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United States: General government expenditure

Millions of local currency · 1800–2025 · 226 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govexp

2025
12.2 trillionlocal currency
Change on 2024
+5.4%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+5.8%a year

General government expenditure

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Recent values

Millions of local currency

YearValue
203115,618,482Forecast
203015,084,129Forecast
202914,477,770Forecast
202814,030,020Forecast
202713,509,791Forecast
202613,067,242Forecast
202512,245,474
202411,618,666
202310,931,767
202210,028,845
202110,776,909
202010,123,939
20198,262,043
20187,817,504
20177,428,470
20167,179,836

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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