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United States: Government consumption (% of GDP)

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

2025
13.3%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.1 pointsfrom 13.4%
Average, 2016–2025
13.9%10 years
Record high and low
18.0% (1953)low 13.0% (1950)

Government consumption (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
202613.2Forecast
202513.3
202413.4
202313.4
202213.7
202114.3
202014.9
201914.0
201813.8
201713.8
201614.1

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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