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China: General government deficit

Millions of local currency · 1982–2025 · 44 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govdef

2025
−10.7 trillionlocal currency

General government deficit

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Recent values

Millions of local currency

YearValue
2031-15,536,932Forecast
2030-14,671,813Forecast
2029-14,016,648Forecast
2028-13,557,801Forecast
2027-12,339,172Forecast
2026-11,637,758Forecast
2025-10,671,044
2024-8,753,829
2023-7,622,450
2022-8,904,020
2021-5,105,965
2020-6,941,672
2019-4,246,546
2018-3,414,074
2017-2,466,060
2016-2,167,300

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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