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China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

's first-level

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by their

gross domestic product Gross domestic product (GDP) is a money, monetary Measurement in economics, measure of the market value of all the final goods and services produced and sold (not resold) in a specific time period by countries. Due to its complex and subjec ...

per capita in main years. All figures are given in the national currency,

renminbi The renminbi (; symbol: ¥; ISO code: CNY; abbreviation: RMB) is the official currency of the People's Republic of China and one of the world's most traded currencies, ranking as the fifth most traded currency in the world as of April 2022. ...

(CNY), and in

USD The United States dollar (symbol: $; code: USD; also abbreviated US$ or U.S. Dollar, to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies; referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, American dollar, or colloquially buck) is the official ...

at nominal values according to recent exchange rates as well as according to

purchasing power parity Purchasing power parity (PPP) is the measurement of prices in different countries that uses the prices of specific goods to compare the absolute purchasing power of the countries' currency, currencies. PPP is effectively the ratio of the price of ...

(PPP). The average CNY exchange rate used here is from the

National Bureau of Statistics of China The National Bureau of Statistics (), abbreviated as NBS, is an deputy-cabinet level agency directly under the State Council of the People's Republic of China. It is responsible for collection, investigation, research and publication of stati ...

, and CNY PPP exchange rates are estimated according to the

International Monetary Fund The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is a major financial agency of the United Nations, and an international financial institution, headquartered in Washington, D.C., consisting of 190 countries. Its stated mission is "working to foster globa ...

(IMF).

Gdp per capita of the administrative division in China

Since the implementation of reform and opening up in mainland China in 1978, its economy has developed rapidly. In 1995, the GDP per capita of Beijing, Tianjin and Shanghai reached more than 1,000 US dollars; by 2000, there were 10 provinces with GDP per capita exceeding 1,000 US dollars, of which Beijing, Tianjin and Shanghai exceeded 2,000 US dollars. By 2020, the per capita GDP of mainland China exceeded US$10,000, of which

Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...

and

Shanghai Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flow ...

exceeded US$22,000,

Jiangsu Jiangsu (; ; pinyin: Jiāngsū, Postal romanization, alternatively romanized as Kiangsu or Chiangsu) is an Eastern China, eastern coastal Provinces of the People's Republic of China, province of the China, People's Republic of China. It is o ...

was nearly US$18,000,

Fujian Fujian (; alternately romanized as Fukien or Hokkien) is a province on the southeastern coast of China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its capi ...

exceeded US$15,000,

Zhejiang Zhejiang ( or , ; , also romanized as Chekiang) is an eastern, coastal province of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Hangzhou, and other notable cities include Ningbo and Wenzhou. Zhejiang is bordered by Jiang ...

and

Tianjin Tianjin (; ; Mandarin: ), alternately romanized as Tientsin (), is a municipality and a coastal metropolis in Northern China on the shore of the Bohai Sea. It is one of the nine national central cities in Mainland China, with a total popul ...

exceeded US$14,000,

Guangdong Guangdong (, ), alternatively romanized as Canton or Kwangtung, is a coastal province in South China on the north shore of the South China Sea. The capital of the province is Guangzhou. With a population of 126.01 million (as of 2020) ...

and

Chongqing Chongqing ( or ; ; Sichuanese dialects, Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ), Postal Romanization, alternately romanized as Chungking (), is a Direct-administered municipalities of China, municipality in Southwes ...

exceeded US$11,000 and

Hubei Hubei (; ; alternately Hupeh) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, and is part of the Central China region. The name of the province means "north of the lake", referring to its position north of Dongting Lake. The prov ...

Inner Mongolia Inner Mongolia, officially the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China. Its border includes most of the length of China's border with the country of Mongolia. Inner Mongolia also accounts for a ...

and

Shandong Shandong ( , ; ; alternately romanized as Shantung) is a coastal province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the East China region. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilizati ...

exceeded US$10,000. Except for

Gansu Gansu (, ; alternately romanized as Kansu) is a province in Northwest China. Its capital and largest city is Lanzhou, in the southeast part of the province. The seventh-largest administrative district by area at , Gansu lies between the Tibet ...

, the remaining provinces all exceeded US$6,000. For comparison purposes, this article also displays the GDPs the

special administrative regions The special administrative regions (SAR) of the People's Republic of China are one of the provincial-level administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China directly under the control of its Central People's Government (State Co ...

(SARs) of

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...

and

Macau Macau or Macao (; ; ; ), officially the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (MSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China in the western Pearl River Delta by the South China Sea. With a pop ...

, which maintain separate economic systems and currencies. These figures are shown in USD based on PPP, as estimated by the International Monetary Fund.

2021 data

2020 data

{, class="wikitable sortable" , + List of Chinese provinces by 2020 GDP per capita ()GDP-2020 is a preliminary data pubilished on the 2018 CASEN: , - align=center ! colspan="8" align="left" , , - align=center !rowspan=2, provinces !rowspan=2, rank !colspan=4, GDPpc !colspan=2, ''Reference index'' , - align=center !CNY!!USD!!PPP!!Share
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{{abbr, pop, population , - align=right bgcolor=#E2F2D2 , align=left, China {{small, (mainland), , , , 71,965 ¥, , US$10,434, , US$17,101, , 100, , 101,598.62, , 1,411,778,724 , - align="right" , align="left" ,

, , 1, , 164,904 ¥, , US$23,908, , US$39,186, , 229, , 3,610.26, , 21,893,095 , - align="right" , align="left" ,

, , 2, , 155,606 ¥, , US$22,560, , US$36,977, , 216, , 3,870.06, , 24,870,895 , - align="right" , align="left" ,

, , 3, , 121,205 ¥, , US$17,573, , US$28,802, , 168, , 10,271.90, , 84,748,016 , - align="right" , align="left" ,

, , 4, , 105,690 ¥, , US$15,323, , US$25,115, , 147, , 4,390.39, , 41,540,086 , - align="right" , align="left" ,

, , 5, , 101,570 ¥, , US$14,726, , US$24,136, , 141, , 1,408.37, , 13,866,009 , - align="right" , align="left" ,

, , 6, , 100,071 ¥, , US$14,508, , US$23,780, , 139, , 6,461.33, , 64,567,588 , - align="right" , align="left" ,

, , 7, , 87,897 ¥, , US$12,743, , US$20,887, , 122, , 11,076.09, , 126,012,510 , - align="right" , align="left" ,

, , 8, , 78,002 ¥, , US$11,309, , US$18,536, , 108, , 2,500.28, , 32,054,159 , - align="right" , align="left" ,

, , 9, , 75,223 ¥, , US$10,906, , US$17,875, , 105, , 4,344.35, , 57,752,557 , - align="right" , align="left" ,

, , 10, , 72,185 ¥, , US$10,466, , US$17,153, , 100, , 1,735.98, , 24,049,155 , - align="right" , align="left" ,

, , 11, , 72,029 ¥, , US$10,443, , US$17,116, , 100, , 7,312.90, , 101,527,453 , - align="right" , align="left" ,

Shaanxi Shaanxi (alternatively Shensi, see #Name, § Name) is a landlocked Provinces of China, province of China. Officially part of Northwest China, it borders the province-level divisions of Shanxi (NE, E), Henan (E), Hubei (SE), Chongqing (S), Sichu ...

, , 12, , 66,235 ¥, , US$9,603, , US$15,739, , 92, , 2,618.19, , 39,528,999 , - align="right" , align="left" ,

Anhui Anhui , (; formerly romanized as Anhwei) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the East China region. Its provincial capital and largest city is Hefei. The province is located across the basins of the Yangtze River ...

, , 13, , 63,383 ¥, , US$9,189, , US$15,062, , 88, , 3,868.06, , 61,027,171 , - align="right" , align="left" ,

Hunan Hunan (, ; ) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the South Central China region. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi to ...

, , 14, , 62,881 ¥, , US$9,117, , US$14,943, , 87, , 4,178.15, , 66,444,864 , - align="right" , align="left" ,

Liaoning Liaoning () is a coastal province in Northeast China that is the smallest, southernmost, and most populous province in the region. With its capital at Shenyang, it is located on the northern shore of the Yellow Sea, and is the northernmost ...

, , 15, , 58,967 ¥, , US$8,549, , US$14,012, , 82, , 2,511.50, , 42,591,407 , - align="right" , align="left" ,

Sichuan Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of the ...

, , 16, , 58,080 ¥, , US$8,421, , US$13,802, , 81, , 4,859.88, , 83,674,866 , - align="right" , align="left" ,

Jiangxi Jiangxi (; ; formerly romanized as Kiangsi or Chianghsi) is a landlocked province in the east of the People's Republic of China. Its major cities include Nanchang and Jiujiang. Spanning from the banks of the Yangtze river in the north int ...

, , 17, , 56,854 ¥, , US$8,243, , US$13,510, , 79, , 2,569.15, , 45,188,635 , - align="right" , align="left" ,

Henan Henan (; or ; ; alternatively Honan) is a landlocked province of China, in the central part of the country. Henan is often referred to as Zhongyuan or Zhongzhou (), which literally means "central plain" or "midland", although the name is al ...

, , 18, , 55,348 ¥, , US$8,025, , US$13,152, , 77, , 5,499.71, , 99,365,519 , - align="right" , align="left" ,

Hainan Hainan (, ; ) is the smallest and southernmost province of the People's Republic of China (PRC), consisting of various islands in the South China Sea. , the largest and most populous island in China,The island of Taiwan, which is slightly l ...

, , 19, , 54,878 ¥, , US$7,956, , US$13,041, , 76, , 553.24, , 10,081,232 , - align="right" , align="left" ,

Ningxia Ningxia (,; , ; alternately romanized as Ninghsia), officially the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region (NHAR), is an autonomous region in the northwest of the People's Republic of China. Formerly a province, Ningxia was incorporated into Gansu in ...

, , 20, , 54,432 ¥, , US$7,892, , US$12,935, , 76, , 392.06, , 7,202,654 , - align="right" , align="left" ,

Xinjiang Xinjiang, SASM/GNC: ''Xinjang''; zh, c=, p=Xīnjiāng; formerly romanized as Sinkiang (, ), officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China (PRC), located in the northwest ...

, , 21, , 53,371 ¥, , US$7,738, , US$12,683, , 74, , 1,379.76, , 25,852,345 , - align="right" , align="left" ,

Tibet Tibet (; ''Böd''; ) is a region in East Asia, covering much of the Tibetan Plateau and spanning about . It is the traditional homeland of the Tibetan people. Also resident on the plateau are some other ethnic groups such as Monpa people, ...

, , 22, , 52,157 ¥, , US$7,562, , US$12,394, , 72, , 190.27, , 3,648,100 , - align="right" , align="left" ,

Yunnan Yunnan , () is a landlocked Provinces of China, province in Southwest China, the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). The capital of the province is ...

, , 23, , 51,943 ¥, , US$7,531, , US$12,343, , 72, , 2,452.19, , 47,209,277 , - align="right" , align="left" ,

Jilin Jilin (; alternately romanized as Kirin or Chilin) is one of the three provinces of Northeast China. Its capital and largest city is Changchun. Jilin borders North Korea (Rasŏn, North Hamgyong, Ryanggang and Chagang) and Russia (Prim ...

, , 24, , 51,141 ¥, , US$7,414, , US$12,153, , 71, , 1,231.13, , 24,073,453 , - align="right" , align="left" ,

Qinghai Qinghai (; alternately romanized as Tsinghai, Ch'inghai), also known as Kokonor, is a landlocked province in the northwest of the People's Republic of China. It is the fourth largest province of China by area and has the third smallest po ...

, , 25, , 50,742 ¥, , US$7,357, , US$12,058, , 71, , 300.59, , 5,923,957 , - align="right" , align="left" ,

Shanxi Shanxi (; ; formerly romanised as Shansi) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the North China region. The capital and largest city of the province is Taiyuan, while its next most populated prefecture-lev ...

, , 26, , 50,556 ¥, , US$7,330, , US$12,014, , 70, , 1,765.19, , 34,915,616 , - align="right" , align="left" ,

Hebei Hebei or , (; alternately Hopeh) is a northern province of China. Hebei is China's sixth most populous province, with over 75 million people. Shijiazhuang is the capital city. The province is 96% Han Chinese, 3% Manchu, 0.8% Hui, an ...

, , 27, , 48,528 ¥, , US$7,036, , US$11,532, , 67, , 3,620.69, , 74,610,235 , - align="right" , align="left" ,

Guizhou Guizhou (; formerly Kweichow) is a landlocked province in the southwest region of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Guiyang, in the center of the province. Guizhou borders the autonomous region of Guangxi to t ...

, , 28, , 46,228 ¥, , US$6,702, , US$10,985, , 64, , 1,782.66, , 38,562,148 , - align="right" , align="left" ,

Guangxi Guangxi (; ; Chinese postal romanization, alternately romanized as Kwanghsi; ; za, Gvangjsih, italics=yes), officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (GZAR), is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the People's Republic ...

, , 29, , 44,201 ¥, , US$6,408, , US$10,504, , 61, , 2,215.67, , 50,126,804 , - align="right" , align="left" ,

Heilongjiang Heilongjiang () formerly romanized as Heilungkiang, is a province in northeast China. The standard one-character abbreviation for the province is (). It was formerly romanized as "Heilungkiang". It is the northernmost and easternmost province ...

, , 30, , 43,009 ¥, , US$6,236, , US$10,220, , 60, , 1,369.85, , 31,850,088 , - align="right" , align="left" ,

, , 31, , 36,038 ¥, , US$5,225, , US$8,564, , 50, , 901.67, , 25,019,831

Appendix

{, class=wikitable , +Historical GDP per capita of Hong Kong SAR , - align=center , colspan=4, Historical GDP per capita of Hong Kong SAR
({{small, based on IMF WEO October 2022)All gdp data for Hong Kong, Taiwan Area and Macao is based on IMF WEO October 2022 ({{cite press release , url=https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WEO/weo-database/2022/October/weo-report?c=532,546,&s=NGDPPC,NGDPDPC,PPPPC,&sy=1980&ey=2021&ssm=0&scsm=1&scc=0&ssd=1&ssc=0&sic=0&sort=country&ds=.&br=1 , title=Download WEO Data: October 2022 Edition , publisher=International Monetary Fund , date=April 9, 2019, access-date=April 17, 2019) , - align=center bgcolor=#E2F2D2 , , Year, ,

HK$ The Hong Kong dollar (, sign: HK$; code: HKD) is the official currency of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. It is subdivided into 100 cents or 1000 mils. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority is the monetary authority of Hong Kong and ...

, , Nominal
(US$), , PPP
(Int'l$.) , - align=right , , 2021, , 387,632, , 49,865, , 65,981 , - align=right , , 2020, , 350,947, , 45,175, , 58,165 , - align=right , , 2019, , 386,386, , 49,334, , 64,927 , - align=right , , 2018, , 380,263, , 48,517, , 64,216 , - align=right , , 2017, , 359,166, , 46,091, , 61,529 , - align=right , , 2016, , 337,615, , 43,496, , 58,433 , - align=right , , 2015, , 328,096, , 42,322, , 57,091 , - align=right , , 2014, , 311,600, , 40,182, , 55,602 , - align=right , , 2013, , 296,538, , 38,230, , 53,412 , - align=right , , 2012, , 284,069, , 36,620, , 51,195 , - align=right , , 2011, , 272,091, , 34,951, , 49,819 , - align=right , , 2010, , 251,887, , 32,422, , 46,937 , - align=right , , 2009, , 237,157, , 30,594, , 43,801 , - align=right , , 2008, , 245,191, , 31,488, , 44,774 , - align=right , , 2007, , 237,916, , 30,495, , 43,163 , - align=right , , 2006, , 217,741, , 28,028, , 39,676 {, class=wikitable , +Historical GDP per capita of Macao SAR , - align=center , colspan=4, Historical GDP per capita of Macao SAR
({{small, based on IMF WEO October 2022) , - align=center bgcolor=#E2F2D2 , , Year, , MOP$, , Nominal
(US$), , PPP
(Int'l$.) , - align=right , , 2021, , 350,419, , 43,772, , 71,122 , - align=right , , 2020, , 309,437, , 38,769, , 58,931 , - align=right , , 2019, , 655,460, , 81,151, , 114,363 , - align=right , , 2018, , 665,072, , 82,388, , 116,808 , - align=right , , 2017, , 621,329, , 77,415, , 110,592 , - align=right , , 2016, , 561,878, , 70,278, , 100,187 , - align=right , , 2015, , 560,009, , 70,133, , 99,667 , - align=right , , 2014, , 694,860, , 86,998, , 127,869 , - align=right , , 2013, , 677,967, , 84,860, , 133,020 , - align=right , , 2012, , 590,753, , 73,938, , 122,711 , - align=right , , 2011, , 528,166, , 65,868, , 115,105 , - align=right , , 2010, , 407,481, , 50,921, , 93,506 , - align=right , , 2009, , 316,301, , 39,615, , 75,175 , - align=right , , 2008, , 305,462, , 38,087, , 72,682 , - align=right , , 2007, , 273,895, , 34,084, , 70,378 , - align=right , , 2006, , 230,487, , 28,806, , 62,762

Notes

* {{note, AAll the comparative data for Chinese Yuan Renminbi is based on World Economic Outlook Database of the

. *

Mainland China "Mainland China" is a geopolitical term defined as the territory governed by the People's Republic of China (including islands like Hainan or Chongming), excluding dependent territories of the PRC, and other territories within Greater China. ...

figures were calculated by dividing figures in the list of Chinese administrative divisions by GDP by figures in the

list of Chinese administrative divisions by population This is a list of Chinese administrative divisions in order of their total resident populations. It includes all provinces, autonomous regions, direct-controlled municipalities and special administrative regions controlled by the Republic of Ch ...

Sources

* GDP 2004-2010 figures
NBS GDP DATA – Revisions of China GDP 2004-2008 by province-level divisions
* GDP 1978-2003 figures
NBS GDP DATA – Revisions of China GDP 1978-2003 by province-level divisions
* GDP 1952-1977 figures
NBS GDP DATA – Revisions of China GDP 1952-1977 by province-level divisions

References

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External links

China National Bureau of Statistics (China NBS)

Hong Kong Census and Statistics Department

Macau Statistics and Census Service

ROC Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics
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