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China: Government consumption

Millions of local currency · 1952–2024 · 73 observations · gcons

2024
22.4 trillionlocal currency
Change on 2023
+0.9%year on year
Average growth, 2014–2024
+8.0%a year
In US dollars, 2024
$3.12 trillionUS dollars

Government consumption

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Recent values

Millions of local currency

YearValue
202422,439,660
202322,247,420
202220,562,260
202119,193,420
202018,217,600
201917,251,730
201815,759,170
201713,983,310
201612,483,920
201511,421,300

Sources

  • Penn World Table1952–2019
  • World Development Indicators1960–2024
  • United Nations1970–2024

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China documentation (PDF)

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Government consumption elsewhere

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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