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China: General government expenditure

Millions of local currency · 1952–2025 · 74 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govexp

2025
43.4 trillionlocal currency
Change on 2024
+0.1%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+7.3%a year

General government expenditure

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Recent values

Millions of local currency

YearValue
203160,995,948Forecast
203057,768,683Forecast
202954,732,832Forecast
202851,904,270Forecast
202749,143,197Forecast
202646,277,861Forecast
202543,362,163
202443,306,499
202341,263,472
202239,323,980
202136,673,133
202035,310,959
201933,156,114
201830,007,376
201726,636,820
201623,654,786

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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