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Updated on a quarterly basis, this overview provides a broad look at Chinas economy, from social and demographic data to a round-up of the most important trade, inflation, industrial, and investment figures. Consumption and retail are also covered, as is innovation. Sign up for the free BusinessForumChina newsletter here to receive updates to China in Numbers. Visit BusinessForumChina here.
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Population Exports Energy Consumption Car Market Beer Consumption & Production Longest Sea Bridge Waterway Network Largest Shopping Mall Economic Size Trade Volume Road Network Imports Railway Network Size Military Expenditure Obesity Rate Per Capita GDP (2010) Health Expenditure as % of GDP Population Growth
IN TERMS OF
Source: * United Nations Population Fund
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CHINA IN NUMBERS
DEMOGRAPHIC & SOCIAL INDICATORS*
MALE 699,600,000
Literacy Rate, population aged 15-24 (1991-2008) Contraceptive Prevalence Rate, women aged 15-49 (1990-2010) 99% 85%
55% 51%
FEMALE 647,900,000
Population Living Below USD 1.25 per Day (1992-2008) Older Citizen Population : 60 or Over (2011) Older Citizen Population : 65 or Over (2011) Older Citizen Population : 80 or Over (2011)
0.4% 5 4.1
Population Growth
(2010-2015)
Adolescent Birth Rate per 1,000 women aged 15-19 (1996-2008) Unemployment**
In % of urban labour force, 2011
76 72
Female Life Expectancy at Birth (2010-2015) Male Life Expectancy at Birth (2010-2015)
89 87.2 24.5
0 10 20 30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
in %
Source: * United Nations Population Fund ** Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security of China *** World Bank
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CHINA IN NUMBERS
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT (GDP)
GDP GROWTH (2011)
2011 Y-O-Y 2.3% 2.0% 1.3%
Q-O-Q
1.8%
9.2%
GDP BY SECTOR (2011)
PRIMARY
10%
SECONDARY
47%
TERTIARY
43%
6,000
4,991
5,000
3,494 2,713
4,520
4,000
3,000
1,932 1,317 1,454 1,641
2,257
2,000
423 365
1,000
1,030
1,131
0 1991 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
The discrepancies in the data come from the source Source: National Bureau of Statistics of China * BFC estimates
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CHINA IN NUMBERS
TRADE DATA
TOP 10 EXPORT DESTINATIONS FOR CHINESE GOODS (JUNE 2012)
Trade Value in USD bln
#6 NETHERLANDS
5.3
#8
#9 RUSSIA
3.8
#3
UNITED KINGDOM
4.1
#5
JAPAN
12.4
#2 HONG KONG #7 INDIA #10 MALAYSIA
GERMANY
6.4
#1
26
#4
UNITED STATES
31.8
4.4
3.6
SOUTH KOREA
7.9
#9 SAUDI ARABIA
#5 MAINLAND CHINA
(re-imports)
4.8
#6
10.5
#1 JAPAN
8.9
#3
GERMANY
15.1
#4 TAIWAN #10 MALAYSIA #7 AUSTRALIA
UNITED STATES
12.1 5.3
#8 BRAZIL
10.8
#2 SOUTH KOREA
4.7
8.2
13.9
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CHINA IN NUMBERS
TRADE DATA
IMPORTS AND EXPORTS in USD bln (1991, 2001-2011)
1,898.6
1,800
1,434.6
1,500
1,220
1,200
969.7
900
539.4
762.5
600
266.1 325.7
751.9
300
50.2
1991
2001
2002
2003 Imports
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008 Exports
2009
2010
2011
150
138.4
105.7
116
120
79.1 78.1 78.2 68.81 54.9 47.1 53.5 43.9
90
49.3
60
44.2
21.2
30
4.4 0.8
6.9
17
1991
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
FDI Inflows to China in USD bln No data available yet for 2011 FDI Outflows Source: National Bureau of Statistics of China; Ministry of Commerce of China
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CHINA IN NUMBERS
INDUSTRIAL ADDED VALUE OUTPUT*
15.1 14 13.5 13.8 13.2 12.4
Y-O-Y Growth in %
JUN 2011
JUL 2011
AUG 2011
SEP 2011
OCT 2011
NOV 2011
DEC 2011
FEB 2012
MAR 2012
APR 2012
MAY 2012
JUN 2012
With effect from January 2006, the Chinese government no longer provides January figures. Instead, they are incorporated into the February values.
53.3
50.9
50.7
50.9
51 50.4 50.2
49
JUN 2011
JUL 2011
AUG 2011
SEP 2011
OCT 2011
NOV 2011
DEC 2011
JAN 2012
FEB 2012
MAR 2012
APR 2012
MAY 2012
JUN 2012
Source: * National Bureau of Statistics of China ** China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing
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CHINA IN NUMBERS
RETAIL SALES
USD bln Y-O-Y Growth in %
JUNE 2012
260 261 244 245 . . 266.9 280.1 255.4 261.7 250.5 231.3 226.2 229.1
210 220 230 240 250 260 270 280 13
13.7 13.8 14.1 15.2 14.7 18 17.3 17.2 17.7 17 17.2 17.7
14 15 16 17 18
MAY 2012
APRIL 2012
MARCH 2012
DECEMBER 2011
NOVEMBER 2011
OCTOBER 2011
SEPTEMBER 2011
AUGUST 2011
JULY 2011
JUNE 2011
Jan-Feb retail sales data were merged in 2012 because of an earlier-than-usual Spring Festival. The value displayed is the monthly average. Source: National Bureau of Statistics of China
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CHINA IN NUMBERS
CPI & CCI
CONSUMER PRICE INDEX*
6.4 6.5 6.2 6.1 5.5 4.5 3.6 3.2
6 Y-O-Y Growth in %
4.2
4.1
3.4 3 2.2
2 JUN 2011 JUL 2011 AUG 2011 SEP 2011 OCT 2011 NOV 2011 DEC 2011 JAN 2012 FEB 2012 MAR 2012 APR 2012 MAY 2012 JUN 2012
108
110
Q1
2011
100 90
105
Q2
2011
Q4 Q3 2011
2011
104
108
11 0 2012
Q1
Source: * National Bureau of Statistics of China ** China Economic Monitoring & Analysis Center; Nielsen
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CHINA IN NUMBERS
URBAN FIXED ASSET INVESTMENT
USD tln, accumulated 5.0
4.5
4.0
3.5
3.337
3.816
3.0
2.949
3.021
2.5
2.396
2.839
2.949
3.312
4.261
4.370
4.774
2.0
2.224
1.891
1.5
1.0
0.621
0.5
0.273
0.333
0.752
0.985
1.188
1.414
1.705
24.5
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1.958
2.357
CHINA IN NUMBERS
INFLATION
CONSUMER PRICE INDE X PRODUCER PRICE INDEX
2011
5.4 3.3 - 0.7 5.9 4.8 1.5 1.8 3.9 1.2 -0.8 0.7 -2.3 -1.3 2.4 3.1 3 4.9 - 5.5 3.7
6.1
2010
2009
2008
6.9
2007
2006
2005
2004
6.1
2003
2002
2001
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CHINA IN NUMBERS
INNOVATION
TRADEMARK APPLICATIONS (1990, 2000-2009)
1990
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
50,853
181,717
229,775
321,034
405,620
527,591
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
593,382
669,276
604,952
590,525
741,763
4,749
25,346
30,038
39,806
56,769
65,786
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
93,485
Source: World Bank
122,318
153,060
194,579
229,096
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