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China geopolitical profile

National context alongside 194 of 194 possible reviewed directions from China. Relationship scores remain directional: the reverse country view may differ.

1Partner103Cooperative86Mixed3Competitive1Adversarial
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Country snapshot

Comparable national indicators provide context only. They do not enter the geopolitical relationship score.

Economy

People & place

Global context

2026 OUTLOOK · ESTIMATES

Current-year economic outlook

IMF projections are shown separately from observed World Bank data and may be revised.

GDP$20.9TESTIMATE 2026 · latest actual 2025
GDP per capita$14.9KESTIMATE 2026 · latest actual 2025
Real GDP growth4.4%ESTIMATE 2026 · latest actual 2025
Inflation1.2%ESTIMATE 2026 · latest actual 2025
Unemployment5.1%ESTIMATE 2026 · latest actual 2025

IMF World Economic Outlook · April 2026 database · published 2026-04-14 · downloaded 2026-09-25

World Bank Indicators API · downloaded 2026-09-17 · each card uses its latest available year · CC BY 4.0

ATLAS-DERIVED · ENGINE 1.0

Geopolitical position

A relational fingerprint calculated only from reviewed directions. Coverage is stated beside every aggregate.

Average toward reviewed countries+11194 directions reviewed
Average from reviewed countries+13194 directions reviewed
Cooperative or stronger104Scores of +10 or above
Competitive or worse4Scores of −10 or below
CURRENT REVIEWED LAYER

Relationships from China

Sorted from highest to lowest for navigation, not as a league table. Differences below 5 points are treated as practical ties. Select a row for the evidence-backed directional page and its reciprocal comparison.

CountryScoreBandConfidenceEvidence
RussiaCHN → RUS+47Partner95%Broad sourced evidenceZimbabweCHN → ZWE+34Cooperative73%Documented bilateral evidencePakistanCHN → PAK+33Cooperative94%Broad sourced evidenceKyrgyzstanCHN → KGZ+32Cooperative73%Documented bilateral evidenceSerbiaCHN → SRB+31Cooperative73%Documented bilateral evidenceTanzaniaCHN → TZA+31Cooperative73%Documented bilateral evidenceDjiboutiCHN → DJI+29Cooperative94%Broad sourced evidenceNicaraguaCHN → NIC+28Cooperative82%Broad sourced evidenceAlgeriaCHN → DZA+25Cooperative73%Documented bilateral evidenceCubaCHN → CUB+25Cooperative73%Documented bilateral evidenceTajikistanCHN → TJK+25Cooperative73%Documented bilateral evidenceChileCHN → CHL+24Cooperative76%Broad sourced evidenceDR CongoCHN → COD+24Cooperative73%Documented bilateral evidenceEcuadorCHN → ECU+24Cooperative73%Documented bilateral evidenceGambiaCHN → GMB+24Cooperative79%Broad sourced evidenceNigeriaCHN → NGA+24Cooperative73%Documented bilateral evidenceSão Tomé and PríncipeCHN → STP+24Cooperative79%Broad sourced evidenceZambiaCHN → ZMB+24Cooperative73%Documented bilateral evidenceAzerbaijanCHN → AZE+23Cooperative76%Broad sourced evidenceBelarusCHN → BLR+22Cooperative73%Documented bilateral evidenceCambodiaCHN → KHM+22Cooperative73%Documented bilateral evidenceLaosCHN → LAO+22Cooperative73%Documented bilateral evidenceUzbekistanCHN → UZB+22Cooperative73%Documented bilateral evidenceVenezuelaCHN → VEN+22Cooperative73%Documented bilateral evidenceBahrainCHN → BHR+21Cooperative73%Documented bilateral evidenceBulgariaCHN → BGR+21Cooperative73%Documented bilateral evidenceIranCHN → IRN+21Cooperative76%Broad sourced evidenceAngolaCHN → AGO+19Cooperative73%Documented bilateral evidenceBangladeshCHN → BGD+19Cooperative73%Documented bilateral evidenceBoliviaCHN → BOL+19Cooperative73%Documented bilateral evidenceBrazilCHN → BRA+19Cooperative73%Documented bilateral evidenceCameroonCHN → CMR+19Cooperative73%Documented bilateral evidenceColombiaCHN → COL+19Cooperative73%Documented bilateral evidenceEthiopiaCHN → ETH+19Cooperative73%Documented bilateral evidenceGhanaCHN → GHA+19Cooperative73%Documented bilateral evidenceKenyaCHN → KEN+19Cooperative73%Documented bilateral evidenceKuwaitCHN → KWT+19Cooperative73%Documented bilateral evidenceMoroccoCHN → MAR+19Cooperative73%Documented bilateral evidenceNepalCHN → NPL+19Cooperative73%Documented bilateral evidenceOmanCHN → OMN+19Cooperative73%Documented bilateral evidenceSaudi ArabiaCHN → SAU+19Cooperative73%Documented bilateral evidenceTunisiaCHN → TUN+19Cooperative73%Documented bilateral evidenceUgandaCHN → UGA+19Cooperative73%Documented bilateral evidenceArmeniaCHN → ARM+18Cooperative76%Broad sourced evidenceBurkina FasoCHN → BFA+18Cooperative76%Broad sourced evidenceCyprusCHN → CYP+18Cooperative73%Documented bilateral evidenceCzechiaCHN → CZE+18Cooperative73%Documented bilateral evidenceEl SalvadorCHN → SLV+18Cooperative79%Broad sourced evidenceHondurasCHN → HND+18Cooperative79%Broad sourced evidenceSouth KoreaCHN → KOR+18Cooperative80%Broad sourced evidenceGeorgiaCHN → GEO+17Cooperative73%Documented bilateral evidenceHungaryCHN → HUN+17Cooperative73%Documented bilateral evidenceSwitzerlandCHN → CHE+17Cooperative73%Documented bilateral evidenceUnited Arab EmiratesCHN → ARE+17Cooperative73%Documented bilateral evidenceDominican RepublicCHN → DOM+16Cooperative73%Documented bilateral evidenceEgyptCHN → EGY+16Cooperative73%Documented bilateral evidenceFijiCHN → FJI+16Cooperative73%Documented bilateral evidenceGermanyCHN → DEU+16Cooperative82%Broad sourced evidenceIrelandCHN → IRL+16Cooperative73%Documented bilateral evidenceKazakhstanCHN → KAZ+16Cooperative73%Documented bilateral evidenceKiribatiCHN → KIR+16Cooperative76%Broad sourced evidenceMexicoCHN → MEX+16Cooperative73%Documented bilateral evidenceMongoliaCHN → MNG+16Cooperative73%Documented bilateral evidenceMyanmarCHN → MMR+16Cooperative73%Documented bilateral evidenceNew ZealandCHN → NZL+16Cooperative73%Documented bilateral evidencePanamaCHN → PAN+16Cooperative73%Documented bilateral evidencePeruCHN → PER+16Cooperative73%Documented bilateral evidencePolandCHN → POL+16Cooperative73%Documented bilateral evidenceQatarCHN → QAT+16Cooperative73%Documented bilateral evidenceSingaporeCHN → SGP+16Cooperative73%Documented bilateral evidenceSlovakiaCHN → SVK+16Cooperative73%Documented bilateral evidenceSolomon IslandsCHN → SLB+16Cooperative76%Broad sourced evidenceSouth AfricaCHN → ZAF+16Cooperative73%Documented bilateral evidenceSri LankaCHN → LKA+16Cooperative73%Documented bilateral evidenceThailandCHN → THA+16Cooperative73%Documented bilateral evidenceFinlandCHN → FIN+15Cooperative73%Documented bilateral evidenceVietnamCHN → VNM+15Cooperative94%Broad sourced evidenceArgentinaCHN → ARG+14Cooperative73%Documented bilateral evidenceAustraliaCHN → AUS+14Cooperative74%Broad sourced evidenceAustriaCHN → AUT+14Cooperative73%Documented bilateral evidenceBelgiumCHN → BEL+14Cooperative73%Documented bilateral evidenceCroatiaCHN → HRV+14Cooperative73%Documented bilateral evidenceDenmarkCHN → DNK+14Cooperative73%Documented bilateral evidenceFranceCHN → FRA+14Cooperative73%Documented bilateral evidenceGreeceCHN → GRC+14Cooperative73%Documented bilateral evidenceIndonesiaCHN → IDN+14Cooperative65%Documented bilateral evidenceItalyCHN → ITA+14Cooperative73%Documented bilateral evidenceNauruCHN → NRU+14Cooperative76%Broad sourced evidenceNetherlandsCHN → NLD+14Cooperative73%Documented bilateral evidencePortugalCHN → PRT+14Cooperative73%Documented bilateral evidenceRomaniaCHN → ROU+14Cooperative73%Documented bilateral evidenceSpainCHN → ESP+14Cooperative73%Documented bilateral evidenceUkraineCHN → UKR+14Cooperative73%Documented bilateral evidenceIraqCHN → IRQ+13Cooperative73%Documented bilateral evidenceJordanCHN → JOR+13Cooperative73%Documented bilateral evidenceLebanonCHN → LBN+13Cooperative73%Documented bilateral evidencePapua New GuineaCHN → PNG+12Cooperative65%Documented bilateral evidenceSamoaCHN → WSM+12Cooperative65%Documented bilateral evidenceTongaCHN → TON+12Cooperative65%Documented bilateral evidenceUruguayCHN → URY+12Cooperative68%Broad sourced evidenceVanuatuCHN → VUT+12Cooperative65%Documented bilateral evidenceBosnia and HerzegovinaCHN → BIH+11Cooperative73%Documented bilateral evidenceNorwayCHN → NOR+11Cooperative65%Documented bilateral evidenceMicronesiaCHN → FSM+10Cooperative65%Documented bilateral evidenceAfghanistanCHN → AFG+9Mixed94%Broad sourced evidenceMalaysiaCHN → MYS+9Mixed73%Documented bilateral evidenceTurkmenistanCHN → TKM+9Mixed59%Documented bilateral evidenceAlbaniaCHN → ALB+8Mixed73%Documented bilateral evidenceCanadaCHN → CAN+8Mixed73%Documented bilateral evidenceEstoniaCHN → EST+8Mixed73%Documented bilateral evidenceMoldovaCHN → MDA+8Mixed73%Documented bilateral evidenceMontenegroCHN → MNE+8Mixed73%Documented bilateral evidenceNorth KoreaCHN → PRK+8Mixed86%Broad sourced evidenceSloveniaCHN → SVN+8Mixed73%Documented bilateral evidenceBruneiCHN → BRN+6Mixed73%Documented bilateral evidenceBurundiCHN → BDI+6Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceEquatorial GuineaCHN → GNQ+6Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceEritreaCHN → ERI+6Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceMaliCHN → MLI+6Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceNigerCHN → NER+6Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceSomaliaCHN → SOM+6Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceTürkiyeCHN → TUR+6Mixed73%Documented bilateral evidenceIsraelCHN → ISR+5Mixed73%Documented bilateral evidenceAntigua and BarbudaCHN → ATG+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceBahamasCHN → BHS+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceBarbadosCHN → BRB+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceBeninCHN → BEN+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceBotswanaCHN → BWA+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceCape VerdeCHN → CPV+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceCentral African RepublicCHN → CAF+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceChadCHN → TCD+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceComorosCHN → COM+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceCosta RicaCHN → CRI+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceDominicaCHN → DMA+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceGabonCHN → GAB+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceGrenadaCHN → GRD+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceGuineaCHN → GIN+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceGuinea-BissauCHN → GNB+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceGuyanaCHN → GUY+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceIvory CoastCHN → CIV+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceJamaicaCHN → JAM+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceLesothoCHN → LSO+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceLiberiaCHN → LBR+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceLibyaCHN → LBY+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceMadagascarCHN → MDG+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceMalawiCHN → MWI+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceMauritaniaCHN → MRT+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceMauritiusCHN → MUS+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceMozambiqueCHN → MOZ+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceNamibiaCHN → NAM+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceRepublic of the CongoCHN → COG+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceRwandaCHN → RWA+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceSenegalCHN → SEN+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceSeychellesCHN → SYC+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceSierra LeoneCHN → SLE+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceSouth SudanCHN → SSD+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceSudanCHN → SDN+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceSurinameCHN → SUR+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceSyriaCHN → SYR+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceTogoCHN → TGO+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceTrinidad and TobagoCHN → TTO+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceYemenCHN → YEM+4Mixed45%Documented bilateral evidenceSwedenCHN → SWE+3Mixed73%Documented bilateral evidenceIcelandCHN → ISL+2Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyLiechtensteinCHN → LIE+2Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyMaldivesCHN → MDV+2Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyMaltaCHN → MLT+2Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyPalestineCHN → PSE+2Mixed42%Documented bilateral evidenceSan MarinoCHN → SMR+2Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyTimor-LesteCHN → TLS+2Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyBelizeCHN → BLZ+1Mixed59%Broad sourced evidenceGuatemalaCHN → GTM+1Mixed59%Broad sourced evidenceHaitiCHN → HTI+1Mixed59%Broad sourced evidenceSaint Kitts and NevisCHN → KNA+1Mixed59%Broad sourced evidenceSaint LuciaCHN → LCA+1Mixed59%Broad sourced evidenceSaint Vincent and the GrenadinesCHN → VCT+1Mixed59%Broad sourced evidenceUnited KingdomCHN → GBR+1Mixed76%Broad sourced evidenceVatican CityCHN → VAT+1Mixed48%Documented bilateral evidenceAndorraCHN → AND0Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyLatviaCHN → LVA0Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyLuxembourgCHN → LUX0Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyMonacoCHN → MCO0Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyNorth MacedoniaCHN → MKD0Mixed42%Quantitative indicators onlyEswatiniCHN → SWZ-1Mixed56%Documented bilateral evidenceMarshall IslandsCHN → MHL-1Mixed56%Documented bilateral evidenceTuvaluCHN → TUV-1Mixed56%Documented bilateral evidenceParaguayCHN → PRY-2Mixed59%Broad sourced evidencePalauCHN → PLW-3Mixed56%Documented bilateral evidencePhilippinesCHN → PHL-3Mixed76%Broad sourced evidenceBhutanCHN → BTN-4Mixed68%Broad sourced evidenceLithuaniaCHN → LTU-10Competitive76%Broad sourced evidenceIndiaCHN → IND-15Competitive95%Broad sourced evidenceJapanCHN → JPN-18Competitive95%Broad sourced evidenceUnited StatesCHN → USA-61Adversarial95%Broad sourced evidence
Methodology v1.1.1 frozen

Every component begins at zero. Only documented rules and measured thresholds alter the score; unavailable evidence is not converted into a neutral assumption. Gaps below 5 points should not be interpreted as a meaningful ranking.