251	8
1998	8,653,160	1,045,199	7	Italy	1,217,119	6	Brazil	843,828	8
1997	8,165,850	985,046	7	Italy	1,192,354	6	Brazil	871,201	8
1996	7,416,360	892,014	7	United Kingdom	1,219,621	6	Spain	839,684	8
1995	6,321,690	756,960	8	Brazil	768,951	7	Spain	596,754	9
1994	5,021,740	582,653	7	Italy	1,053,977	6	Canada	564,478	8
1993	3,693,810	641,069	7	United Kingdom	981,162	6	Canada	563,676	8
1992	2,756,520	499,859	9	Canada	579,520	8	Russia	490,313	10
1991	2,257,740	424,117	10	Russia	560,377	9	Brazil	374,154	11
1990	1,934,780	404,494	10	Spain	520,938	9	Brazil	402,137	11
1989	1,731,130	459,782	9	Canada	555,517	8	Spain	402,726	10
1988	1,538,860	413,439	9	Canada	498,164	8	Spain	365,231	10
1987	1,227,740	329,851	9	Canada	421,533	8	Spain	309,478	10
1986	1,050,850	304,348	9	Canada	368,867	8	India	248,120	10
1985	907,670	309,083	9	Canada	355,708	8	India	226,460	10
1984	736,270	317,352	9	Canada	347,150	8	India	217,467	10
1983	621,620	314,637	9	Canada	333,804	8	India	219,555	10
1982	559,000	295,370	9	Canada	307,894	8	Brazil	238,784	10
1981	500,880	293,852	9	Canada	300,666	8	Mexico	292,179	10
1980	459,290	306,520	8	Italy	459,811	7	Canada	268,889	9
1979	409,260	263,190	8	Italy	379,299	7	Canada	238,664	9
1978	360,560	214,160	9	Canada	214,677	8	Brazil	168,803	10
1977	320,190	172,347	9	Canada	207,789	8	Brazil	148,672	10
1976	294,370	151,628	9	Canada	202,829	8	Brazil	127,741	10
1975	299,730	161,162	9	Canada	170,692	8	Spain	111,435	10
1974	278,990	142,255	9	Canada	157,498	8	Australia	103,756	10
1973	272,090	136,769	8	Italy	169,088	7	Canada	128,945	9
1972	251,810	112,161	8	Italy	139,953	7	Canada	111,031	9
1971	242,640	98,562	8	Italy	120,124	7	Canada	97,475	9
1970	225,270	91,506	8	Italy	109,260	7	Canada	86,303	9

World Bank WDI

Comparison of China's historical GDP rankings in the world by year （World Bank WDI figures, in millions of USD））
year	China GDP		comparable country
			former rank			later rank
	GDP	rank	country	GDP	rank	country	GDP	rank
2011	7,318,499	2	United States	15,094,000	1	Japan	5,867,154	3
2010	5,930,529	2	United States	14,447,100	1	Japan	5,488,416	3
2009	4,991,256	3	Japan	5,035,142	2	Germany	3,298,636	4
2008	4,521,827	3	Japan	4,849,208	2	Germany	3,623,686	4
2007	3,494,056	3	Japan	4,356,329	2	Germany	3,323,807	4
2006	2,712,951	4	Germany	2,902,749	3	United Kingdom	2,444,579	5
2005	2,256,903	5	United Kingdom	2,280,539	4	France	2,136,555	6
2004	1,931,644	6	France	2,055,679	5	Italy	1,735,522	7
2003	1,640,959	6	France	1,792,214	5	Italy	1,514,504	7
2002	1,453,828	5	United Kingdom	1,611,763	4	France	1,452,030	6
2001	1,324,805	6	France	1,338,302	5	Italy	1,123,703	7
2000	1,198,480	6	France	1,326,335	5	Italy	1,104,009	7
1999	1,083,278	7	Italy	1,208,180	6	Canada	661,265	8
1998	1,019,459	7	Italy	1,224,579	6	Brazil	843,827	8
1997	952,653	7	Italy	1,198,654	6	Brazil	871,200	8
1996	856,085	7	United Kingdom	1,219,541	6	Brazil	839,683	8
1995	728,007	8	Brazil	768,951	7	Spain	596,751	9
1994	559,225	8	Canada	564,494	7	Brazil	546,233	9
1993	440,501	9	Spain	509,819	8	Brazil	438,300	10
1992	422,661	10	Russia	460,205	9	Brazil	390,567	11
1991	379,469	11	Brazil	407,338	10	Australia	329,965	12
1990	356,937	11	Brazil	461,952	10	India	317,467	12
1989	343,974	11	Spain	402,706	10	Australia	301,853	12
1988	309,523	10	Brazil	330,397	9	India	293,150	11
1987	270,372	11	India	276,004	10	Netherlands	226,988	12
1986	297,832	8	Canada	368,867	7	Brazil	268,137	9
1985	306,667	8	Canada	355,704	7	India	229,941	9
1984	257,432	8	Canada	347,141	7	India	209,670	9
1983	228,456	8	Canada	333,809	7	India	215,169	9
1982	203,183	9	Brazil	281,682	8	India	197,661	10
1981	194,111	11	Spain	196,915	10	India	190,454	12
1980	189,400	11	Mexico	194,357	10	India	183,799	12
1979	176,635	10	Spain	208,366	9	Netherlands	166,429	11
1978	148,179	10	Spain	155,933	9	Netherlands	145,330	11
1977	172,349	9	Brazil	176,171	8	Spain	128,601	10
1976	151,628	9	Brazil	152,678	8	Spain	115,064	10
1975	161,162	8	Canada	170,685	7	Brazil	123,709	9
1974	142,255	8	Canada	157,503	7	Brazil	105,136	9
1973	136,770	7	Italy	169,084	6	Canada	128,943	8
1972	112,160	7	Italy	139,956	6	Canada	111,034	8
1971	98,562	7	Italy	120,120	6	Canada	97,474	8
1970	91,506	7	Japan	109,255	6	Italy	86,304	8
1969	78,719	6	Italy	97,085	5	Canada	77,888	7
1968	69,993	7	Canada	70,759	6	India	52,432	8
1967	72,057	6	Italy	81,133	5	Canada	64,769	7
1966	75,879	5	Japan	105,628	4	Italy	73,655	6
1965	69,709	5	Japan	90,950	4	Italy	67,978	6
1964	58,613	6	Italy	63,175	5	India	55,871	7
1963	50,280	6	Italy	57,711	5	India	47,880	7
1962	46,464	6	Italy	50,384	5	Canada	41,979	7
1961	50,101	5	Japan	53,509	4	Italy	44,843	6
1960	61,378	4	France	62,651	3	Japan	44,307	5

IMF WEO Figures

Comparison of China's historical GDP rankings in the world by year (in billions of USD, I.M.F. W.E.O. April 2014 figures)
year	China		comparable country
			the former			the later
	GDP	rank	country	GDP	rank	country	GDP	rank
2014	10,027.56	2	United States	17,528.38	1	Japan	4,846.33	3
2013	9,181.38	2	United States	16,799.70	1	Japan	4,901.53	3
2012	8,229.38	2	United States	16,244.58	1	Japan	5,937.77	3
2011	7,321.99	2	United States	15,533.83	1	Japan	5,905.63	3
2010	5,930.39	2	United States	14,958.30	1	Japan	5,495.39	3
2009	4,990.53	3	Japan	5,035.14	2	Germany	3,307.20	4
2008	4,519.95	3	Japan	4,849.19	2	Germany	3,640.73	4
2007	3,494.24	3	Japan	4,356.34	2	Germany	3,328.59	4
2006	2,712.92	4	Germany	2,905.45	3	United Kingdom	2,456.52	5
2005	2,256.92	5	United Kingdom	2,298.64	4	France	2,140.21	6
2004	1,931.65	6	France	2,058.41	5	Italy	1,737.80	7
2003	1,640.96	6	France	1,795.64	5	Italy	1,517.40	7
2002	1,453.83	6	France	1,457.14	5	Italy	1,229.52	7
2001	1,324.81	6	France	1,339.49	5	Italy	1,124.67	7
2000	1,198.48	6	France	1,330.22	5	Italy	1,107.25	7
1999	1,083.29	7	Italy	1,202.40	6	Canada	661.25	8
1998	1,019.48	7	Italy	1,218.67	6	Brazil	841.297	8
1997	952.649	7	Italy	1,193.62	6	Brazil	871.522	8
1996	856.084	7	United Kingdom	1,220.85	6	Brazil	840.05	8
1995	727.95	8	Brazil	769.74	7	Spain	597.28	9
1994	559.23	8	Canada	564.48	7	Brazil	546.49	9
1993	613.22	7	United Kingdom	982.62	6	Canada	563.68	8
1992	488.22	9	Canada	579.52	8	Mexico	400.12	10
1991	409.17	9	Spain	560.48	8	Brazil	407.73	10
1990	390.28	10	Brazil	465.00	9	Australia	328.20	10
1989	451.31	8	Canada	555.52	7	Brazil	448.77	9
1988	404.15	8	Canada	498.16	7	Spain	363.91	8
1987	323.97	8	Canada	421.53	7	Brazil	319.55	9
1986	297.59	8	Canada	368.87	7	Brazil	293.58	9
1985	307.02	8	Canada	355.71	7	India	253.08	9
1984	310.69	8	Canada	347.15	7	India	220.15	9
1983	301.80	8	Canada	333.80	7	India	219.17	9
1982	281.28	8	Canada	307.89	7	Mexico	211.17	9
1981	168.37	15	Argentina	169.74	14	Netherlands	152.72	16
1980	202.46	11	Argentina	209.00	10	Netherlands	181.01	12

Notes

1. ^ the average exchange rate of CNY to USD is CNY 6.3125 per USD in 2012. also see List of CNY exchange rates.

See also

• Economy of China
• Economic history of China (1949–present)
• List of Chinese administrative divisions by GDP per capita
• List of Chinese administrative divisions by GDP
• Top Chinese cities by GDP

• Top Chinese cities by GDP per capita
• List of Renminbi exchange rates
• List of country subdivisions by GDP over 100 billion US dollars
• Hudong: China GDP

Further reading

• Ta-Chung Liu, Kung-Chia Yeh: The Economy of the Chinese Mainland. National Income and Economic Development, 1933-1959. Princeton N. J. Princeton University Press