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.

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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 (152) International security assistance 1962 568 1958 1963 599 2185 1964 640 1830 1965 687 1599 1966 753 1590 1967 812 1530 1968 867 1051 1969 949 1102 1970 1012 1094 1971 1080 1367 1972 1178 1446 1973 1308 1427 1974 1439 1824 1975 1561 2535 1976 1737 2683 1977 1974 3075 1978 2217 3926 1979 2501 3655 1980 2727 4763 1981 3055 5095 1982 3228 5416 1983 3441 6613 1984 3840 7924 1985 4142 9391 1986 4412 10499 1987 4647 7106 1988 5009 4500 1989 5401 1467 1990 5735 8652 1991 5935 9823 1992 6240 7490 1993 6576 7639 1994 6961 6642 1995 7326 5252 1996 7694 4565 1997 8182 4632 1998 8628 5135 1999 9125 5531 2000 9710 6387 2001 10058 6560 2002 10377 7907 2003 10809 8620 2004 11500 8369 2005 12238 7895 2006 13016 7811 2007 13668 7982 2008 14312 9025 2009 15027 8918 2010 15792 8694 2011 16580 8939 2012 17395 8943 2013 18243 8955

Here is a formatted version of the data you have selected.

Year	GDP	(152) International security assistance

1962	567.6	1958
1963	598.7	2185
1964	640.4	1830
1965	687.1	1599
1966	752.9	1590
1967	811.8	1530
1968	866.6	1051
1969	948.6	1102
1970	1012.2	1094
1971	1079.9	1367
1972	1178.3	1446
1973	1307.6	1427
1974	1439.3	1824
1975	1560.7	2535
1976	1736.5	2683
1977	1974.3	3075
1978	2217.0	3926
1979	2500.7	3655
1980	2726.7	4763
1981	3054.7	5095
1982	3227.6	5416
1983	3440.7	6613
1984	3840.2	7924
1985	4141.5	9391
1986	4412.4	10499
1987	4647.1	7106
1988	5008.6	4500
1989	5400.5	1467
1990	5735.4	8652
1991	5935.1	9823
1992	6239.9	7490
1993	6575.5	7639
1994	6961.3	6642
1995	7325.8	5252
1996	7694.1	4565
1997	8182.4	4632
1998	8627.9	5135
1999	9125.3	5531
2000	9709.8	6387
2001	10057.9	6560
2002	10377.4	7907
2003	10808.6	8620
2004	11499.9	8369
2005	12237.9	7895
2006	13015.5	7811
2007	13667.5	7982
2008	14311.5	9025
2009	15027.0	8918
2010	15792.0	8694
2011	16580.2	8939
2012	17395.0	8943
2013	18243.3	8955

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