The 2010 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

2010 US dollars

      GDP (official exchange rate):

      $5.745 trillion

      note: because China's exchange rate is determine by fiat, rather than by market forces, the official exchange rate measure of GDP is not an accurate measure of China's output; GDP at the official exchange rate substantially understates the actual level of China's output vis-a-vis the rest of the world; in China's situation, GDP at purchasing power parity provides the best measure for comparing output across countries (2010 est.)

      GDP - real growth rate:

      10.3% (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 5 9.1% (2009 est.)

      9% (2008 est.)

      GDP - per capita (PPP):

      $7,400 (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 127 $6,800 (2009 est.)

      $6,200 (2008 est.)

      note: data are in 2010 US dollars

      GDP - composition by sector:

      agriculture: 9.6%

      industry: 46.8%

      services: 43.6% (2010 est.)

      Labor force:

      819.5 million (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 1

      Labor force - by occupation:

      agriculture: 39.5%

      industry: 27.2%

      services: 33.2% (2008 est.)

      Unemployment rate:

      4.3% (September 2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 40 4.2% (December 2008 est.)

      note: official data for urban areas only; including migrants may boost total unemployment to 9%; substantial unemployment and underemployment in rural areas

      Population below poverty line:

      2.8%

      note: 21.5 million rural population live below the official "absolute poverty" line (approximately $90 per year); an additional 35.5 million rural population live above that level but below the official "low income" line (approximately $125 per year) (2007)

      Household income or consumption by percentage share:

      lowest 10%: 3.5%

      highest 10%: 15%

      note: data are for urban households only (2008)

      Distribution of family income - Gini index:

      41.5 (2007) country comparison to the world: 54 40 (2001)

      Investment (gross fixed):

      47.8% of GDP (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 1

      Public debt:

      17.5% of GDP (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 112 16.9% of GDP (2009 est.)

      Inflation rate (consumer prices):

      5% (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 143 −0.7% (2009 est.)

      Central bank discount rate:

      2.79% (31 December 2009) country comparison to the world: 129 2.79% (31 December 2008)

      Commercial bank prime lending rate:

      5.81% (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 147 5.31% (31 December 2009 est.)

      Stock of narrow money:

      $3.838 trillion (31 December 2010 est) country comparison to the world: 4 $3.242 trillion (31 December 2009 est)

      Stock of broad money:

      $10.08 trillion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 5 $8.933 trillion (31 December 2009 est.)

      Stock of domestic credit:

      $8.156 trillion (31 December 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 4 $7.24 trillion (31 December 2009 est.)

      Market value of publicly traded shares:

      $5.008 trillion (31 December 2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 4 $2.794 trillion (31 December 2008)

      $6.226 trillion (31 December 2007 est.)

      Agriculture - products:

      world leader in gross value of agricultural output; rice, wheat, potatoes, corn, peanuts, tea, millet, barley, apples, cotton, oilseed; pork; fish

      Industries:

      world leader in gross value of industrial output; mining and ore processing, iron, steel, aluminum, and other metals, coal; machine building; armaments; textiles and apparel; petroleum; cement; chemicals; fertilizers; consumer products, including footwear, toys, and electronics; food processing; transportation equipment, including automobiles, rail cars and locomotives, ships, and aircraft; telecommunications equipment, commercial space launch vehicles, satellites

      Industrial production growth rate:

      11% (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 12

      Electricity - production:

      3.451 trillion kWh (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 2

      Electricity - consumption:

      3.438 trillion kWh (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 2

      Electricity - exports:

      16.64 billion kWh (2008)

      Electricity - imports:

      3.842 billion kWh (2008)

      Oil - production:

      3.991 million bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 5

      Oil - consumption:

      8.2 million bbl/day (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 3

      Oil - exports:

      388,000 bbl/day (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 32

      Oil - imports:

      4.393 million bbl/day (2008) country comparison to the world: 4

      Oil - proved reserves:

      20.35 billion bbl (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 13

      Natural gas - production:

      82.94 billion cu m (2009) country comparison to the world: 8

      Natural gas - consumption:

      87.08 billion cu m (2009) country comparison to the world: 9

      Natural gas - exports:

      3.32 billion cu m (2009) country comparison to the world: 31

      Natural gas - imports:

      7.462 billion cu m (2009) country comparison to the world: 27

      Natural gas - proved reserves:

      3.03 trillion cu m (1 January 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 13

      Current account balance:

      $272.5 billion (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 1 $297.1 billion (2009 est.)

      Exports:

      $1.506 trillion (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 2 $1.204 trillion (2009 est.)

      Exports - commodities:

      electrical and other machinery, including data processing equipment, apparel, textiles, iron and steel, optical and medical equipment

      Exports - partners:

      US 20.03%, Hong Kong 12.03%, Japan 8.32%, South Korea 4.55%, Germany 4.27% (2009)

      Imports:

      $1.307