IMF Government Finance Statistics · updated 2026-10-03 · 50 economies tracked
0.9 (2021)
##23 of 50 economies
1.7%
1.08×
1 = global #1 · higher value ranks higher
Real annual global ranks, 2017 - 2025. China climbed from #27 to #23 (overtook Kyrgyz Republic). 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 Economic Affairs Expenditure (% of GDP), Government Financial Assets (% of GDP)
No community estimates yet for Government Interest Expenditure (% of GDP) — be the first.