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United States: Government consumption

Millions of local currency · 1950–2025 · 76 observations · forecasts to 2027 · gcons

2025
4.17 trillionlocal currency
Change on 2024
+4.3%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+4.8%a year
In US dollars, 2025
$4.17 trillionUS dollars

Government consumption

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Recent values

Millions of local currency

YearValue
20274,499,900Forecast
20264,360,665Forecast
20254,165,311
20243,991,840
20233,765,878
20223,563,488
20213,376,390
20203,180,109
20193,012,056
20182,859,732
20172,715,714
20162,653,374

Sources

  • Penn World Table1950–2019
  • IMF International Financial Statistics1950–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook1960–2025
  • United Nations1970–2024
  • World Development Indicators1970–2024
  • OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027

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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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