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A comparison of federal outlays for FY 2016 estimated in various federal budgets against the actual outlays in FY 2016.

Estimated vs. Actual Federal Spending
for Fiscal Year 2016 from Federal Budgets

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	US Federal Government Outlays Budgeted vs. Actual
-5yr -1yr   Fiscal Year 2016 in $ billion   +1yr +5yr

				Estimates for FY 2016 Federal Outlays in US Budgets
Change View: people old default radical census programs altprog COFOG				Estimate in FY12 Budget	Estimate in FY13 Budget	Estimate in FY14 Budget	Estimate in FY15 Budget	Estimate in FY16 Budget	Estimate in FY17 Budget	Actual 2016
[–]	Pensions:  Start chart			1,007.8	1,037.3	1,032.6	1,015.2	1,005.4	990.2	976.8
	[+]	Sickness and disability		n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
	[+]	Old age		1,007.8	1,037.3	1,032.6	1,015.2	1,005.4	990.2	976.8
[+]	Health Care			1,233.0	1,214.8	1,141.8	1,124.3	1,107.4	1,121.2	1,105.9
[+]	Education			128.7	117.4	119.4	125.9	119.2	126.2	121.7
[–]  Charts: Click on a to display a bar of data in a row or column of this table. Click on to display a time-series chart of data in a row. [+] Drill-down: Click on the [+] to drill down to more detailed numbers. For federal spending line items (but not revenue) you can drill down three levels to view about 4,000 items of spending at the “agency code” level.	Defense:  Start chart			901.8	794.5	811.6	817.0	851.8	829.1	813.2
	[+]	Military defense		679.8	578.3	589.2	592.4	615.5	604.5	593.4
	[+]	Civil defense		n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
	[+]	Veterans		164.2	165.8	169.6	174.7	180.3	178.2	174.6
	[+]	Foreign military aid		13.8	12.3	12.3	12.5	14.4	13.2	11.3
	[+]	Foreign economic aid		44.0	38.1	40.5	37.4	41.5	33.3	34.0
	[+]	R and D Defence		n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
	[+]	Defence n.e.c.		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
[+]	Welfare			380.3	399.3	392.7	401.0	399.4	383.0	369.4
[+]	Protection			60.6	58.9	59.8	55.9	58.5	64.4	55.8
[+]	Transportation			117.6	109.1	111.8	102.3	98.7	92.4	92.6
[+]	General Government			34.7	30.8	34.8	29.7	29.3	25.7	27.2
[+]	Other Spending			41.0	83.8	85.2	110.2	46.7	79.2	50.2
[+]	Interest			562.2	482.8	300.1	317.6	283.0	240.0	240.0
[+]	Balance			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
[+]	Total Spending			4,467.8	4,328.8	4,089.8	4,099.1	3,999.5	3,951.3	3,852.6
[+]	Federal Deficit			648.7	648.8	528.4	531.1	474.3	615.8	584.7
[+]	Gross Public Debt			20,825.0	20,391.2	20,026.6	19,511.6	19,333.8	19,433.3	19,539.5
Spending: Pie Chart: Select a pie chart you wish to display. You can create a pie chart for federal, state and local, and overall spending/revenue. budgeted estimated actual Data Sources for 2016: GDP, GO: GDP, GO Sources Federal: Fed. Budget: Hist. Tables 3.2, 5.1, 7.1								Switch to revenue

Pensions: Pensions, disability.

Health Care: Health care.

Education: K-12, college, training.

Defense: Military, foreign policy, veterans, foreign aid.

Welfare: Cash welfare, food stamps, unemployment benefits, workers compensation, housing, excluding health care.

Protection: Police, fire, law courts, prisons.

Transportation: Road, rail, airports.

General Government: Legislative, executive, finance.

Other Spending: Research, economic development, agriculture, energy, environment.

Interest: Interest on government debt.

Total Spending: Federal: total outlays including grants to state and local. State and local: direct spending on programs.

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US Federal Government Outlays Budgeted vs. Actual Fiscal Year 2016 Amounts in $ billion Estimates for FY 2016 Federal Outlays in US Budgets Estimate in FY12 Budget Estimate in FY13 Budget Estimate in FY14 Budget Estimate in FY15 Budget Estimate in FY16 Budget Estimate in FY17 Budget Actual 2016 Pensions 1,007.8 b 1,037.3 b 1,032.6 b 1,015.2 b 1,005.4 b 990.2 b 976.8 a -Sickness and disability n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a -Old age 1,007.8 b 1,037.3 b 1,032.6 b 1,015.2 b 1,005.4 b 990.2 b 976.8 a Health Care 1,233.0 b 1,214.8 b 1,141.8 b 1,124.3 b 1,107.4 b 1,121.2 b 1,105.9 a Education 128.7 b 117.4 b 119.4 b 125.9 b 119.2 b 126.2 b 121.7 a Defense 901.8 b 794.5 b 811.6 b 817.0 b 851.8 b 829.1 b 813.2 a -Military defense 679.8 b 578.3 b 589.2 b 592.4 b 615.5 b 604.5 b 593.4 a -Civil defense n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a -Veterans 164.2 b 165.8 b 169.6 b 174.7 b 180.3 b 178.2 b 174.6 a -Foreign military aid 13.8 b 12.3 b 12.3 b 12.5 b 14.4 b 13.2 b 11.3 a -Foreign economic aid 44.0 b 38.1 b 40.5 b 37.4 b 41.5 b 33.3 b 34.0 a -R and D Defence n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a -Defence n.e.c. 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Welfare 380.3 b 399.3 b 392.7 b 401.0 b 399.4 b 383.0 b 369.4 a Protection 60.6 b 58.9 b 59.8 b 55.9 b 58.5 b 64.4 b 55.8 a Transportation 117.6 b 109.1 b 111.8 b 102.3 b 98.7 b 92.4 b 92.6 a General Government 34.7 b 30.8 b 34.8 b 29.7 b 29.3 b 25.7 b 27.2 a Other Spending 41.0 b 83.8 b 85.2 b 110.2 b 46.7 b 79.2 b 50.2 a Interest 562.2 b 482.8 b 300.1 b 317.6 b 283.0 b 240.0 b 240.0 a Balance 0.0 b 0.0 b 0.0 b 0.0 b 0.0 b 0.0 b 0.0 a Total Spending 4,467.8 b 4,328.8 b 4,089.8 b 4,099.1 b 3,999.5 b 3,951.3 b 3,852.6 a Federal Deficit 648.7 b 648.8 b 528.4 b 531.1 b 474.3 b 615.8 b 584.7 a Gross Public Debt 20,825.0 e 20,391.2 e 20,026.6 e 19,511.6 e 19,333.8 e 19,433.3 e 19,539.5 a Legend: b - estimated by US budget e - estimated by usgovernmentspending.com a - actual reported Data Sources for 2016: Federal: <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/budget/2016/BUDGET-2016-TAB Fed. Budget: Hist. Tables 3.2, 5.1, 7.1 source: usgovernmentspending.com

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Spending Data Sources

Spending data is from official government sources.

• Federal spending data since 1962 comes from the president’s budget.
  
• All other spending data comes from the US Census Bureau.

Gross Domestic Product data comes from US Bureau of Economic Analysis and measuringworth.com.

Detailed table of spending data sources here.
Medicare breakdown here; Medicaid breakdown here.

Federal spending data begins in 1792.

State and local spending data begins in 1820.

State and local spending data for individual states begins in 1957.