Military expenditures as a share of government expenditure reached 4.79% in 2022 in China, according to the SIPRI Military Expenditure Database. This is 3.37% less than in the previous year.
Historically, military expenditures as a share of government expenditure in China reached an all time high of 16.9% in 1992 and an all time low of 4.77% in 2020.
China has been ranked 66th within the group of 142 countries we follow in terms of military expenditures as a share of government expenditure.
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