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

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

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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.

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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 (601) General retirement and disability insurance (excluding social security) 1962 568 661 1963 599 632 1964 640 682 1965 687 668 1966 753 736 1967 812 731 1968 867 944 1969 949 1035 1970 1012 1032 1971 1080 1613 1972 1178 1812 1973 1308 2596 1974 1439 2750 1975 1561 4689 1976 1737 3248 1977 1974 3558 1978 2217 3365 1979 2501 4373 1980 2727 5083 1981 3055 5439 1982 3228 5571 1983 3441 5581 1984 3840 5441 1985 4142 5617 1986 4412 5330 1987 4647 5565 1988 5009 5294 1989 5401 5650 1990 5735 5148 1991 5935 4945 1992 6240 5483 1993 6576 4347 1994 6961 5720 1995 7326 5106 1996 7694 5234 1997 8182 4721 1998 8628 4632 1999 9125 1878 2000 9710 5189 2001 10058 5761 2002 10377 5741 2003 10809 7047 2004 11500 6573 2005 12238 6976 2006 13016 4592 2007 13668 7829 2008 14312 7923 2009 15027 4648 2010 15792 6600 2011 16580 6482 2012 17395 6664 2013 18243 6989

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

Year	GDP	(601) General retirement and disability insurance (excluding social security)

1962	567.6	661
1963	598.7	632
1964	640.4	682
1965	687.1	668
1966	752.9	736
1967	811.8	731
1968	866.6	944
1969	948.6	1035
1970	1012.2	1032
1971	1079.9	1613
1972	1178.3	1812
1973	1307.6	2596
1974	1439.3	2750
1975	1560.7	4689
1976	1736.5	3248
1977	1974.3	3558
1978	2217.0	3365
1979	2500.7	4373
1980	2726.7	5083
1981	3054.7	5439
1982	3227.6	5571
1983	3440.7	5581
1984	3840.2	5441
1985	4141.5	5617
1986	4412.4	5330
1987	4647.1	5565
1988	5008.6	5294
1989	5400.5	5650
1990	5735.4	5148
1991	5935.1	4945
1992	6239.9	5483
1993	6575.5	4347
1994	6961.3	5720
1995	7325.8	5106
1996	7694.1	5234
1997	8182.4	4721
1998	8627.9	4632
1999	9125.3	1878
2000	9709.8	5189
2001	10057.9	5761
2002	10377.4	5741
2003	10808.6	7047
2004	11499.9	6573
2005	12237.9	6976
2006	13015.5	4592
2007	13667.5	7829
2008	14311.5	7923
2009	15027.0	4648
2010	15792.0	6600
2011	16580.2	6482
2012	17395.0	6664
2013	18243.3	6989

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

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

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

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