China vs India: Foreign Assets, Net Foreign Assets
China
30.27 trillion
in 2024
India
22.68 trillion
in 2015
China rank
8th
India rank
9th
Foreign Assets, Net Foreign Assets over time
- China
- India
How they compare
China currently reports 30.27 trillion against 22.68 trillion in India, a difference of 7.58 trillion.
That makes China's figure about 1.3 times India's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 39 shared years of data; in 1977 it was India ahead.
China ranks 8th and India ranks 9th of 178 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, China averaged higher in 4 and India in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | India | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 436.67 million | 49.82 billion | 49.38 billion | India |
| 1980s | 38.08 billion | 17.32 billion | 20.76 billion | China |
| 1990s | 754.14 billion | 604.12 billion | 150.01 billion | China |
| 2000s | 8.60 trillion | 6.70 trillion | 1.90 trillion | China |
| 2010s | 26.38 trillion | 17.12 trillion | 9.26 trillion | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher foreign assets, net foreign assets, China or India?
- China, at 30.27 trillion against 22.68 trillion in India as of 2024.
- What is the difference in foreign assets, net foreign assets between China and India?
- 7.58 trillion, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and India?
- 39 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2015.
- How do China and India rank globally for foreign assets, net foreign assets?
- China ranks 8th and India ranks 9th of 178 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- International Monetary Fund, published as Foreign Assets, Net Foreign Assets (Depository Corporations Survey, Domestic currency). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The Monetary and Financial Statistics (MFS), Non-standard dataset provides discontinued, vintage country-reported financial data that are not harmonized and use country-specific terms.