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United States: Government expenditure

Millions of local currency · 1791–2025 · 235 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govexp

2025
12.2 trillionlocal currency
Change on 2024
+4.8%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
+5.9%a year

Government expenditure

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Recent values

Millions of local currency

YearValue
203115,332,169Forecast
203014,805,744Forecast
202914,208,946Forecast
202813,769,642Forecast
202713,264,595Forecast
202612,781,578Forecast
202512,246,947
202411,688,916
202311,089,036
202210,164,626
202110,721,884
202010,112,351
20198,260,723
20187,817,503
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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