China Government Spending
China government spending data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 16.63%.
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China · government spending data as percent of GDP.
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Prices & Inflation3
Growth & Output9
Public Finance8
Labor Market6
External Sector5
Monetary & Financial7
Population & Society7
Energy & Environment2
Interpretation
China recorded 16.63% for Government Spending in 2024, the latest available observation in this dataset.
Compared with 2023, the indicator decreased by 0.56 percentage points, from 17.19% to 16.63%.
The latest observation is below the average of the last 10 available observations (16.76%).
Across the five latest available observations (2020–2024), the pattern is lower overall, but uneven.
Within the last 10 available observations, the low was 16.26% in 2015 and the high was 17.60% in 2020.