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Credit to General Government, Face Value (USD billions, Quarterly): China

The latest reading SOTW holds for China is 20,770.32 USD billions for 2026-Q1, from Bank for International Settlements.

Reviewed series · Credit & Debt · Quarterly · USD billions · BIS.CREDIT.GOVERNMENT.USD.Q · CHN

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Latest
20,770.32
USD billions · 2026-Q1
Previous
19,871.29
USD billions · 2025-Q4
Earliest held
247.77
USD billions · 2000-Q1
Readings shown
105
Every reading SOTW holds

China · history

USD billions · Quarterly

Source: Bank for International Settlements. Viewer read 2026-11-12T20:38:10.840Z (UTC); publisher acquisition and release times are not supplied here. Original units; no interpolation, rebasing or conversion. Missing periods and stored U/B flags interrupt the line. Daily gaps can include non-business days.

Readings, newest first

Credit to General Government, Face Value (USD billions, Quarterly): China: 105 readings, newest first. Source: Bank for International Settlements.
PeriodValue (USD billions)
2026-Q120,770.32
2025-Q419,871.29
2025-Q318,939.14
2025-Q218,222.48
2025-Q117,410.22
2024-Q416,713.40
2024-Q316,927.77
2024-Q215,890.91
2024-Q115,524.08
2023-Q415,317.22
2023-Q314,442.81
2023-Q214,043.69
2023-Q114,358.03
2022-Q413,819.17
2022-Q313,020.51
2022-Q213,423.28
2022-Q113,764.78
2021-Q413,320.60
2021-Q312,644.94
2021-Q212,211.54
2021-Q111,597.54
2020-Q411,180.70
2020-Q310,263.26
2020-Q29,423.95
2020-Q18,937.68
2019-Q48,653.43
2019-Q38,150.42
2019-Q28,180.37
2019-Q18,073.91
2018-Q47,584.40
2018-Q37,339.58
2018-Q27,380.15
2018-Q17,505.79
2017-Q46,998.35
2017-Q36,565.02
2017-Q26,164.27
2017-Q15,796.74
2016-Q45,480.38
2016-Q35,354.40
2016-Q25,025.68
2016-Q14,809.00
2015-Q44,427.81
2015-Q34,405.00
2015-Q24,400.28
2015-Q14,283.74
2014-Q44,163.47
2014-Q34,055.76
2014-Q23,863.23
2014-Q13,702.07
2013-Q43,648.12
2013-Q33,464.15
2013-Q23,309.51
2013-Q13,124.98
2012-Q42,975.50
2012-Q32,862.79
2012-Q22,744.90
2012-Q12,683.73
2011-Q42,592.80
2011-Q32,463.30
2011-Q22,336.79
2011-Q12,211.31
2010-Q42,099.00
2010-Q32,002.34
2010-Q21,907.82
2010-Q11,827.97
2009-Q41,760.25
2009-Q31,636.68
2009-Q21,511.97
2009-Q11,387.70
2008-Q41,266.06
2008-Q31,233.99
2008-Q21,205.62
2008-Q11,151.78
2007-Q41,080.07
2007-Q3975.26
2007-Q2886.86
2007-Q1799.88
2006-Q4719.36
2006-Q3688.93
2006-Q2659.88
2006-Q1637.00
2005-Q4611.83
2005-Q3589.21
2005-Q2555.57
2005-Q1535.03
2004-Q4514.52
2004-Q3496.83
2004-Q2479.26
2004-Q1461.68
2003-Q4444.07
2003-Q3428.02
2003-Q2411.98
2003-Q1395.93
2002-Q4379.88
2002-Q3366.85
2002-Q2353.81
2002-Q1340.78
2001-Q4327.75
2001-Q3315.10
2001-Q2302.45
2001-Q1289.81
2000-Q4277.16
2000-Q3267.36
2000-Q2257.57
2000-Q1247.77

Source: Bank for International Settlements. All 105 readings held, 2000-Q1 to 2026-Q1. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.

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