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China: General government tax revenue (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1952–2025 · 74 observations · gen_govtax_GDP

2025
13.5%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.4 pointsfrom 14.0%
Average, 2016–2025
16.1%10 years
Record high and low
22.3% (1985)low 9.56% (1996)

General government tax revenue (% of GDP)

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Percent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202513.5
202414.0
202315.0
202214.6
202115.9
202016.0
201917.0
201818.2
201718.5
201618.5

Sources

  • National Bureau of Statistics of China1952–2023
  • Asian Development Bank2000–2025
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics2005–2024

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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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