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Government > Spending Stats: compare key data on China & Japan

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  • Expense > % of GDP: Expense is cash payments for operating activities of the government in providing goods and services. It includes compensation of employees (such as wages and salaries), interest and subsidies, grants, social benefits, and other expenses such as rent and dividends."
  • Expense > Current LCU: Expense is cash payments for operating activities of the government in providing goods and services. It includes compensation of employees (such as wages and salaries), interest and subsidies, grants, social benefits, and other expenses such as rent and dividends."
  • Interest payments > % of expense: Interest payments include interest payments on government debt--including long-term bonds, long-term loans, and other debt instruments--to domestic and foreign residents."
  • Interest payments > % of revenue: Interest payments include interest payments on government debt--including long-term bonds, long-term loans, and other debt instruments--to domestic and foreign residents."
  • Interest payments > Current LCU: Interest payments include interest payments on government debt--including long-term bonds, long-term loans, and other debt instruments--to domestic and foreign residents."
  • Subsidies and other transfers > % of expense: Subsidies, grants, and other social benefits include all unrequited, nonrepayable transfers on current account to private and public enterprises; grants to foreign governments, international organisations, and other government units; and social security, social assistance benefits, and employer social benefits in cash and in kind."
  • Subsidies and other transfers > Current LCU: Subsidies, grants, and other social benefits include all unrequited, nonrepayable transfers on current account to private and public enterprises; grants to foreign governments, international organisations, and other government units; and social security, social assistance benefits, and employer social benefits in cash and in kind."
STAT China Japan HISTORY
Expense > % of GDP 11.14%
Ranked 96th.
14.62%
Ranked 32nd. 31% more than China
Expense > Current LCU 2.41 trillion
Ranked 12th.
63.87 trillion
Ranked 1st. 27 times more than China
Interest payments > % of expense 4.05%
Ranked 70th.
20.48%
Ranked 10th. 5 times more than China
Interest payments > % of revenue 4.24%
Ranked 62nd.
21.06%
Ranked 9th. 5 times more than China
Interest payments > Current LCU 97.54 billion
Ranked 19th.
13.08 trillion
Ranked 1st. 134 times more than China
Subsidies and other transfers > % of expense 60.39%
Ranked 25th.
64.76%
Ranked 1st. 7% more than China
Subsidies and other transfers > Current LCU 1.46 trillion
Ranked 9th.
41.37 trillion
Ranked 1st. 28 times more than China

SOURCES: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, and World Bank and OECD GDP estimates.; International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

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