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China: General government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1952–2025 · 74 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govexp_GDP

2025
31.7%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−1.2 pointsfrom 32.9%
Average, 2016–2025
32.7%10 years
Record high and low
45.0% (1960)low 11.0% (1996)

General government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203132.5Forecast
203032.4Forecast
202932.4Forecast
202832.5Forecast
202732.4Forecast
202632.0Forecast
202531.7
202432.9
202332.7
202232.6
202131.9
202034.8
201933.6
201832.6
201732.0
201631.7

Sources

  • National Bureau of Statistics of China1952–2023
  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1982–2023
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1982–2024
  • Asian Development Bank2000–2025
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031

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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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