Download Government Spending Data Series 1902-2013

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You can download any of the raw data series used to compile the government spending data in usgovernmentspending.com. You select the data series you want and then copy-paste the tab delimited data from a textbox on this page into your spreadsheet.

Download Instructions:

Prepare a suite of data for download by making a selection from one of the dropdown menus below. You can select:

A group of functionally related spending data series
An individual spending data series

You can also remove individual data series that you don’t want.

Select Functional Data Series Group: Select a group of data series to download (you can add individual data series later):

Add Individual Data Series: Select Spending Data Series to add to download (you can add more later):

Change Data Units: You can download data in raw format (i.e., in the units used in the database for each item, or in $ billion, $ million, or percent of GDP.

Select Fiscal Year: You can select the budget for which you want to download estimated federal spending.

Copy and Paste: When you have created the dataset you want then just copy the tab-delimited text in the textbox below (click cursor in text box, then press ctrl-A then press ctrl-C) and paste it into your spreadsheet.

Year GDP (806) General purpose fiscal assistance (808) Other general government (B30) Federal Intergovernmental - General Local Government Support 1962 568 212 28 0 1963 599 232 63 0 1964 640 241 150 0 1965 687 238 39 0 1966 753 268 79 0 1967 812 305 101 0 1968 867 339 126 0 1969 949 430 40 0 1970 1012 535 121 0 1971 1080 535 126 0 1972 1178 672 173 0 1973 1308 7350 157 0 1974 1439 6888 363 0 1975 1561 7184 424 0 1976 1737 7232 393 0 1977 1974 9569 448 0 1978 2217 8442 448 0 1979 2501 8369 523 0 1980 2727 8582 569 0 1981 3055 6854 745 0 1982 3228 6390 503 0 1983 3441 6452 767 0 1984 3840 6768 555 0 1985 4142 6353 519 0 1986 4412 6431 480 0 1987 4647 1621 808 0 1988 5009 1816 1892 0 1989 5401 2061 806 0 1990 5735 2161 790 0 1991 5935 2100 1270 0 1992 6240 1865 1767 448750 1993 6576 1935 1300 448040 1994 6961 1937 970 450241 1995 7326 2220 1596 524568 1996 7694 2059 992 508221 1997 8182 2189 1270 530480 1998 8628 2188 955 584929 1999 9125 1958 2228 613380 2000 9710 2084 2206 653480 2001 10058 2308 1779 733436 2002 10377 2403 2254 679357 2003 10809 7464 2079 693280 2004 11500 7675 2345 1197574 2005 12238 3333 2440 723105 2006 13016 3798 1164 687153 2007 13668 3543 1636 748942 2008 14312 4026 1698 763344 2009 15027 4111 1487 778023 2010 15792 8155 1442 792984 2011 16580 4074 1496 808233 2012 17395 4273 1689 823775 2013 18243 4044 1490 839616

Here is a formatted version of the data you have selected.You can remove a data series by selecting “out” in the dropdown for each data series.

Year	GDP	(806) General purpose fiscal assistance	(808) Other general government	(B30) Federal Intergovernmental - General Local Government Support

1962	567.6	212	28	0
1963	598.7	232	63	0
1964	640.4	241	150	0
1965	687.1	238	39	0
1966	752.9	268	79	0
1967	811.8	305	101	0
1968	866.6	339	126	0
1969	948.6	430	40	0
1970	1012.2	535	121	0
1971	1079.9	535	126	0
1972	1178.3	672	173	0
1973	1307.6	7350	157	0
1974	1439.3	6888	363	0
1975	1560.7	7184	424	0
1976	1736.5	7232	393	0
1977	1974.3	9569	448	0
1978	2217.0	8442	448	0
1979	2500.7	8369	523	0
1980	2726.7	8582	569	0
1981	3054.7	6854	745	0
1982	3227.6	6390	503	0
1983	3440.7	6452	767	0
1984	3840.2	6768	555	0
1985	4141.5	6353	519	0
1986	4412.4	6431	480	0
1987	4647.1	1621	808	0
1988	5008.6	1816	1892	0
1989	5400.5	2061	806	0
1990	5735.4	2161	790	0
1991	5935.1	2100	1270	0
1992	6239.9	1865	1767	448750
1993	6575.5	1935	1300	448040
1994	6961.3	1937	970	450241
1995	7325.8	2220	1596	524568
1996	7694.1	2059	992	508221
1997	8182.4	2189	1270	530480
1998	8627.9	2188	955	584929
1999	9125.3	1958	2228	613380
2000	9709.8	2084	2206	653480
2001	10057.9	2308	1779	733436
2002	10377.4	2403	2254	679357
2003	10808.6	7464	2079	693280
2004	11499.9	7675	2345	1197574
2005	12237.9	3333	2440	723105
2006	13015.5	3798	1164	687153
2007	13667.5	3543	1636	748942
2008	14311.5	4026	1698	763344
2009	15027.0	4111	1487	778023
2010	15792.0	8155	1442	792984
2011	16580.2	4074	1496	808233
2012	17395.0	4273	1689	823775
2013	18243.3	4044	1490	839616

Education

“We have met with families in which for weeks together, not an article of sustenance but potatoes had been used; yet for every child the hard-earned sum was provided to send them to school.”
E. G. West, Education and the State

Mutual Aid

In 1911... at least nine million of the 12 million covered by national insurance were already members of voluntary sick pay schemes. A similar proportion were also eligible for medical care.
Green, Reinventing Civil Society

Government Expenditure

The Union publishes an exact return of the amount of its taxes; I can get copies of the budgets of the four and twenty component states; but who can tell me what the citizens spend in the administration of county and township?
Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America

Democratic Capitalism

Three dynamic and converging systems functioning as one: a democratic polity, an economy based on markets and incentives, and a moral-cultural system which is plural and, in the largest sense, liberal.
Michael Novak, The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism