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United States: Central government revenue (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1789–2025 · 235 observations · cgovrev_GDP

2025
18.4%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.8 pointsfrom 17.7%
Average, 2016–2025
18.0%10 years
Record high and low
20.2% (2000)low 0.502% (1843)

Central government revenue (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202518.4
202417.7
202317.3
202219.6
202118.7
202017.6
201917.2
201817.3
201717.9
201618.4

Sources

  • Mitchell1789–1992
  • Carter et al.1800–1939
  • Andersson1800–2024
  • Jordà-Schularick-Taylor1870–2020
  • Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis1929–2025
  • World Development Indicators1972–2024
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1989–2025

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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