Download Government Spending Data Series 1902-2013

Warning: Under Construction!

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 (000) Total federal outlays (E00) E00 1962 568 106821 0 1963 599 111316 0 1964 640 118528 0 1965 687 118228 0 1966 753 134532 0 1967 812 157464 0 1968 867 178134 0 1969 949 183640 0 1970 1012 195649 0 1971 1080 210172 0 1972 1178 230681 0 1973 1308 245707 0 1974 1439 269359 0 1975 1561 332332 0 1976 1737 371792 0 1977 1974 409218 0 1978 2217 458746 0 1979 2501 504028 0 1980 2727 590941 0 1981 3055 678241 0 1982 3228 745743 0 1983 3441 808364 0 1984 3840 851853 0 1985 4142 946396 0 1986 4412 990441 0 1987 4647 1004083 0 1988 5009 1064481 0 1989 5401 1143829 0 1990 5735 1253130 0 1991 5935 1324331 0 1992 6240 1381649 1153149256 1993 6576 1409522 1210096262 1994 6961 1461907 1260641677 1995 7326 1515884 1347763004 1996 7694 1560608 1393714332 1997 8182 1601307 1456885320 1998 8628 1652685 1525761802 1999 9125 1702035 1622102644 2000 9710 1789216 1742913626 2001 10058 1863190 1894844098 2002 10377 2011153 2047149639 2003 10809 2160117 2159772278 2004 11500 2293006 2260330261 2005 12238 2472205 2367366384 2006 13016 2655435 2474105299 2007 13668 2730241 2585656818 2008 14312 2931222 2702237929 2009 15027 3107355 2824075404 2010 15792 3091340 2951406242 2011 16580 3171233 3084478124 2012 17395 3221828 3223549900 2013 18243 3398886 3368892092

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	(000) Total federal outlays	(E00) E00

1962	567.6	106821	0
1963	598.7	111316	0
1964	640.4	118528	0
1965	687.1	118228	0
1966	752.9	134532	0
1967	811.8	157464	0
1968	866.6	178134	0
1969	948.6	183640	0
1970	1012.2	195649	0
1971	1079.9	210172	0
1972	1178.3	230681	0
1973	1307.6	245707	0
1974	1439.3	269359	0
1975	1560.7	332332	0
1976	1736.5	371792	0
1977	1974.3	409218	0
1978	2217.0	458746	0
1979	2500.7	504028	0
1980	2726.7	590941	0
1981	3054.7	678241	0
1982	3227.6	745743	0
1983	3440.7	808364	0
1984	3840.2	851853	0
1985	4141.5	946396	0
1986	4412.4	990441	0
1987	4647.1	1004083	0
1988	5008.6	1064481	0
1989	5400.5	1143829	0
1990	5735.4	1253130	0
1991	5935.1	1324331	0
1992	6239.9	1381649	1153149256
1993	6575.5	1409522	1210096262
1994	6961.3	1461907	1260641677
1995	7325.8	1515884	1347763004
1996	7694.1	1560608	1393714332
1997	8182.4	1601307	1456885320
1998	8627.9	1652685	1525761802
1999	9125.3	1702035	1622102644
2000	9709.8	1789216	1742913626
2001	10057.9	1863190	1894844098
2002	10377.4	2011153	2047149639
2003	10808.6	2160117	2159772278
2004	11499.9	2293006	2260330261
2005	12237.9	2472205	2367366384
2006	13015.5	2655435	2474105299
2007	13667.5	2730241	2585656818
2008	14311.5	2931222	2702237929
2009	15027.0	3107355	2824075404
2010	15792.0	3091340	2951406242
2011	16580.2	3171233	3084478124
2012	17395.0	3221828	3223549900
2013	18243.3	3398886	3368892092

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

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

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

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