Indicators of economy in China

The essential economic performance of a country is reflected by the gross domestic product. So the total of all goods and services sold. Worldwide gross domestic product in 2018 was at about 11.072 US Dollar per capita. The GDP in China reached 9.771 US Dollar per capita. The gross national product has been at 9.460 US Dollar per capita.

Inflation in China was in 2019 at around 2.90%. For the the EU, the average of the same was year at 1.63%.

Compared to Germany, the prices for convenience goods are approximately 38.90% lower.
The Corruption Perceptions Index for the public sector counts 41 and is compared to other countries bad.


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Unemployment rates in percent 1991 - 2019

Unemployment rates China

Economic performance 2018

 China
Total		China
per capita		EU
Total		EU
per capita
GDP13,608.15 tn USD9,770.85 USD15,912.78 tn USD31,004.16 USD
Gross national product13,181.37 tn USD9,464.41 USD15,400.52 tn USD30,006.07 USD


266 of the 2000 largest listed companies in the world originate from China. This is determined annually in the "Forbes Global 2000" list. The 10 largest companies in the country were in 2020:

Rank 1: ICBC (Beijing)
Rank 2: China Construction Bank (Beijing)
Rank 5: Agricultural Bank of China (Beijing)
Rank 7: Ping An Insurance Group (Shenzhen)
Rank 10: Bank of China (Beijing)
Rank 26: China Merchants Bank (Shenzhen)
Rank 30: Postal Savings Bank Of China (PSBC) (Beijing)
Rank 31: Alibaba (Hangzhou)
Rank 32: PetroChina (Beijing)
Rank 37: China Life Insurance (Beijing)

GDP development in trillion US Dollar 1979 - 2018


GDP China
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Im- and Exports 2018

 China
Total		China
per capita		EU
Total		EU
per capita
Exports2,651.01 bn USD1,903.46 USD8,712.92 bn USD16,976.10 USD
Imports2,548.09 bn USD1,829.56 USD8,121.06 bn USD15,822.93 USD


Development of imports and exports in billion US dollars 1982 - 2018


Exports
Imports