In 2021, general government total expenditure (% of GDP) for China was 32.7 %. General government total expenditure (% of GDP) of China increased from 18.5 % in 2002 to 32.7 % in 2021 growing at an average annual rate of 3.26%.
The description is composed by our digital data assistant.Total expenditure consists of total expense and the net acquisition of non-financial assets. Note: Apart from being on an accrual basis, total expenditure differs from the GFSM 1986 definition of total expenditure in the sense that it also takes the disposals of non-financial assets into account.