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China: General government revenue (% of GDP)

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

2025
24.3%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−1.6 pointsfrom 25.8%
Average, 2016–2025
26.6%10 years
Record high and low
40.4% (1960)low 10.1% (1995)

General government revenue (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203124.8Forecast
203024.8Forecast
202924.7Forecast
202824.6Forecast
202724.4Forecast
202624.2Forecast
202524.3
202425.8
202326.0
202225.3
202126.0
202025.3
201927.6
201828.4
201728.7
201628.4

Sources

  • National Bureau of Statistics of China1952–2023
  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1982–2023
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1982–2024
  • Asian Development Bank2000–2025
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics2005–2024
  • 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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