Tax revenue in China
China: Tax revenue was 7.0% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Tax revenue in China, 2005–2024
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
The most recent figure for tax revenue in China is 7.0%, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 20 years on record.
That represents a change of down 8.1% on the previous year and down 26.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tax revenue in China peaked at 10.2% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 7.0%, in 2024.
That places China 147th out of 157 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 20 years of available data.
Tax revenue in China, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 8.5% | — |
| 2006 | 8.9% | +5.6% |
| 2007 | 9.6% | +7.8% |
| 2008 | 9.9% | +3.3% |
| 2009 | 10.1% | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 10.0% | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 10.2% | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 10.1% | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 9.7% | -3.5% |
| 2014 | 9.5% | -2.4% |
| 2015 | 9.2% | -3.2% |
| 2016 | 8.9% | -2.7% |
| 2017 | 9.2% | +3.4% |
| 2018 | 8.9% | -3.9% |
| 2019 | 8.3% | -6.3% |
| 2020 | 7.9% | -4.9% |
| 2021 | 7.8% | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 7.5% | -3.6% |
| 2023 | 7.6% | +1.6% |
| 2024 | 7.0% | -8.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9.4% | 8.5% | 10.1% | 5 |
| 2010s | 9.4% | 8.3% | 10.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.6% | 7.0% | 7.9% | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
More public sector data for China
- Arms imports 72.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 0.0511 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate -83.29 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 72.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 222.62 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0167 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 5.67 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 313.66 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 45.91 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tax revenue in China?
- Tax revenue in China was 7.0% in 2024, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest tax revenue recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 10.2% in 2011.
- What is the lowest tax revenue recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.0% in 2024.
- How does China rank for tax revenue?
- China ranks 147th out of 157 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tax revenue rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this China data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Tax revenue (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Taxes are compulsory, unrequited payments, in cash or in kind, made by institutional units to government units. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.