GDP · 2024
3.26
trillion yuanLiaoning Statistics ↗
Province-wide GDP
Provinces · China in Figures
Liaoning in figures
Northeast China’s industrial heartland and a Bohai coastal province.
Official standard map
Liaoning Province Standard Map
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Resident population · 2024
41.55
million peopleLiaoning Statistics ↗
Year-end resident population
Administrative area · 2024
145,900
Provincial territory, not built-up area
Province profile
Economy, population and provincial structure
Each value keeps its own unit. Indexed bars provide a visual summary only and are not direct unit comparisons.
Source: Liaoning Statistics ↗ · Liaoning Government ↗ · Liaoning 2024 statistical communique and official geography references.chinainfigures.com
Urbanisation
74.2 percentLiaoning Statistics ↗
Share of resident population classified as urban.
GDP per resident
78,491 yuan per personLiaoning Statistics ↗
Province-wide current-price GDP per resident.
Services share
56.9 percentLiaoning Statistics ↗
Tertiary industry share of GDP.
Scope
What the province total covers
Liaoning is the industrial heartland of northeast China and a Bohai coastal province, centred on Shenyang and Dalian. Province-wide figures cover the whole territory—do not treat the total as a single port-city economy.
Boundary
Province is not a metro area
Resident population is year-end province-wide. At about 41.55 million it has one of the highest urbanisation rates of any Chinese province, reflecting its dense city system. Administrative area (145,900 sq km) is land inside the provincial boundary, not built-up area.
Economy
How to read the structure
In 2024, Liaoning's GDP reached 3.26 trillion yuan. Services accounted for 56.9 percent; equipment manufacturing and high-tech industry led secondary growth. 2024 industry structure: primary 7.9%, secondary 35.3%, tertiary 56.9%. Real GDP growth was 5.1%.
International scale check
Compared with Malaysia
Selected for similar economic scale: Malaysia.
Not a like-for-like rank
Malaysia's nominal GDP (~US$0.45T, IMF 2024) is close to Liaoning's province GDP after USD conversion (~US$0.47T).
Liaoning is a Chinese province; Malaysia is a sovereign state. Area is comparable but administrative status differs.
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Liaoning
Chinese province-level region-wide scope
Peer country
Malaysia
National territory (sovereign state)
| Metric | Liaoning | Malaysia |
|---|---|---|
| Gross product | 3.26trillion yuan≈ US$468B (Indicative conversion only (≈ CNY 6.97 per USD))Liaoning Statistics ↗ | 450US$ billionUN / Wikipedia countries by nominal GDP ↗ |
| Population | 41.55million peopleLiaoning Statistics ↗ | 34million peopleDOSM Malaysia / UN population estimates ↗ |
| Area | 145,900sq kmLiaoning Government ↗ | 330,803sq kmDOSM Malaysia / national area ↗ |
| Density (derived) | 285people / sq km | 103people / sq km |
Used only to place Chinese province GDP beside country GDP in USD. Not PPP, not constant-price, and not an official exchange-rate series.
Industrial footprint
Industries that stand out
These facts highlight measurable national or global shares, rankings, and concentrated industry clusters. Sub-provincial facts are labelled with their exact local scope.
Liaoning
Magnesite resources
85.6%
Share of China's magnesite reserves
Treat 85.6% as an as-reported reserve/resource share, not annual mine output. Do not combine it with absolute reserve amounts from the undated provincial overview page.
Source · Liaoning Provincial People's Government ↗Liaoning
Shipbuilding
23.8%
Share of China shipbuilding completions, Jan-Jun
- National completion rank
- No. 2 in China
This is the January-June 2026 shipbuilding completion-volume share by deadweight tonnage, directly published as 23.8%. Do not annualize it or substitute the separately reported new-order share (36.4%) or orderbook share (26.9%).
Source · Liaoning Provincial People's Government ↗Liaoning
Swimwear
~1/4
Share of global swimwear output originating from Liaoning
Preserve the published 1-in-4 fraction. The stored 25% is a machine-readable conversion only; this is an as-reported output-origin share rather than a customs export or sales market share.
Source · Liaoning Provincial People's Government ↗Liaoning
Cashmere coats
~1/2
Share of global cashmere-coat output originating from Liaoning
Preserve the published 1-in-2 fraction. The stored 50% is a machine-readable conversion only; this is an as-reported output-origin share rather than a customs export or sales market share.
Source · Liaoning Provincial People's Government ↗