China Government Revenue and Spending Over Time (1982–2026)

Global Statistics and Country Indicators

Government Revenue (% of GDP)

Global rank: 108 / 189

Data table

1982	24.5%	1994	10.7%	2005	16.6%	2016	28.4%
1983	24.6%	1995	10.1%	2006	16.9%	2017	28.7%
1984	23.5%	1996	10.3%	2007	17.9%	2018	28.4%
1985	23.4%	1997	10.8%	2008	22.1%	2019	27.6%
1986	22%	1998	11.5%	2009	23.5%	2020	25.3%
1987	19.7%	1999	12.6%	2010	24.3%	2021	26%
1988	17.2%	2000	13.3%	2011	26.6%	2022	25.3%
1989	17.7%	2001	14.6%	2012	27.4%	2023	26%
1990	17.5%	2002	15.4%	2013	27.3%	2024	25.8%
1991	15.5%	2003	15.6%	2014	27.7%	2025	25%
1992	13.4%	2004	16.1%	2015	28.5%	2026	24.7%
1993	12.5%

Government Revenue (Local currency - CNY)

Data table

1982	131.9B	1994	521.8B	2005	3.16T	2016	21.58T
1983	149B	1995	624.2B	2006	3.78T	2017	24.23T
1984	171.5B	1996	740.8B	2007	4.93T	2018	26.55T
1985	213.3B	1997	865.1B	2008	7.16T	2019	27.79T
1986	228.6B	1998	987.6B	2009	8.31T	2020	26.34T
1987	240.7B	1999	1.14T	2010	10.1T	2021	30.51T
1988	261.9B	2000	1.34T	2011	13.08T	2022	31.23T
1989	305B	2001	1.64T	2012	15.02T	2023	33.68T
1990	331.7B	2002	1.89T	2013	16.54T	2024	34.85T
1991	343.1B	2003	2.17T	2014	18.24T	2025	35.06T
1992	367.1B	2004	2.64T	2015	20.08T	2026	35.98T
1993	449.5B

Government Spending (% of GDP)

Global rank: 82 / 189

Data table

1982	24.2%	1994	12.4%	2005	18%	2016	31.7%
1983	24.6%	1995	11.1%	2006	18.1%	2017	32%
1984	23.4%	1996	11%	2007	17.9%	2018	32.6%
1985	22.5%	1997	11.5%	2008	22.2%	2019	33.6%
1986	22.3%	1998	12.6%	2009	25.2%	2020	34.8%
1987	20.4%	1999	14.9%	2010	24.7%	2021	31.9%
1988	18.2%	2000	16.1%	2011	26.6%	2022	32.6%
1989	18.6%	2001	17.2%	2012	27.7%	2023	32.7%
1990	18.2%	2002	18.2%	2013	28.1%	2024	32.9%
1991	16.5%	2003	18%	2014	28.4%	2025	32.9%
1992	14.6%	2004	17.6%	2015	31%	2026	32.8%
1993	13.4%

Government Spending (Local currency - CNY)

Data table

1982	130.8B	1994	603.6B	2005	3.43T	2016	24.11T
1983	149B	1995	682.4B	2006	4.03T	2017	27.05T
1984	171B	1996	793.8B	2007	4.91T	2018	30.47T
1985	204.9B	1997	923.4B	2008	7.16T	2019	33.84T
1986	232.2B	1998	1.08T	2009	8.92T	2020	36.31T
1987	249.3B	1999	1.35T	2010	10.25T	2021	37.43T
1988	276.6B	2000	1.62T	2011	13.13T	2022	40.26T
1989	320.8B	2001	1.93T	2012	15.18T	2023	42.37T
1990	345.4B	2002	2.24T	2013	17.03T	2024	44.44T
1991	366.1B	2003	2.5T	2014	18.68T	2025	46.09T
1992	400.3B	2004	2.88T	2015	21.84T	2026	47.88T
1993	481.3B