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China: Government consumption (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1952–2024 · 73 observations · gcons_GDP

2024
17.1%percent of GDP
Change on 2023
−0.6 pointsfrom 17.6%
Average, 2015–2024
17.1%10 years
Record high and low
18.0% (2020)low 10.2% (1959)

Government consumption (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202417.1
202317.6
202217.1
202116.7
202018.0
201917.5
201817.1
201716.8
201616.7
201516.6

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

China documentation (PDF)

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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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