This statistic presents the budget allocated by the Chinese government to its various public expenditure items in 2021, in billions of yuan. That year, education was the largest expenditure item of the Chinese state with a budget of more than *** billion U.S. dollars. For comparison, total spending on education in France was over *** billion U.S. dollars in 2022. In 2021, China allocated more than *** billion U.S. dollars to its military budget, an amount that has tripled since 2008.
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National Bureau of Statistics of China. (September 1, 2022). Amount of the Chinese state budget in 2021, by expenditure item (in billions of yuan) [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 22, 2026, from /statistics/1631153/china-public-spending-by-sector-2021/
National Bureau of Statistics of China. "Amount of the Chinese state budget in 2021, by expenditure item (in billions of yuan)." Chart. September 1, 2022. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed July 22, 2026. /statistics/1631153/china-public-spending-by-sector-2021/
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Amount of the Chinese state budget in 2021, by expenditure item (in billions of yuan) [Graph], National Bureau of Statistics of China, September 1, 2022. [Online]. Available: /statistics/1631153/china-public-spending-by-sector-2021/
