The total outlays of the United States government added up to about 6.13 trillion U.S. dollars in 2023. This is expected to increase to 6.94 trillion U.S. dollars in 2024, and increase to over eight trillion U.S. dollars by 2029.

Graph and download economic data for Federal Government: Current Expenditures (FGEXPND) from Q1 1947 to Q2 2025 about expenditures, federal, government, GDP, and USA.

Government Spending in the United States decreased to 3993 USD Billion in the second quarter of 2025 from 3993.90 USD Billion in the first quarter of 2025. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - United States Government Spending - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

Annual government expenditure in the United States added up to about 10.76 trillion U.S. dollars in the second quarter of 2025. This is compared to the first quarter of 2009, when this figure stood at 5.53 trillion U.S. dollars.

Government spending in the United States was last recorded at 39.7 percent of GDP in 2024 . This dataset provides - United States Government Spending To Gdp- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

In 2024, the total receipts of the United States government added up to approximately 4.9 trillion U.S. dollars. By 2034, the receipts of the U.S. government are expected to increase to 7.5 trillion U.S. dollars.

The United States recorded a government budget deficit of 284350 USD Million in October of 2025. This dataset provides - United States Government Budget Value - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

For the fiscal year of 2025, mandatory government spending is predicted to sum up to about 4.37 trillion U.S. dollars. It consists primarily of benefit programs such as: social security, Medicare, Medicaid, as well as other programs. Discretionary spending consists of spending controlled by lawmakers through annual appropriation acts. In FY 2025 it is proposed at 1.93 trillion U.S. dollars, and is divided into defense and nondefense spending. Spending for net interest is also listed, which consists of the government's interest payments on debt held by the public, offset by interest income the government receives.

The United States recorded a Government Budget deficit equal to 6.40 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product in 2024. This dataset provides - United States Government Budget - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

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.

Context

USASpending.gov is the government's official tool for tracking spending, it shows where money goes and who benefits from federal funds.

The Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 required that federal contract, grant, loan awards over $25k be searchable online to give the American public access to government spending. The data that is collected in USAspending.gov is derived from data gathered at more than a hundred agencies, as well as other government systems. Federal agencies submit contracts, grants, loans and other awards information to be uploaded on USAspending.gov at least twice a month.

Content

The United States spends a lot of money on contracts every year but where does it all go? This data set has information about how much different agencies have spent on awards for the fiscal year 2021. More data can be downloaded, for other years, on USAspending.gov.

Contracts are published to the GSA's Federal Procurement Data System within five days of being awarded, with contract reporting automatically getting posted on USAspending.gov by 9 AM the next day and going live at 8:00 am EST two mornings later

Learn more about the contents here: https://www.usaspending.gov/data-dictionary

The Bureau of the Fiscal Service, United States Department of the Treasury, is dedicated to making government spending data available to everyone.

Data Description

This data starts off separated into smaller files that need to be joined.

Data Overview

The federal government buys a lot of things, like office furniture and aircraft. It also buys services, like telephone and Internet access. The Federal Government and its sub-agencies use contracts to buy these things. They use Product and Service Codes (PSC) to classify the items and services they purchase.

An obligation is a promise to spend money. An outlay is when the government spends money. When the government enters into a contract or grant, it promises to spend all of the money. This is so it can pay people who do what they agreed to do. When the government actually pays someone, then it counts as an outlay.

Data Items that Help get Started

There are many different variables in this database, which are spread across multiple files. The most important ones to start learning are:

1. The contractor who won the award - recipient_name
2. The agency issuing the award - awarding_agency_name
3. The product or service code (PSC) - product_or_service_code
4. The industry classification code (NAICS) of the vendor - naics_code
5. How much was obligated - total_dollars_obligated or total_obligated_amount
6. The contract modification number - modification_number
7. The description of the award - award_description
8. The date of award - action_date or award_base_action_date

Data Dictionary and Analyst Guide

To learn more about the data, you can reference the data dictionary. The data dictionary includes information on outlays, which are not included in the data provided here. https://www.usaspending.gov/data-dictionary

Please see the analysts guide for more information: https://datalab.usaspending.gov/analyst-guide/

License

The U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service is committed to providing open data to enable effective tracking of federal spending. The data is available to copy, adapt, redistribute, or otherwise use for non-commercial or for commercial purposes, subject to the Limitation on Permissible Use of Dun & Bradstreet, Inc. Data noted on the homepage. https://www.usaspending.gov/db_info

Acknowledgements

USAspending.gov collects data from all over the government to provide information to the public. Special thanks for the Data Transparency Team within the Office of the Chief Data Officer at the Bureau of Fiscal Services.

Inspiration

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United States Federal Government Outlays data was reported at 528.165 USD bn in Mar 2025. This records a decrease from the previous number of 603.441 USD bn for Feb 2025. United States Federal Government Outlays data is updated monthly, averaging 177.991 USD bn from Oct 1980 (Median) to Mar 2025, with 534 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1,104.903 USD bn in Jun 2020 and a record low of 45.930 USD bn in Jan 1982. United States Federal Government Outlays data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bureau of the Fiscal Service. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.F005: Federal Government Receipts and Outlays. For the months of Jan-1793 to Mar-2005, the source has made backdated adjustments on Federal Government Outlays (id:40864101). Thus, On Budget Outlays (id:40864201) and Off Budget Outlays (id:40864301) may not add up to Federal Government Outlays (id:40864101). [COVID-19-IMPACT]

The United States federal government budget has allotted around ** billion dollars toward its 2025 civilian federal agency information technology budget. As leadership and government priorities change, the IT budgets allocated to different departments tend to follow suit. The Department of Energy's IT budget increased significantly by ** percent compared to the previous year, with *** billion U.S. dollars allocated in FY 2025. Similarly, the IT budget of the Department of Homeland security also increased by ** percent compared to the previous year, to around ** billion U.S. dollars for FY 2025. Meanwhile, the Office of Personnel Management saw its IT budget shrink the most among the civilian federal government agencies, decreasing by a staggering ** percent compared to FY 2024. Since the 2022 federal budget, figures do not include the portion of the budget allocated to the Department of Defense or other classified IT spending. U.S. government budget In the United States, huge shares of government expenditures go towards the Department of Health and Human Services as well as the Social Security Administration. Due in part to the country’s continually increasing budget, the government has run at an annual deficit since 2002, with its 2024 deficit estimated to over be around *** trillion dollars. Cybersecurity budget One of the main facets of the U.S. government IT budget is spending related to cybersecurity. Over ** billion U.S. dollars have been allocated towards cybersecurity in 2024. The Departments of Homeland Security and Justice have unsurprisingly had the highest cybersecurity budgets across all departments, given the sensitive nature of their work.

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The ratio of government expenditure to GDP in the United States stood at about 37.59 percent in 2024. From 2001 to 2024, the ratio rose by approximately 4.79 percentage points, though the increase followed an uneven trajectory rather than a consistent upward trend. Between 2024 and 2030, the ratio will rise by around 0.27 percentage points, showing an overall upward trend with periodic ups and downs.Shown here is the general government expenditure as a share of the national gross domestic product. As defined by the International Monetary Fund, the general government expenditure consists of total expense and the net acquisition of nonfinancial assets. The gross domestic product represents the total value of final goods and services produced during a year.

Federal outlays in the United States amounted to about 6.8 trillion U.S. dollars in 2024. Furthermore, the federal spending was expected to increase to over seven trillion U.S. dollars in 2025 and 10 trillion U.S. dollars by 2035.

Argentina: Government spending, billion USD: The latest value from 2024 is 95.19 billion U.S. dollars, a decline from 105.88 billion U.S. dollars in 2023. In comparison, the world average is 78.89 billion U.S. dollars, based on data from 100 countries. Historically, the average for Argentina from 1960 to 2024 is 34.74 billion U.S. dollars. The minimum value, 1.57 billion U.S. dollars, was reached in 1960 while the maximum of 113.9 billion U.S. dollars was recorded in 2017.