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China

East Asia & Pacific Capital Beijing Upper middle income Nation age 3,625 years (since 1600 BC) i CHN · CN
NationsTree Index 2025 i69.836th of 196 Tree height 2025 i132 msee ranking Military strength i96percentile
Population i1.4 bn2nd of 217 Area i9,562,910 km²4th of 216 GDP i$19.50 trn2nd of 210 GDP (PPP) i$41.26 trn intl.1st of 199 GDP per person (PPP) i$29,333 intl.81st of 199 Life expectancy i78.0 years70th of 217
Index pillars
Foundations · roots i66
Strength · trunk i98
Quality of life · crown i71
Problems (higher = fewer) · dry branches i59
Direction (5-year change) · new shoots i42
CSV

In short

China is 36th of 196 countries in the NationsTree Index, with a score of 69.8 out of 100; its tree is 132 m tall.

It has 1.4 billion people and an economy of $41.26 trn at purchasing power parity, 1st of 199 in the world.

Its strongest positions: Extreme poverty (1st of 108), Access to electricity (1st of 215) and Fixed broadband (9th of 208).

Its weakest positions: Government budget balance (179th of 192), Voice & accountability (191st of 205) and CO₂ emissions per person (182nd of 203).

Over five years it fell from 22nd to 36th in the index.

All data

Data as of 26 October 2026

Latest available value for each indicator, with its year. World rank is among countries with recent data (last 5 years of the series).

Land & people

65
Surface area ikm² 9,562,910 4th/216
Land area ikm² 9,388,210 2nd/216
Population ipeople 1.4 bn 2nd/217
Population growth i% -0.17% 188th/217
Population density ipeople/km² 150.1 76th/216
Urban population i% 66.3% 101st/217
Population aged 0–14 i% 15.4% 174th/217
Population aged 65+ i% 14.9% 68th/217

Economy

66
GDP iUSD $19.50 trn 2nd/210
GDP (PPP) iintl. USD $41.26 trn 1st/199
Real GDP (PPP, constant 2021 prices) iintl. USD 2021 $35.26 trn 1st/199
GDP per person iUSD $13,862 93rd/210
GDP per person (PPP) iintl. USD $29,333 81st/199
GNI per person (Atlas) iUSD $14,230 78th/201
GDP growth i% 5.0% 53rd/210
Inflation i% 0.1% 14th/180
Unemployment i% 4.6% 76th/187
General government gross debt i% of GDP 98.6% 166th/189
Government budget balance i% of GDP -7.9% 179th/192

Main industries

71
Agriculture, forestry, fishing i% of GDP 6.7% 95th/197
Industry incl. construction i% of GDP 35.6% 29th/200
Manufacturing i% of GDP 24.7% 9th/192
Services i% of GDP 57.7% 100th/200

Trade

50
Exports of goods & services iUSD $4.11 trn 1st/182
Imports of goods & services iUSD $3.29 trn 2nd/182
Exports i% of GDP 21.1% 144th/183
Imports i% of GDP 16.9% 173rd/183
Trade openness i% of GDP 38.0% 165th/183
Fuel exports i% of merchandise exports 1.4% 111th/170
Manufactures exports i% of merchandise exports 90.5% 4th/171
Food exports i% of merchandise exports 2.3% 150th/171
Ores & metals exports i% of merchandise exports 1.6% 115th/171
High-tech exports i% of manufactured exports 26.3% 20th/168
Current account balance i% of GDP 3.7% 44th/191
Foreign direct investment, inflows i% of GDP 0.4% 163rd/196

Natural resources

63
Natural resource rents i% of GDP 1.7% 103rd/209
Oil rents i% of GDP 0.31% 62nd/197
Natural gas rents i% of GDP 0.21% 52nd/197
Coal rents i% of GDP 0.61% 12th/195
Mineral rents i% of GDP 0.51% 55th/209
Forest rents i% of GDP 0.07% 122nd/209
Arable land i% of land area 11.6% 88th/206
Renewable freshwater per person im³ 1,992 106th/183

Tourism

92
International tourist arrivals iarrivals 30.4 m 11th/194
Tourism receipts iUSD $27.76 bn2004
Tourism receipts i% of exports 4.6%2004
Outbound trips idepartures 20.3 m 12th/107

Society & health

69
Life expectancy iyears 78.0 70th/217
Under-5 mortality iper 1,000 births 5.7 47th/196
Physicians iper 1,000 people 3.11 56th/174
Hospital beds iper 1,000 people 5.6 19th/145
DPT immunization i% of children 12–23 months 97% 29th/193
Completed lower secondary, 25+ i% of adults 72.4% 80th/153
Secondary enrolment i% gross 92.3%2012
Social protection coverage (incl. pensions) i% of population 63.1%2013
Old-age dependency ratio i% of working-age population 21.4% 69th/217
Health spending i% of GDP 5.9% 106th/193
Adult literacy i% 96.7% 27th/98
Tertiary enrolment i% gross 76.9% 36th/150
Human Development Index iindex 0–1 0.797 78th/193
Income inequality (Gini) iindex 36.0 65th/108
Extreme poverty i% of population 0.0% 1st/108

Infrastructure & digital

86
Access to electricity i% of population 100.0% 1st/215
Safely managed sanitation i% of population 68.9% 66th/144
Internet users i% of population 91.6% 47th/186
Mobile subscriptions iper 100 people 132 54th/210
Fixed broadband iper 100 people 47.2 9th/208
Trade & transport infrastructure quality (LPI) iscore 1–5 4.00 14th/164
Rail lines iroute-km 109,767 2nd/82
Air passengers carried ipassengers 619.2 m 2nd/161

Environment & energy

39
CO₂ emissions per person it CO₂e 9.32 182nd/203
Renewable energy i% of final energy use 15.2% 122nd/212
Air pollution (PM2.5) iµg/m³ 32.0 158th/200
Forest area i% of land area 24.0% 122nd/214
Energy use per person ikg oil eq. 2,947 37th/149

Institutions & safety

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Government effectiveness iscore 0–100 65.1 59th/205
Control of corruption iscore 0–100 49.5 89th/207
Rule of law iscore 0–100 51.6 127th/207
Political stability iscore 0–100 66.0 115th/207
Regulatory quality iscore 0–100 53.6 104th/205
Voice & accountability iscore 0–100 26.1 191st/205
Homicide rate iper 100,000 0.5 11th/145

Military

69
Military expenditure iUSD $335.52 bn 2nd/156
Military expenditure i% of GDP 1.7% 78th/156
Military expenditure i% of government spending 5.1% 79th/154
Armed forces personnel ipeople 2.5 m 2nd/170
Armed forces personnel i% of labour force 0.33% 142nd/168
Arms imports (SIPRI TIV) iTIV 207.0 m 37th/163
Arms exports (SIPRI TIV) iTIV 880.0 m 8th/65

Science & innovation

96
R&D spending i% of GDP 2.58% 15th/110
Patent applications by residents iapplications 1.7 m 1st/137
Scientific articles iarticles 932,712 1st/197

Compare China with

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Sources

Figures on this page come from: World Bank — World Development Indicators, International Monetary Fund — World Economic Outlook (DataMapper), Global Change Data Lab (Our World in Data) — Our World in Data, World Bank — Worldwide Governance Indicators . Nation age: Shang dynasty, earliest archaeologically confirmed Chinese state (source). Every value is stored with its year and source series; see Sources & licences and Methodology.

Cite as: NationsTree (2026). China — country profile. https://nationstree.org/countries/china. Data as of 26 October 2026.

All figures come from official statistics published by public institutions (World Bank WDI and WGI, compiling UN agencies, IMF, WHO and national statistical offices). Each value carries its year; ranks are positions among countries with data.
Cite as: NationsTree (2026). China — country profile. https://nationstree.org/countries/china. Data as of 26 October 2026.
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