| Source | World Bank : Nominal (current), Nominal (constant), PPP (current), PPP (constant) |
| International Monetary Fund World Economic Outlook (October - 2025) | |
| Date | 13 Jan 2026 |
According to the IMF World Economic Outlook (October 2025), China's nominal GDP per capita in 2025 is projected to be around $13,806 at current prices. Based on PPP, China's GDP per capita in 2025 is forecast at 29,191 billion international dollars.
China ranks 78th in the world by GDP (nominal) per capita and 79th by GDP (PPP) per capita on the 194 economies list. China is ranked 20th in nominal and 22nd in the PPP list among 49 Asian economies.
| Year | GDP per capita ($/Int. $) | |
|---|---|---|
| Nominal | PPP | |
| 2024 | 13,314 | 27,132 |
| 2025 | 13,806 | 29,191 |
| 2026 | 14,730 | 31,023 |
| 2027 | 15,741 | 32,939 |
| 2028 | 16,809 | 34,889 |
| 2029 | 17,862 | 36,914 |
| 2030 | 18,985 | 38,986 |
| Year | GDP (Nominal) per capita ($) | GDP (PPP) per capita (Int. $) | % to World | Rank/Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current | Constant (2015) | Current | Constant (2021) | Nominal | PPP | Nominal | PPP | |
| 1960 | 90 | 241 | - | - | 19.9 | - | 95/111 | - |
| 1961 | 76 | 177 | - | - | 16.1 | - | 102/113 | - |
| 1962 | 71 | 166 | - | - | 14.3 | - | 106/115 | - |
| 1963 | 74 | 179 | - | - | 14.1 | - | 106/115 | - |
| 1964 | 86 | 206 | - | - | 15.3 | - | 103/115 | - |
| 1965 | 99 | 236 | - | - | 16.5 | - | 109/121 | - |
| 1966 | 105 | 254 | - | - | 16.5 | - | 107/122 | - |
| 1967 | 97 | 233 | - | - | 14.6 | - | 113/125 | - |
| 1968 | 92 | 218 | - | - | 13.1 | - | 115/126 | - |
| 1969 | 100 | 248 | - | - | 13.2 | - | 114/126 | - |
| 1970 | 113 | 287 | - | - | 13.8 | - | 132/146 | - |
| 1971 | 119 | 299 | - | - | 13.5 | - | 133/147 | - |
| 1972 | 132 | 303 | - | - | 13.2 | - | 131/147 | - |
| 1973 | 157 | 319 | - | - | 13.1 | - | 129/147 | - |
| 1974 | 160 | 320 | - | - | 11.8 | - | 134/147 | - |
| 1975 | 179 | 342 | - | - | 12.0 | - | 135/150 | - |
| 1976 | 166 | 331 | - | - | 10.5 | - | 138/150 | - |
| 1977 | 186 | 352 | - | - | 10.6 | - | 140/153 | - |
| 1978 | 157 | 386 | - | - | 7.66 | - | 146/152 | - |
| 1979 | 184 | 410 | - | - | 7.90 | - | 147/153 | - |
| 1980 | 195 | 437 | 275 | - | 7.56 | 9.24 | 164/170 | 137/138 |
| 1981 | 197 | 453 | 313 | - | 7.51 | 9.55 | 163/170 | 138/139 |
| 1982 | 204 | 487 | 356 | - | 8.01 | 10.4 | 163/171 | 138/139 |
| 1983 | 226 | 531 | 405 | - | 8.85 | 11.3 | 160/171 | 137/139 |
| 1984 | 251 | 604 | 477 | - | 9.62 | 12.5 | 154/172 | 135/139 |
| 1985 | 295 | 676 | 550 | - | 11.0 | 13.7 | 152/173 | 134/140 |
| 1986 | 282 | 726 | 602 | - | 9.07 | 14.5 | 154/173 | 132/141 |
| 1987 | 252 | 797 | 678 | - | 7.25 | 15.6 | 164/178 | 130/142 |
| 1988 | 284 | 873 | 768 | - | 7.44 | 16.7 | 162/179 | 129/142 |
| 1989 | 311 | 896 | 819 | - | 7.94 | 16.8 | 155/179 | 129/142 |
| 1990 | 319 | 917 | 991 | 1,667 | 7.37 | 17.7 | 173/194 | 163/186 |
| 1991 | 334 | 990 | 1,105 | 1,798 | 7.52 | 19.1 | 170/194 | 161/189 |
| 1992 | 368 | 1,117 | 1,276 | 2,030 | 7.89 | 21.4 | 163/196 | 158/190 |
| 1993 | 379 | 1,258 | 1,471 | 2,287 | 8.12 | 24.0 | 161/197 | 154/190 |
| 1994 | 476 | 1,407 | 1,680 | 2,557 | 9.62 | 26.5 | 153/198 | 146/191 |
| 1995 | 613 | 1,545 | 1,884 | 2,808 | 11.3 | 28.5 | 152/200 | 145/192 |
| 1996 | 713 | 1,682 | 2,088 | 3,056 | 13.0 | 30.3 | 149/200 | 141/192 |
| 1997 | 787 | 1,819 | 2,297 | 3,306 | 14.6 | 32.0 | 145/202 | 143/194 |
| 1998 | 835 | 1,944 | 2,483 | 3,534 | 15.8 | 33.9 | 141/203 | 137/194 |
| 1999 | 881 | 2,077 | 2,690 | 3,774 | 16.3 | 35.5 | 140/203 | 136/194 |
| 2000 | 969 | 2,237 | 2,964 | 4,066 | 17.6 | 36.9 | 139/206 | 138/198 |
| 2001 | 1,065 | 2,406 | 3,258 | 4,372 | 19.7 | 39.1 | 136/207 | 136/198 |
| 2002 | 1,164 | 2,611 | 3,591 | 4,744 | 21.0 | 41.7 | 137/211 | 134/199 |
| 2003 | 1,307 | 2,857 | 4,007 | 5,192 | 21.3 | 44.6 | 135/211 | 131/199 |
| 2004 | 1,531 | 3,128 | 4,505 | 5,684 | 22.5 | 47.0 | 135/211 | 129/199 |
| 2005 | 1,778 | 3,466 | 5,148 | 6,298 | 24.4 | 50.4 | 138/211 | 129/199 |
| 2006 | 2,129 | 3,883 | 5,946 | 7,057 | 27.3 | 53.9 | 140/212 | 126/200 |
| 2007 | 2,735 | 4,410 | 6,935 | 8,014 | 31.5 | 58.7 | 137/212 | 121/201 |
| 2008 | 3,523 | 4,811 | 7,713 | 8,744 | 37.4 | 62.5 | 130/212 | 120/203 |
| 2009 | 3,898 | 5,238 | 8,448 | 9,518 | 44.2 | 68.7 | 125/214 | 117/204 |
| 2010 | 4,629 | 5,765 | 9,411 | 10,476 | 48.5 | 72.6 | 120/214 | 112/204 |
| 2011 | 5,704 | 6,276 | 10,457 | 11,405 | 54.4 | 76.6 | 118/215 | 108/204 |
| 2012 | 6,405 | 6,723 | 11,420 | 12,218 | 60.5 | 80.5 | 112/213 | 103/203 |
| 2013 | 7,147 | 7,198 | 12,228 | 13,081 | 66.5 | 83.1 | 105/213 | 103/203 |
| 2014 | 7,781 | 7,687 | 12,942 | 13,969 | 71.5 | 85.6 | 103/214 | 103/203 |
| 2015 | 8,175 | 8,175 | 13,463 | 14,857 | 80.4 | 88.1 | 95/213 | 100/203 |
| 2016 | 8,255 | 8,679 | 14,157 | 15,773 | 80.9 | 89.9 | 93/213 | 98/203 |
| 2017 | 8,980 | 9,222 | 15,022 | 16,758 | 83.6 | 91.4 | 93/213 | 96/204 |
| 2018 | 10,086 | 9,799 | 16,298 | 17,807 | 89.2 | 94.2 | 89/213 | 93/204 |
| 2019 | 10,343 | 10,356 | 17,601 | 18,821 | 90.9 | 97.0 | 91/214 | 91/204 |
| 2020 | 10,627 | 10,574 | 18,267 | 19,215 | 97.2 | 102 | 83/213 | 85/204 |
| 2021 | 12,887 | 11,470 | 20,843 | 20,843 | 104 | 105 | 83/213 | 84/204 |
| 2022 | 12,971 | 11,831 | 23,032 | 21,499 | 101 | 105 | 86/212 | 86/204 |
| 2023 | 12,951 | 12,484 | 25,179 | 22,687 | 97.8 | 109 | 88/212 | 84/204 |
| 2024 | 13,303 | 13,122 | 27,105 | 23,846 | 97.6 | 111 | 92/212 | 85/204 |