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United States: Government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1791–2025 · 235 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govexp_GDP

2025
40.0%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
−0.1 pointsfrom 40.1%
Average, 2016–2025
40.4%10 years
Record high and low
47.4% (2020)low 0.889% (1843)

Government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203139.9Forecast
203039.9Forecast
202939.7Forecast
202839.9Forecast
202739.9Forecast
202640.1Forecast
202540.0
202440.1
202340.0
202239.1
202145.3
202047.4
201938.4
201837.8
201737.9
201638.2

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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