United States

Government expenditure

Name: Government expenditure data for United States
Creator: FRED
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Total general government expenditure.

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Source: FRED · CRBGGXGDP

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Government expenditure - United States in United States was 21.2% on January 1, 2024, lower by 0.02% (-0.1%) from the prior observation. Charted from annual observations in % of fiscal yr. gdp.

Latest21.17%

YoY-0.09%

10Y Avg21.99%

Latest observationJanuary 1, 2024

Model surprise+0.05%

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Min21.17%

Mean22.36%

Max24.75%

Latest observationJanuary 1, 2024

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Tier 1 - critical

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FRED

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CRBGGXGDP

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Stored · 2024-01-01

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ComparabilityAggregator is not the statistical authority: Use the source agency, source code, and methodology link when citing or reconciling with official releases.Real, nominal, and chain measures are not interchangeable: Use real growth for cycle analysis, nominal levels for revenue/size questions, and PPP or per-capita variants for welfare comparisons.Seasonal-adjustment status needs attention: Prefer same-adjustment comparisons, or transform to year-over-year changes before cross-series comparison.

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QualitySource authority: 82/100. Aggregator source: useful access layer, but official methodology remains with the originating agency.Methodology completeness: 100/100. 100% of core provider, geography, unit, frequency, citation, and revision fields are populated.Timeliness and freshness: 90/100. 14 observations available; latest observation 2024-01-01; platform fetch 2026-06-18T22:25:54.084Z; release status none; data status liveRevision and vintage depth: 100/100. Point-in-time data via the FRED ALFRED endpoint. Each request returns the values as they were published on the supplied vintage date.

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CitationGovernment expenditure - United States (FRED (St. Louis Fed): CRBGGXGDP, United States, retrieved Jun 18, 2026)

Retrieved Jun 18, 2026

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Series details

SourceFederal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRED)

CategoryGovernment

FrequencyAnnual

Unit% of Fiscal Yr. GDP

Latest observationJanuary 1, 2024

Platform last fetchJune 18, 2026

Transformslevel, yoy, index 100

About this series

General Government Total Expenditure for Caribbean

The reading right now

As of January 2024, Government expenditure for United States stood at 21.2%. That is down 0.02 percentage points from the prior year. Over the trailing five years, the series has averaged 21.6%, ranging from a low of 21.2% in January 2024 to a high of 22.1% in January 2019. The current reading sits 0.83 percentage points below its trailing ten-year mean of 22%.

Computed from the observation series on this page. Numbers update when the underlying provider revises the data.