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United States: Government revenue (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1789–2025 · 235 observations · forecasts to 2031 · govrev_GDP

2025
32.5%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
+0.8 pointsfrom 31.7%
Average, 2016–2025
32.6%10 years
Record high and low
34.8% (2022)low 0.505% (1843)

Government revenue (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203132.3Forecast
203032.2Forecast
202932.0Forecast
202832.0Forecast
202732.2Forecast
202632.2Forecast
202532.5
202431.7
202331.5
202234.8
202133.5
202032.4
201931.7
201831.7
201733.4
201632.8

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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