China, year by year

Every index this site holds for China, in time order: 12 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 1990

0.482 → 0.788 (+0.306)

UNDP Human Development Report, 2023-24 edition. 33 annual values, none interpolated; hover any point for its year.

Twenty years here

The world report →

Life expectancy at birth74.1 → 78 (+3.9)

Internet users11 → 92 (+81)

Urban population44 → 66 (+22)

Births per woman1.62 → 1.01 (-0.61)

Renewable share of energy20 → 15 (-5)

Access to electricity98 → 100 (+2)

Infant mortality19 → 4 (-15)

CO2 emissions per person4.8 → 9.3 (+4.5)

Forest area20 → 24 (+4)

World Bank observations, first to last available year per indicator (roughly 2005–2024; each series has its own window).

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series · 3 values marked for checking

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Internet users% of people	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	0.482	68.2	—	—	2.51	34	—	43	2.1	16.7	—	—
1991	0.489	68.6	—	27	1.93	33	—	43	2.2	16.9	—	—
1992	0.501	69.1	—	27	1.78	33	—	42	2.3	17.2	—	—
1993	0.512	69.5	0	28	1.69	32	—	41	2.5	17.4	—	—
1994	0.522	69.8	0	29	1.63	31	—	40	2.6	17.6	—	—
1995	0.532	70.4	0	29	1.59	29	—	39	2.8	17.8	—	—
1996	0.543	70.8	0	30	1.55	31	—	37	2.7	18.0	—	—
1997	0.554	71.2	0	32	1.53	30	—	36	2.8	18.2	—	—
1998	0.565	71.6	0	33	1.52	30	—	34	2.8	18.4	—	—
1999	0.575	72.0	1	35	1.53	30	—	32	2.8	18.6	—	—
2000	0.586	72.3	2	36	1.63	30	97	30	2.9	18.9	—	—
2001	0.597	72.7	3	38	1.56	28	97	28	3.0	19.1	—	—
2002	0.608	73.0	5	39	1.57	27	97	26	3.2	19.4	—	—
2003	0.619	73.4	6	41	1.57	24	97	23	3.7	19.6	—	—
2004	0.631	73.7	7	42	1.61	20	98	21	4.2	19.9	—	—
2005	0.643	74.1	9	43	1.62	17	98	19	4.8	20.1	—	—
2006	0.656	74.4	11	44	1.64	16	98	18	5.3	20.4	2129	5946
2007	0.668	74.8	16	46	1.67	15	99	16	5.7	20.6	2735	6935
2008	0.678	74.8	23	47	1.70	14	99	15	5.8	20.9	3523	7713
2009	0.689	75.3	29	48	1.71	13	99	14	6.3	21.1	3898	8448
2010	0.698	75.7	34	49	1.69	12	100	12	6.8	21.4	4629	9411
2011	0.706	75.9	38	52	1.67	11	100	11	7.4	21.6	5704	10457
2012	0.715	76.2	42	53	1.80	12	100	11	7.6	21.8	6405	11420
2013	0.723	76.5	46	54	1.71	12	100	10	7.9	22.0	7147	12228
2014	0.732	76.7	48	56	1.77	12	100	9	7.9	22.2	7781	12942
2015	0.741	77.0	50	57	1.67	12	100	8	7.8	22.4	8175	13463
2016	0.749	77.2	53	59	1.77	13	100	8	7.8	22.6	8255	14157
2017	0.757	77.2	54	60	1.80	13	100	7	7.9	22.8	8980	15022
2018	0.766	77.7	65	62	1.54	14	100	6	8.2	23.0	10086	16298
2019	0.775	77.9	64	63	1.50	14	100	6	8.4	23.2	10343	17601
2020	0.781	78.0	70	64	1.24	15	100	6	8.5	23.4	10627	18267
2021	0.785	78.1	73	65	1.12	15	100	5	8.9	23.6	12887	20843
2022	0.788	78.2	76	65	1.03	—	100	5	8.9	23.8	12971	23028
2023	—	78.0	91	66	1.00	—	100	4	9.2	24.0	12951	25200
2024	—	78.0	92	66	1.01	—	100	4	9.3	—	13293	27140
2025	—	—	92	66	—	—	—	—	—	—	13862	29333
Profile shows	0.788	78.0	92	66	1.01	15	—	—	9.3	24.0	13862	29333

Sources: HDI — UNDP HDR 2023-24; Life expectancy at birth — World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Internet users — World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS; Urban population — World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman — World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy — World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity — World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality — World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person — World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area — World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita — World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP — World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-09-01. Observed years only; IMF projections are excluded.

A dotted value moved sharply against the previous observed value in its series, which is the usual signature of a series break or a source revision; it is a prompt to check, not a judgement. In the last row, ≠ means the profile’s current figure differs from the latest value here by more than 2%: none do on this page.

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