In 2023, the U.S. government had a budget deficit of 1.69 trillion U.S. dollars. This is compared to 2000, when the government had a budget surplus of 0.24 trillion U.S. dollars.

U.S. Government budget

The government budget is a financial statement that demonstrates the government’s suggested revenues and spending for the financial year. Budget surpluses occur when income exceeds expenditures. Budget deficits occur when spending exceeds income. The budget balance of the U.S. government has fluctuated since 2016, and is expected to decrease slightly by 2026.

Military spending

Defense outlays in the United States amounted to 714 billion U.S. dollars in 2020. It is expected to continue to increase over the next several years. The United States currently has the largest defense budget in the world, and is the largest employer in the world. The military budget funds the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, and Air Force. The amount of funding that goes towards the Department of Defense is heavily criticized by Democrats in the United States, because they believe that the funding should be more evenly distributed towards other social welfare programs such as public health insurance and education.

This table shows the gross outlays, applicable receipts and net outlays for the current month, current fiscal year-to-date and prior fiscal year-to-date by various agency programs accounted for in the budget of the federal government. This table includes total and subtotal rows that should be excluded when aggregating data. Some rows represent elements of the dataset's hierarchy, but are not assigned values. The classification_id for each of these elements can be used as the parent_id for underlying data elements to calculate their implied values. Subtotal rows are available to access this same information.

This summary table shows the on-budget and off-budget receipts and outlays, the on-budget and off-budget surplus/deficit, and the means of financing the budget surplus/deficit. The table also shows the budgeted amounts estimated in the President's Budget for the current fiscal year and next fiscal year for each item on the table. This table includes total and subtotal rows that should be excluded when aggregating data. Some rows represent elements of the dataset's hierarchy, but are not assigned values. The classification_id for each of these elements can be used as the parent_id for underlying data elements to calculate their implied values. Subtotal rows are available to access this same information.

This summary table shows, for Budget Receipts, the total amount of activity for the current month, the current fiscal year-to-date, the comparable prior period year-to-date and the budgeted amount estimated for the current fiscal year for various types of receipts (i.e. individual income tax, corporate income tax, etc.). The Budget Outlays section of the table shows the total amount of activity for the current month, the current fiscal year-to-date, the comparable prior period year-to-date and the budgeted amount estimated for the current fiscal year for agencies of the federal government. The table also shows the amounts for the budget/surplus deficit categorized as listed above. This table includes total and subtotal rows that should be excluded when aggregating data. Some rows represent elements of the dataset's hierarchy, but are not assigned values. The classification_id for each of these elements can be used as the parent_id for underlying data elements to calculate their implied values. Subtotal rows are available to access this same information.

This table shows the receipts and outlays of the United States Government by month for the current fiscal year, up to and including the current accounting month. The table also shows the total receipts and outlays for the current fiscal year-to-date and the comparable prior fiscal year-to-date. This table includes total and subtotal rows that should be excluded when aggregating data. Some rows represent elements of the dataset's hierarchy, but are not assigned values. The classification_id for each of these elements can be used as the parent_id for underlying data elements to calculate their implied values. Subtotal rows are available to access this same information.

This table shows the gross receipts, refunds and net receipts for the current month, the current fiscal year-to-date and the prior fiscal year-to-date for the various receipts of the federal government. This table includes total and subtotal rows that should be excluded when aggregating data. Some rows represent elements of the dataset's hierarchy, but are not assigned values. The classification_id for each of these elements can be used as the parent_id for underlying data elements to calculate their implied values. Subtotal rows are available to access this same information.

Abstract (en): The CFFR covers federal expenditures or obligations for the following categories: grants, salaries and wages, procurement contracts, direct payments for individuals, other direct payments, direct loans, guaranteed or insured loans, and insurance. Information available in the CFFR data file includes the government identification code, program identification code, object/assistance type code, amount in whole dollars, and FIPS code. For each unique government unit code all programs are listed, and for each program all records with different object categories are listed. The Geographic Reference File contains the names and governmental unit codes for all state, county, and subcounty areas in the country. In addition, the file contains associated geographic codes (FIPS, GSA, MSA, and Census Bureau place codes), the 1986 population, and the congressional districts serving each government unit. The Program Identification File contains program identification codes and their respective program titles. Federal government expenditures or obligations in state, county, and subcounty areas of the United States. United States Territories and the District of Columbia are included. 2006-01-18 File CB9364.PDF was removed from any previous datasets and flagged as a study-level file, so that it will accompany all downloads.

This data is used to study the relationship between trust in government and ideology over budgetary preferences. It also introduces interactive budget simulations. The study was conducted in June 2017. https://johnwdattoma.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/survey-questionnaire-and-table-of-descriptive-statistics-with-weighted-sample1.pdf.

This table shows the net transactions for the current month, and the current and prior fiscal year-to-date, as well as account balances for the beginning of the current fiscal year and current accounting month and the close of the current accounting month. This activity is related to the means used to finance the budget deficit or to dispose of a budget surplus. An asset account would represent an asset to the United States Government, for example United States Treasury Operating Cash. A liability account would represent a liability to the United States Government, for example Borrowing from the Public. This table includes total and subtotal rows that should be excluded when aggregating data. Some rows represent elements of the dataset's hierarchy, but are not assigned values. The classification_id for each of these elements can be used as the parent_id for underlying data elements to calculate their implied values. Subtotal rows are available to access this same information.

This database summarises central government expenditures on housing in Hungary, from the official Budget Acts and Closing Accounts Acts and other sources (e.g. Hungarian Central Statistical Office).

The aim of the database was to determine how much money the government has spent on housing since 1990 and how much of this expenditure was socially targeted, i.e. how much was used to reduce housing poverty. The database organises publicly available central budget data into a machine-readable database. Thus, it is also making the government’s management of public funds more transparent.

The database was created for Habitat for Humanity Hungary’s Annual Report on Housing Poverty 2021 (Hungarian / English), updated for the 2024 report. Further methodological details are included in the 2021 annual report.

File list

• description.rtf - Detailed description of the database (in Hungarian and English).
• lakaskiadasok_values_long.csv - Values of the detailed budget expenditures. Data for each year are in the rows of the table. Budget expenditures were grouped. Data sources are also included in this table. Expenditures are presented in both current and 2024 prices.
• lakaskiadasok_values_wide.csv - Values of the detailed budget expenditures. Data for each year are in the columns of the table. Budget expenditures were grouped. Data sources are also included in this table. Expenditures are presented in both current and 2024 prices.
• lakaskiadasok_variables.csv - Description of the variables of the detailed budget expenditures, both in English and in Hungarian.
• lakastamogatasok_values.csv - Values of the database on the ‘Housing subsidies’ budget line and the data source of each cell. Expenditures are presented in both current and 2024 prices.
• lakastamogatasok_variables.csv - Description of the variables on the expenditures of the ‘Housing subsidies’ budget line, both in English and Hungarian.
• price_deflator.csv - Value of the consumer price index used for the conversion to 2024 prices (2024=100).

The dataset and its description is fully bilingual (Hungarian and English).

This table shows the total receipts and outlays and the resulting surplus or deficit (shown on the table as excess) for the current month and the current fiscal year-to-date for all federal trust funds. The table also shows the totals for securities held as investments by the federal trust funds for the beginning of the fiscal year and the beginning and ending of the current accounting month. A trust fund is a type of account, designated by law, for receipts or offsetting receipts dedicated to specific purposes and the expenditure of these receipts. This table includes total and subtotal rows that should be excluded when aggregating data. Some rows represent elements of the dataset's hierarchy, but are not assigned values. The classification_id for each of these elements can be used as the parent_id for underlying data elements to calculate their implied values. Subtotal rows are available to access this same information.

Municipal expenditures by county for FY2010. Source: Local Government Finances Fiscal 2010 (Department of Legislative Services), via Overview of Maryland Local Governments Finances and Demographic Information (Department of Legislative Services, 2012. Link: http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/pubs/budgetfiscal/2012-local-government-finances-demographics.pdf)

"ForeignAssistance.gov is the U.S. government’s flagship website for making U.S. foreign assistance data available to the public. It serves as the central resource for budgetary and financial data produced by U.S. government agencies that manage foreign assistance portfolios. In keeping with the U.S. government’s commitment to transparency, ForeignAssistance.gov presents a picture of U.S. foreign assistance in accurate and understandable terms. The website also includes links to associated strategies and evaluations for U.S. foreign assistance programs. This site will be continually updated as data are available. Look for new features and enhancements as they come online.The primary objective of the site is to fulfill the requirements set forth in the Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2016 (FATAA) through the collection, tracking, and publication of the full lifecycle of all USG foreign assistance data." Retrieved 2/20/25 from https://foreignassistance.gov/aboutContents US International Development Finance Corporation - usdfc_ActiveProjects.xlsx The Active Projects database reflects active DFC commitments as of the most recent quarter. The database is updated approximately 45 days after the end of each quarter. Last updated 9/30/24https://www.dfc.gov/what-we-do/active-projects Data from ForeignAssistance.gov Last updated on: 12/19/2024https://foreignassistance.gov/data#tab-data-download The complete ForeignAssistance.gov dataset: us_foreign_aid_complete.csv Budget Dataset - The complete foreign aid budget dataset: President's Budget Request, initial allocations, and final allocations. us_foreign_budget_complete.csv Country Summary - These tables offer a summary of obligations and disbursements in current and constant dollars by country from 1946 to the most recent year. us_foreign_aid_country.csv OECD/DAC Sector Summary These tables offer a summary of obligations and disbursements by OECD/DAC sector and sector category from 2001 to the most recent year. us_foreign_aid_dac_sector.csv USG Sector Summary These tables offer a summary of obligations and disbursements in current and constant dollars by U.S. Government (USG) sector and country from 2001 to the most recent year. us_foreign_aid_usg_sector.csv Managing Agency Summary These tables offer a summary of obligations and disbursements in current and constant dollars by managing agency and country from 2001 to the most recent year. us_foreign_aid_implementing.csv Funding Agency Summary These tables offer a summary of obligations and disbursements in current and constant dollars by funding agency, funding account, and country from 2001 to the most recent year. us_foreign_aid_usg_funding.csv Data Dictionary A table with information describing the contents and structure of the U.S. ForeignAssistance.gov data fields. DataDictionary_ForeignAssistancegov.pdf

Office of Management and Budget (OMB) publishes the Capital Commitment Plan three times a year as a series of pdf files, generally in the months of January, April, and September as part of the publication of the Preliminary, Executive, and Adopted Capital Budgets.

To explore the data, please visit Capital Planning Explorer

For additional information, please visit A Guide to The Capital Budget

List of capital and expense programs with a positive climate impact that are newly funded or reallocated in the current budget, in millions of dollars. Expense data is only reported for one year. Capital data is reported for the plan window. This dataset will be updated once per year with the release of the Executive Budget. This data can be used to create visualizations similar to the tables featured in the Climate Investments section of the FY25 New York City Climate Budgeting publication (https://www.nyc.gov/assets/omb/downloads/pdf/exec24-nyccb.pdf). You can find the complete collection of Climate Budget data by clicking here.

In practice, significant public expenditure receives legislative approval on an annual basis. A 100 score is earned where all the following conditions are met: 1) all significant government expenditure is approved by the legislature on an annual basis in open hearings, and 2) the legislature makes in-year budget amendments to the government proposed budget. A 100 score is earned even if defense expenditure is approved in closed hearings. A 50 score is earned where any of the following conditions apply: 1) not all significant government expenditure is approved annually by the legislature or it's not approved in open hearings, or 2) the legislature occasionally doesn't approve in-year budget amendments. A 0 score is earned where at least one of the following conditions applies: 1) the legislative rarely approves significant government expenditure, or 2) the legislature rarely makes in-year budget amendments to the government proposed budget. For variable descriptions, please refer to: https://www.africaintegrityindicators.org/data. For the methodology, please refer to: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e971d408be44753edfb976c/t/60a55f343d36117866628867/1621450563745/AII10+-+Methodology.docx+%281%29.pdf.

This summary table shows the total amount of receipts and outlays and the amount of the budget surplus/deficit by month for the current and prior fiscal years. This table includes total and subtotal rows that should be excluded when aggregating data. Some rows represent elements of the dataset's hierarchy, but are not assigned values. The classification_id for each of these elements can be used as the parent_id for underlying data elements to calculate their implied values. Subtotal rows are available to access this same information.

The dataset is a summary of the federal grant awards for all Metro departments. The detail is provided annually by each department in an excel format and then reviewed and summarized by the Finance Department. The excel file is provided to Metro’s external auditors and is the source of Metro’s Single Audit report which is published annually and available on Metro’s website in a pdf format.The detail included in this dataset includes fiscal year, program title, federal CFDA number, contract number, grant period, program award, (accrued) deferred grant revenue balance at the beginning of the fiscal year, amount of federal grant money received, revenue adjustments made if any, expenditures/distributions made, expenditure/payment adjustments made if any, (accrued) deferred grant revenue balance at the end of the fiscal year, amounts given to subrecipients, grantor name, pass through grantor name, department code, and department full name.Metadata Document: Schedule of Federal Grant Awards 2015-Present Metadata.pdfContact Data Owner: opendata@nashville.gov

The Supplementary Supply Estimates report additional requirements for public monies to fund the operations of the Government and Offices of the Legislative Assembly as applicable, for the applicable fiscal year. The estimate amounts presented in each report are supplements to the original estimate amounts as detailed in the applicable fiscal year’s Offices of the Legislative Assembly Estimates and Government Estimates. See the related tab for PDF versions.

This dataset contains the cumulative estimated health benefits due to reductions in fine particulates or particulate matter less than 2.5 micrometers in diameter (PM2.5) from 2023 to 2050. The Mayor’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) obtained the health events avoided values through collaboration with the NYC Health Department. The reductions in PM2.5 are the same reductions found in the "Forecasted Emissions and PM2.5 Reductions from City Actions" dataset. For any additional detail please refer to section 6 of the New York City Climate Budgeting Technical Appendices (https://www.nyc.gov/assets/omb/downloads/pdf/exec24-nyccbta.pdf). This dataset is going to be updated once a year during the Executive Budget.

You can find the complete collection of Climate Budget data by clicking here.