China GDP Growth Rate
How much the economy grew or shrank compared with the previous three months, in real (inflation-adjusted) terms.
0.9%
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Q1 2011 to Q2 2026
Source: OECD quarterly national accounts (DF_QNA, table T0101) · real GDP, change on the previous quarter, seasonally adjusted.
China GDP Growth Rate in context
Worked out from the published series shown above.
In China, the GDP growth rate fell by 0.3pp over the year to Q2 2026, from 1.2% in Q2 2025.
It is the lowest reading since Q4 2023.
Over the past five years it has ranged from −0.7% in Q2 2022 to 3.3% in Q3 2022.
Its average since Q1 2011 is 1.5%, and the latest reading is below that.
How this series is defined
Everything you need to check the figure against the source.
- Source
- OECD
- Series
- quarterly
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Unit
- %
- Seasonal adjustment
- Seasonally adjusted
- Latest observation
- Q2 2026
- Revision status
- Latest published estimate, subject to revision
Data refreshed 2026-10-06. Figures are the latest published observations and can be revised.
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