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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Year GDP (552) Health research and training 1962 568 580 1963 599 722 1964 640 925 1965 687 780 1966 753 918 1967 812 1184 1968 867 1517 1969 949 1599 1970 1012 1688 1971 1080 1801 1972 1178 2085 1973 1308 2423 1974 1439 2497 1975 1561 2779 1976 1737 3323 1977 1974 3524 1978 2217 3752 1979 2501 3607 1980 2727 4161 1981 3055 4615 1982 3228 4618 1983 3441 4552 1984 3840 4767 1985 4142 5376 1986 4412 5921 1987 4647 6156 1988 5009 7186 1989 5401 7870 1990 5735 8611 1991 5935 8899 1992 6240 10021 1993 6576 10794 1994 6961 11000 1995 7326 11569 1996 7694 10827 1997 8182 11847 1998 8628 13073 1999 9125 14383 2000 9710 15979 2001 10058 17926 2002 10377 21356 2003 10809 24044 2004 11500 27099 2005 12238 28050 2006 13016 28828 2007 13668 29279 2008 14312 29518 2009 15027 30086 2010 15792 29726 2011 16580 28745 2012 17395 29027 2013 18243 28832

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

Year	GDP	(552) Health research and training

1962	567.6	580
1963	598.7	722
1964	640.4	925
1965	687.1	780
1966	752.9	918
1967	811.8	1184
1968	866.6	1517
1969	948.6	1599
1970	1012.2	1688
1971	1079.9	1801
1972	1178.3	2085
1973	1307.6	2423
1974	1439.3	2497
1975	1560.7	2779
1976	1736.5	3323
1977	1974.3	3524
1978	2217.0	3752
1979	2500.7	3607
1980	2726.7	4161
1981	3054.7	4615
1982	3227.6	4618
1983	3440.7	4552
1984	3840.2	4767
1985	4141.5	5376
1986	4412.4	5921
1987	4647.1	6156
1988	5008.6	7186
1989	5400.5	7870
1990	5735.4	8611
1991	5935.1	8899
1992	6239.9	10021
1993	6575.5	10794
1994	6961.3	11000
1995	7325.8	11569
1996	7694.1	10827
1997	8182.4	11847
1998	8627.9	13073
1999	9125.3	14383
2000	9709.8	15979
2001	10057.9	17926
2002	10377.4	21356
2003	10808.6	24044
2004	11499.9	27099
2005	12237.9	28050
2006	13015.5	28828
2007	13667.5	29279
2008	14311.5	29518
2009	15027.0	30086
2010	15792.0	29726
2011	16580.2	28745
2012	17395.0	29027
2013	18243.3	28832

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