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United States: Total consumption (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1950–2025 · 76 observations · forecasts to 2026 · cons_GDP

2025
81.4%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.1 pointsfrom 81.3%
Average, 2016–2025
81.5%10 years
Record high and low
85.1% (2009)low 75.2% (1966)

Total consumption (% of GDP)

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74%76%78%80%82%84%86%19501960197019801990200020102020United StatesUnited States
ForecastPercent of GDP

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202681.2Forecast
202581.4
202481.3
202381.3
202281.7
202182.3
202081.5
201981.0
201881.3
201781.6
201681.8

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

United States documentation (PDF)

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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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