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China: Government revenue (% of GDP)

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

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

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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