TPEOThe People of the Earth Organization

Society profile

China

China: 57 indicators from open sources, newest value for each.

Demography

Population, total 1406.6 MWorld Bank2025 Population aged 0-14 15.4%World Bank2025 Population aged 15-64 69.7%World Bank2025 Population aged 65+ 14.9%World Bank2025 Female share of population 49.1%World Bank2025 Urban population 66.3%World Bank2025 Fertility rate 1.0World Bank2024 Adolescent fertility rate 5.2World Bank2024 Life expectancy at birth 78.0yearsWorld Bank2024 Infant mortality 4.1‰World Bank2024 Net migration -268 126World Bank2025

Education

Adult literacy rate 96.7%World Bank2020 Secondary school enrolment 92.3%World Bank2012 Tertiary enrolment 76.9%World Bank2024 Education spending 3.9%World Bank2023

Income

GDP per capita, PPP $29 333$World Bank2025 GNI per capita, PPP $29 160$World Bank2025 Gini index 36.0World Bank2022 Poverty headcount at $2.15/day 0.0%World Bank2022 Income share held by richest 10% 28.4%World Bank2022

Health

Suicide rate 8.9per 100kWorld Bank2021 Health spending 5.9%World Bank2023

Connectivity

Individuals using the internet 91.6%World Bank2025 Mobile subscriptions 131.8per 100World Bank2024 Access to electricity 100.0%World Bank2024

Environment

CO2 emissions per capita 9.3tWorld Bank2024

Religiosity

Religion is very important in life survey3.3%World Values Survey2018

Religious Practice

Attends religious services monthly or more survey2.8%World Values Survey2018 Believes in God survey17.0%World Values Survey2018

Trust People

Most people can be trusted survey64.0%World Values Survey2018 Trusts people met for the first time survey13.4%World Values Survey2018

Trust Institutions

Confidence in the government survey94.9%World Values Survey2018 Confidence in parliament survey92.7%World Values Survey2018 Confidence in the police survey84.8%World Values Survey2018 Confidence in the courts survey86.3%World Values Survey2018 Confidence in the press survey68.5%World Values Survey2018

Family Structure

Family is very important in life survey86.4%World Values Survey2018

Gender Roles

Women in national parliament 26.5%World Bank2025 When jobs are scarce, men should have more right to a job survey45.5%World Values Survey2018 Men make better political leaders than women survey50.4%World Values Survey2018

Democracy

It is important to live in a democracy survey82.8%World Values Survey2018 Satisfied with how democracy works survey83.6%World Values Survey2018 A strong leader without elections is good survey41.6%World Values Survey2018

Participation

Has signed a petition or joined a demonstration survey6.9%World Values Survey2018

Immigration Attitudes

Would not want immigrants as neighbours survey26.2%World Values Survey2018

Employment

Unemployment rate 4.6%World Bank2025 Youth unemployment rate 15.8%World Bank2025 Female labour force participation 59.1%World Bank2025 Male labour force participation 69.9%World Bank2025 Self-employed share 37.7%World Bank2025

Redistribution

Incomes should be made more equal survey34.2%World Values Survey2018 Work is very important in life survey44.7%World Values Survey2018

Happiness

Very happy or rather happy survey89.0%World Values Survey2018

Safety

Intentional homicides 0.5per 100kWorld Bank2020 Feels safe walking alone at night survey91.4%UN SDG2020

Tolerance

Homosexuality is justifiable survey10.4%World Values Survey2018 Would not want people of another race as neighbours survey18.4%World Values Survey2018

Socially closest countries

  1. Macao SAR, China66%
  2. Singapore65%
  3. Korea, Rep.64%
  4. Japan63%
  5. Uruguay63%
  6. Hong Kong SAR, China62%

Distance is computed on 23 value questions the two societies were both asked, standardised within each survey so that a different questionnaire does not pass for a different society. Similarity is relative to the widest distance in the world.

Every number carries its source and year. Where a country is missing, it is missing — we do not interpolate.