Predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets in China, People's Republic of
China, People's Republic of: Predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets was -7.73 billion in 2025. ▼ Falling
Predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets in China, People's Republic of, 2015–2025
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
The most recent figure for predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets in China, People's Republic of is -7.73 billion, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.0% on the previous year and down 64.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets in China, People's Republic of peaked at -4.38 billion in 2021 and was at its lowest, -8.85 billion, in 2023.
That places China, People's Republic of 72nd out of 85 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | -4.63 billion | -4.87 billion | -4.47 billion | 5 |
| 2020s | -6.58 billion | -8.85 billion | -4.38 billion | 6 |
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More financial sector data for China, People's Republic of
- Total reserves (gold at national valuation) 2.73 trillion SDR (2025)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), annual growth rate 8.43 % change on previous year (2024)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per unit of GDP 18.86 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Net domestic credit (current LCU), per capita 250,718 current LCU per person (2024)
- Gold reserves at 35 SDRs per ounce 2.60 billion SDR (2025)
- Gold reserves at market value 236.49 billion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold, foreign exchange 2.45 trillion SDR (2025)
- Reserves excluding gold 2.50 trillion SDR (2025)
- Total reserves (gold at market value) 2.74 trillion SDR (2025)
- Domestic credit to private sector by banks 194.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets in China, People's Republic of?
- Predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets in China, People's Republic of was -7.73 billion in 2025, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets recorded in China, People's Republic of?
- The highest recorded value was -4.38 billion in 2021.
- What is the lowest predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets recorded in China, People's Republic of?
- The lowest recorded value was -8.85 billion in 2023.
- How does China, People's Republic of rank for predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets?
- China, People's Republic of ranks 72nd out of 85 countries with data for 2025.
- Is predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets rising or falling in China, People's Republic of?
- Over the last ten years it is down 64.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this China, People's Republic of data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Predetermined short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal value), Total foreign currency loans securities and deposits, principal, Outflows (reserves template) (International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity: Guidelines for a Data Template 2013 (IRFCL 2013), Monetary Authorities. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity (IRFCL, or the “Reserves Data Template”) dataset includes data on the amount and composition of countries’ official reserve assets, other foreign currency assets held by monetary authorities and central governments, and short-term foreign currency obligations and related activities of monetary authorities and central governments that can lead to drains on official reserves and other foreign currency assets. This website re-disseminates IMF member countries' data on international reserves and foreign currency liquidity in a common template and in a common currency (the U.S. dollar). Historical data by country are also available. Please note that the re-dissemination of the template data by the Fund does not constitute endorsement of the quality of the data by the Fund.