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China: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

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

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

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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