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Total 2014 Government Spending

There are three levels of governments in the US: federal, state, and local. The following table shows Total spending. Total spending includes federal, state, and local spending.

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Total 2014 Spending by Function

Function -yr 2014 +yr  
  Total Spending35.3% GDP 
  Pensions6.7% GDP 
  Health Care7.1% GDP 
  Education5.5% GDP 
  Defense4.5% GDP 
  Welfare3.0% GDP 
Spending: actual

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Data Sources:
GDP, GO: GDP, GO Sources
Federal: Fed. Budget: Hist. Tables 3.2, 5.1, 7.1
State and Local: State and Local Gov. Finances
'Guesstimated' by projecting the latest change in reported spending forward to future years


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Spending by Government Level

Government Spending includes federal, state, and local spending. Intergovernmental transfers represent federal grants and transfers spent by states or local governments on programs at the state or local level.

 2013 2014 2015 
 Federal Spending20.519.920.2 
 State Spending9.08.99.0 
 Local Spending9.89.79.6 
 Intergovernmental Transfers-3.2-3.3-3.4 
 Total Spending36.135.335.4 
Spending: actual

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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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Data Sources for 2014:

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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US GDP for 2025 Released

On March 15, 2026 usgovernmentspending.com updated its GDP series with the latest data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis,

The GDP series extends back to 1929.

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US GDP for 2025 Released

On March 15, 2026 usgovernmentspending.com updated its GDP series with the latest data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis,

The GDP series extends back to 1929.

Process:
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GDP, real and nominal, looks like this:

usgovernmentspending.com computes inflation rate as:

((This Year GDP - Last Year GDP)/Last Year GDP - (This Year Real GDP - Last Year Real GDP)/Last Year Real GDP)*100.
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