China: per capita GDP by province 2023

In 2023, the annual per capita gross domestic product (GDP) in different provinces, municipalities, and autonomous regions in China varied from approximately 200,300 yuan in Beijing municipality to roughly 47,900 yuan in Gansu province. The average national per capita GDP crossed the threshold of 10,000 U.S. dollars in 2019 and reached around 89,400 yuan in 2023.

Regional economic differences in China

The level of economic development varies considerably in different parts of China. Four major geographic and economic regions can be discerned in the country: The economically advanced coastal regions in the east, less developed regions in Northeast and Central China, and the developing regions in the west. This division has deep historical roots reflecting the geography of each region and their political past and present. Furthermore, regional economic development closely correlates with regional urbanization rates, which closely resembles the borders of the four main economic regions.

Private income in different parts of China

Breaking the average income figures further down by province, municipality, or autonomous region reveals that the average disposable income in Shanghai or Beijing is on average more than three times higher than in Tibet or Gansu province. In rural areas, average disposable income is often only between one third and one half of that in urban areas of the same region. Accordingly, consumer expenditure per capita in urban areas reaches the highest levels in Shanghai, Beijing, and the coastal regions of China.

Per capita gross domestic product (GDP) in China in 2023, by province or region (in yuan)

Characteristic	GDP per capita in yuan
Beijing*	200,278
Shanghai*	190,321
Jiangsu	150,487
Fujian	129,865
Zhejiang	125,043
Tianjin*	122,752
Guangdong	106,985
Inner Mongolia	102,677
Hubei	95,538
Chongqing*	94,147
Shandong	90,771
National average	89,358
Shaanxi	85,448
Anhui	76,830
Hunan	75,938
Shanxi	73,984
Xinjiang	73,774
Hainan	72,958
Ningxia	72,957
Liaoning	72,107
Sichuan	71,835
Jiangxi	71,216
Tibet	65,642
Yunnan	64,107
Qinghai	63,903
Henan	60,073
Hebei	59,332
Jilin	57,739
Guizhou	54,172
Guangxi	54,005
Heilongjiang	51,563
Gansu	47,867

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October 2024

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China

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2023

Supplementary notes

* Figures apply to the total administrative area of the respective municipality, which are often quite large compared to cities in western countries, including distant suburbs and villages on the outskirts.

One yuan equals approximately 0.14 U.S. dollars and 0.13 euros (as of October 2024).
The source does not provide a release date. The date given is the date of data access.

According to the official Chinese definition, Eastern, Central, Western, and Northeastern China encompass the following provinces, municipalities, and autonomous regions:

Eastern China refers to Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Shandong, Guangdong, and Hainan;
Central China refers to Shanxi, Anhui, Jiangxi, Henan, Hubei, and Hunan;
Western China refers to Inner Mongolia, Guangxi, Chongqing, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Tibet, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, and Xinjiang;
Northeastern China refers to Liaoning, Jilin, and Heilongjiang.

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