IMF Government Finance Statistics · updated 2026-10-03 · 77 economies tracked
8.96 (2024)
##1 of 77 economies
4.4%
1.31×
1 = global #1 · higher value ranks higher
Real annual global ranks, 2017 - 2025. China climbed from #8 to #1 (overtook Greece). Gaps in a lane = missing data that year.
Key events for China ↓Auto-detected from rank data + curated milestones
Government Total Liabilities (% of GDP), Government Social Protection Expenditure (% of GDP), Government Financial Assets (% of GDP), Government Net Wealth Change from Other Economic Flows (% of GDP)
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