Housing rent in China decreased 0.6% year-on-year in August 2026, the same pace as in the previous four months. Rent Inflation in China averaged 2.55 percent from 2001 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 14.00 percent in February of 2001 and a record low of -1.20 percent in August of 2020. source: National Bureau of Statistics of China
Rent Inflation in China is expected to be -0.10 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the China Rent Inflation is projected to trend around -0.20 percent in 2027 and 0.00 percent in 2028, according to our econometric models.