In 2023, the gross domestic product (GDP) of China amounted to around 17.7 trillion U.S. dollars. In comparison to the GDP of the other BRIC countries India, Russia and Brazil, China came first that year and second in the world GDP ranking. The stagnation of China's GDP in U.S. dollar terms in 2022 and 2023 was mainly due to the appreciation of the U.S. dollar. China's real GDP growth was three percent in 2022 and 5.2 percent in 2023. In 2023, per capita GDP in China reached around 12,514 U.S. dollars.
Economic performance in China
Gross domestic product (GDP) is a primary economic indicator. It measures the total value of all goods and services produced in an economy over a certain time period. China's economy used to grow quickly in the past, but the growth rate of China’s real GDP gradually slowed down in recent years, and year-on-year GDP growth is forecasted to range at only around four percent in the years after 2023. Since 2010, China has been the world’s second-largest economy, surpassing Japan.
China’s emergence in the world’s economy has a lot to do with its status as the ‘world’s factory’. Since 2013, China is the largest export country in the world. Some argue that it is partly due to the undervalued Chinese currency. The Big Mac Index, a simplified and informal way to measure the purchasing power parity between different currencies, indicates that the Chinese currency yuan was roughly undervalued by 31 percent in 2023.
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IMF. (April 16, 2024). Gross domestic product (GDP) at current prices in China from 1985 to 2023 with forecasts until 2029 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/263770/gross-domestic-product-gdp-of-china/
IMF. "Gross domestic product (GDP) at current prices in China from 1985 to 2023 with forecasts until 2029 (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. April 16, 2024. Statista. Accessed August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/263770/gross-domestic-product-gdp-of-china/
IMF. (2024). Gross domestic product (GDP) at current prices in China from 1985 to 2023 with forecasts until 2029 (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/263770/gross-domestic-product-gdp-of-china/
IMF. "Gross Domestic Product (Gdp) at Current Prices in China from 1985 to 2023 with Forecasts until 2029 (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 Apr 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/263770/gross-domestic-product-gdp-of-china/
IMF, Gross domestic product (GDP) at current prices in China from 1985 to 2023 with forecasts until 2029 (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/263770/gross-domestic-product-gdp-of-china/ (last visited August 25, 2024)
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