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Indicators/Topics/Government/Government expenditure/United States

United States

Government expenditure

Total general government expenditure.

Active series

Government expenditure - United States

World Bank . GC.XPN.TOTL.GD.ZS:US

Government expenditure in other countries

Provider

World Bank

Frequency

annual

Transformation

level
IndicatorsEconomy & Growth; Public Sector Government expenditure - United States

Government expenditure - United States

United StatesWorld BankLive data
Live data
Latest24.90
YoY-0.59%
YoY-0.59%
10Y Avg25.90
FrequencyAnnual

Government expenditure - United States time series chart. Showing observations from 1972 to 2023. Latest value 24.9.

Min17.80
Mean21.69
Max32.27

Series details

SourceGovernment Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF); World Development Indicators, World Bank (WB); National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
CategoryEconomy & Growth; Public Sector
FrequencyAnnual
Unitcurrency or percent of GDP
Last UpdatedMay 3, 2026
Transformslevel, yoy, index 100
About this series

Expense (% of GDP)

Data provenance

International organizationOpen with attribution

Other Government indicators for United States

Gross government debtGovernment revenueTax revenue
Open country pivot