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Time Series Chart of Government Spending
To copy the chart, right-click your mouse on the chart, and copy or save it to a file. Download the chart data (and associated GDP or chained GDP)
here. Use the table below to change the chart
Click on Help Topics dropdown control for help in customizing your chart. Remember, you can display a maximum of five
data series at once.
| Spending Units: By default, government spending is displayed in billions of dollars. But using a dropdown control in the table heading you can select $ billion (2000), and percent of GDP. Chart Title: You can create a title for your chart. Use the text field to enter a title and click the button to the right of the text field. US or State: By default, the chart shows overall United States government spending. But you can select spending for individual states by selecting the state dropdown control in the table heading. |
| View: There are many ways to view the spending data. The default view is functional. There is a census view that conforms with the spending categories used by the US Census Bureau in its Statistical Abstract. There is a COFOG view that categorizes spending using the UN methodology. Line/Bar: By default, the data series are displayed as line charts. But you can also select a bar chart. Data Stack: By default, the data series are “stacked” when displayed on the chart. But you can change the setting to “un stack” the data series. Chart Size: By default, the chart is displayed at medium size. But you can use the dropdown control to change the size. Color: By default charts are displayed with color data lines and fill. You can change this to grayscale if you want. US Budget Year: By default, the chart displays budgeted and estimated federal spending in the current US Budget submitted to the Congress by the president. But you can look at previous budgeted numbers using this dropdown control. |
Chart Range Start Year: You can select any start year you want using the dropdown control in the table heading. At the top and bottom of the dropdown only years ending in “0” are shown. Select a start year to get close, then select the start year you want. End Year: You can select any end year you want using the dropdown control in the table heading. At the top and bottom of the dropdown only years ending in “0” are shown. Select an end year to get close, then select the end year you want. |
| Category | Sub-category | Fed | Gov. Xfer | State | Local | Total | |
| Data Series: Select a spending series you want to chart from a dropdown on the left. If you select on the bottom dropdown you will add a data series (up to a maximum of five). The right-hand dropdown allows you to replace a data series with a more narrowly focused series. Click the “X” link to remove a data series from the chart. | X | ||||||
If you’d like to create your own custom chart of spending data you should use the table above to make your selections.
- Select the year range: Select the start year and the end year you want by selecting the years you want in the two year dropdown boxes.
- Select spending items: Just select the spending item you want from the dropdown control. If you select from the < select > you will add another data series to your chart. Up to 5 data series are allowed at once. Click the “X” link to remove a data series from the chart.
- Select units: You can select the display in billions of nominal (i.e. inflated) dollars, billions of real (i.e. year 2000) dollars, or as percent of GDP.
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Below is a formatted version of the data displayed in the chart.
| Year | GDP- $ billion | Total Spending-total $ billion |
| 1994 | 2507.06 | |
| 1995 | 2634.87 | |
| 1996 | 2719.43 | |
| 1997 | 2813.59 | |
| 1998 | 2923.39 | |
| 1999 | 3053.51 | |
| 2000 | 3240.18 | |
| 2001 | 3434.00 | |
| 2002 | 3697.75 | |
| 2003 | 3930.63 | |
| 2004 | 4127.66 | |
| 2005 | 4402.46 | |
| 2006 | 4703.79 | |
| 2007 | 4900.07 | |
| 2008 | 5283.33 | |
| 2009 | 6434.49 | |
| 2010 | 6171.16 | |
| 2011 | 6345.89 | |
| 2012 | 6522.91 | |
| 2013 | 6875.07 | |
| 2014 | 7249.91 |
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