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United States Government Spending Chart

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Spending Units: By default, government spending is displayed in billions of dollars. But using a dropdown control in the table heading you can select billions of 2017 dollars, percent of GDP, 2017 dollars per capita, percent of federal spending, or percent of total spending.
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.
State, Local: By default, you can chart state spending or local spending by clicking a radio button in the selection table. But you can chart state-and-local combined by selecting state n local in the state/local 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.
Linear/Log: By default, the data series are displayed as linear charts. But you can also select a log chart. Linear charts show constant amount changes as a straight line; Log charts show constant rates of change as a straight line.
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. Or display a chart using Google API or chart.js API.
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.
Mandatory: By default the chart shows all spending without regard to mandatory or discretionary. Select Mandatory if you want to chart only federal Mandatory spending, Discretionary if you want to chart only federal Discretionary spending, Both if you want both federal Mandatory and Discretionary spending broken out using the dropdown control in the table heading.

Data 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 (max 7)Sub-categoryFed Gov. 
Xfer 
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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.
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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. Then click a radio button to select the level of government: federal, state, or local. 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 2017) dollars, or as percent of GDP.
  • Choose chart features: You can select the size of the chart, switch from bar chart to line chart, select color or black and white, stacked or not. You can also blow up the chart to fill the screen with the “full screen” tab control above the chart display.

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Defense
Fiscal Years 1800 to 2010
YearInflationGDP-US
$ billion nominal
Population-US
million
Defense - Federal
percent federal total
18003.02MW gdpa5.30855.218a
18012.12MW gdpa5.47639.979a
1802-15.45MW gdpa5.64826.768a
18036.42MW gdpa5.82625.691a
18045.24MW gdpa6.01023.683a
18050.09MW gdpa6.19921.988a
18065.33MW gdpa6.39528.921a
1807-4.74MW gdpa6.59634.991a
18089.53MW gdpa6.80446.830a
1809-1.38MW gdpa7.01954.384a
1810-2.66MW gdpa7.24046.597a
18114.14MW gdpa7.45047.610a
1812-1.54MW gdpa7.66676.212a
181317.58MW gdpa7.88981.039a
18147.04MW gdpa8.11878.289a
1815-15.02MW gdpa8.35470.313a
1816-11.44MW gdpa8.59664.060a
1817-8.48MW gdpa8.84651.035a
1818-7.75MW gdpa9.10245.386a
1819-3.28MW gdpa9.36756.549a
1820-6.31MW gdpa9.63852.652a
1821-1.87MW gdpa9.92147.261a
18225.89MW gdpa10.21245.052a
1823-9.28MW gdpa10.51146.533a
1824-6.66MW gdpa10.81935.998a
18254.52MW gdpa11.13646.927a
18261.82MW gdpa11.46252.669a
18272.6MW gdpa11.79852.127a
1828-3.4MW gdpa12.14449.853a
1829-0.15MW gdpa12.50052.888a
18300.66MW gdpa12.86654.866a
1831-5.19MW gdpa13.23557.431a
18320.48MW gdpa13.61454.134a
1833-0.47MW gdpa14.00558.556a
18343.55MW gdpa14.40655.787a
18354.68MW gdpa14.81956.955a
18367.36MW gdpa15.24461.881a
18374.13MW gdpa15.68255.385a
1838-1.33MW gdpa16.13155.319a
18391.41MW gdpa16.59457.845a
1840-5.5MW gdpa17.07054.467a
18412.74MW gdpa17.60155.350a
1842-5.28MW gdpa18.14954.931a
1843-8.05MW gdpa18.71446.375a
18442.94MW gdpa19.29652.589a
18452.88MW gdpa19.89753.001a
18462.93MW gdpa20.51659.850a
18479.93MW gdpa21.15478.280a
1848-2.65MW gdpa21.81372.672a
1849-1.72MW gdpa22.49252.432a
18502.09MW gdpa23.19242.843a
1851-2.53MW gdpa23.90942.803a
18521MW gdpa24.64838.169a
1853-0.2MW gdpa25.40940.315a
18548.67MW gdpa26.19535.680a
18552.91MW gdpa27.00442.369a
1856-2.19MW gdpa27.83940.560a
18572.77MW gdpa28.69942.018a
1858-6.14MW gdpa29.58646.817a
18590.88MW gdpa30.50146.103a
1860-1.87MW gdpa31.44337.217a
18614.06MW gdpa32.09145.460a
186213.42MW gdpa32.75390.122a
186324.05MW gdpa33.42891.398a
186422.88MW gdpa34.11789.013a
18651.61MW gdpa34.82089.249a
1866-4.37MW gdpa35.53764.044a
1867-8.99MW gdpa36.27039.067a
1868-6.26MW gdpa37.01743.194a
1869-6.46MW gdpa37.78036.640a
1870-4.36MW gdpa38.55832.302a
1871-6.63MW gdpa39.58828.327a
18720.03MW gdpa40.64627.995a
1873-2.17MW gdpa41.73231.058a
1874-4.92MW gdpa42.84730.555a
1875-3.61MW gdpa43.99129.872a
1876-2.33MW gdpa45.16628.586a
1877-2.41MW gdpa46.37329.113a
1878-4.88MW gdpa47.61228.273a
18790.03MW gdpa48.88330.184a
18802.44MW gdpa50.18935.646a
1881-0.28MW gdpa51.34235.368a
1882-0.26MW gdpa52.52140.188a
1883-1.93MW gdpa53.72642.180a
1884-2.68MW gdpa54.96038.494a
1885-1.95MW gdpa56.22236.998a
1886-3.06MW gdpa57.51338.038a
18870.67MW gdpa58.83340.111a
1888-0.26MW gdpa60.18441.845a
1889-2.96MW gdpa61.56642.433a
1890-0.89MW gdpa62.98045.154a
18911.02MW gdpa64.19245.404a
18921.05MW gdpa65.42849.917a
18930.06MW gdpa66.68851.420a
1894-3.52MW gdpa67.97250.262a
1895-1.11MW gdpa69.28150.070a
18960.95MW gdpa70.61549.065a
1897-0.05MW gdpa71.97448.834a
18981.04MW gdpa73.36055.090a
18990.99MW gdpa74.77361.296a
19002.92MW gdpa76.21252.753a
19012.95MW gdpa77.68053.805a
19022.9MW gdpa79.17653.497a
19034.83MW gdpa80.70152.539i
19042.57MW gdpa82.25551.599i
19050.81MW gdpa83.83950.683i
19063.71MW gdpa85.45349.785i
19076.49MW gdpa87.09948.906i
1908-0.18MW gdpa88.77648.048i
1909-1.49MW gdpa90.48647.207i
19102.63MW gdpa92.22946.310i
1911-0.49MW gdpa93.52345.630i
19124.17MW gdpa94.83644.757i
19130.75MW gdpa96.16744.021a
19140.86MW gdpa97.51642.388i
19153.29MW gdpa98.88540.533i
191614.48MW gdpa100.27341.075i
191722.75MW gdpa101.68069.671i
191818MW gdpa103.10792.071i
19192.49MW gdpa104.55491.428i
192013.78MW gdpa106.02268.777i
1921-14.44MW gdpa107.62653.637i
1922-5.79MW gdpa109.25434.627a
19233.15MW gdpa110.90834.231i
1924-1.28MW gdpa112.58633.991i
19251.82MW gdpa114.29033.911i
19260.5MW gdpa116.01934.001i
1927-2.42MW gdpa117.77534.277a
19280.76MW gdpa119.55735.140i
19290.68MW gdpa121.36636.060i
1930-3.3592.16a123.20337.039i
1931-9.6277.391a124.07138.083i
1932-10.1959.522a124.94539.194a
1933-2.7457.154a125.82526.981i
19346.0766.8a126.71218.212a
19352.2374.241a127.60524.725i
19361.3884.83a128.50428.947a
19374.5193.003a129.41024.446i
1938-2.7687.352a130.32119.564a
1939-1.0693.437a131.24020.594i
19401.31102.899a132.16521.459a
19417.95129.309a133.96651.151i
19429.45165.952a135.79276.179a
19435.35203.084a137.64384.893i
19442.57224.447a139.51985.652a
19452.56228.007a141.42187.713i
194611.4227.535a143.34980.147a
194710.85249.616a145.30355.133i
19485.84274.468a147.28355.476a
1949-0.17272.475a149.29154.712i
19501.35299.827a151.32654.105a
19517.66346.914a153.91759.710a
19521.8367.341a156.55272.222a
19531.27389.218a159.23271.181a
19540.92390.549a161.95867.993a
19551.81425.478a164.73164.224a
19563.48449.353a167.55161.998a
19573.39474.039a170.42062.725a
19582.26481.229a173.33760.140a
19591.47521.654a176.30557.718a
19601.4542.382a179.32354.778a
19611.09562.209a181.58854.346a
19621.29603.922a183.88159.550a
19631.19637.45a186.20457.701a
19641.61684.46a188.55555.164a
19651.95742.289a190.93752.116a
19662.99813.414a193.34851.745a
19672.98859.959a195.79053.172a
19684.47940.651a198.26352.921a
19695.061017.62a200.76651.589a
19705.291073.3a203.30248.403a
19715.241164.85a205.51544.158a
19724.551279.11a207.75241.046a
19735.791425.38a210.01337.788a
19748.951545.24a212.29936.548a
19759.241684.9a214.60933.161a
19765.81873.41a216.94530.792a
19776.52081.83a219.30729.723a
19787.422351.6a221.69428.547a
19798.562627.33a224.10728.517a
19809.012857.31a226.54628.411a
19819.73207.04a228.67028.545a
19826.073343.79a230.81529.711a
19834.13634.04a232.97930.505a
19843.874037.61a235.16431.566a
19853.294338.98a237.36931.193a
19862.084579.63a239.59531.691a
19872.564855.22a241.84231.912a
19883.675236.44a244.11031.025a
19894.065641.58a246.39930.005a
19903.815963.14a248.71027.308a
19913.386158.13a251.80224.199a
19922.366520.33a254.93325.229a
19932.436858.56a258.10324.407a
19942.227287.24a261.31223.008a
19952.157639.75a264.56121.534a
19961.98073.12a267.85020.265a
19971.88577.55a271.18020.299a
19981.179062.82a274.55219.549a
19991.489631.17a277.96619.580a
20002.3610251a282.17220.046a
20012.2710581.9a285.08219.660a
20021.5810929.1a287.80420.973a
20032.0311456.4a290.32622.351a
20042.7912217.2a293.04623.657a
20053.2413039.2a295.75324.271a
20063.1713815.6a298.59323.395a
20072.7614474.2a301.58023.915a
20081.9314769.9a304.37524.464a
20090.614478.1a307.00722.574a
20101.2515049a309.32724.505a

Legend:
a - actual reported
e - estimated by usgovernmentspending.com
i - interpolated between actual reported values

Data Sources for 1800:
GDP: Samuel H. Williamson, "What Was the U.S. GDP Then?" MeasuringWorth, 2015.
Federal: Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the US, Colonial Times to 1970
State and Local: not available

Data Sources for 2010:
GDP, GO: GDP, GO Sources
Federal: Fed. Budget: Hist. Tables 3.2, 5.1, 7.1
State and Local: State and Local Gov. Finances

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Spending Data Sources

Spending data is from official government sources.

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.

Gross Federal Debt

Debt Now:  $38,380,536,147,996.03
Debt 2/2020:$23,409,959,150,243.63

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Federal Budget for FY27 Released

On April 4, 2026, we updated usgovernmentspending.com with the numbers from the Public Budget Database in the Budget of the United States Government for Fiscal Year 2027

Here is how headline budget estimates for the upcoming FY 2027 fiscal year have changed since the release of the FY 2025 budget in Winter 2024. There were no budgetary estimates in the budget documents for the FY 2026 budget.

Federal Budget Changes for 2027
$ billionEstimate for 2027
in FY2025 Budget
Estimate for 2027
in FY2027 Budget
Change
Federal Outlays$7,696.6$8,092.9 +$569.1
Federal Receipts$6,186.2$5,921.0+$279.1
Federal Deficit$1,510.3$2,171.9+$290.0

You can see line item changes from budget to budget here. You can compare budget estimates with actuals here.

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Account level budget authority estimates through FY 2031 come from the Budget Authority table in the Public Budget Database and were updated on usgovernmentspending.com on April 4, 2026. 

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