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

Live data

Latest24.90

YoY-0.59%

10Y Avg25.90

FrequencyAnnual

Chart typeScale

Min17.80

Mean21.69

Max32.27

Series trust block

Tier 1 - criticalOpen with attribution

Provenance, capability, and licensing surface for Government expenditure - United States. Every field is sourced from the platform's typed registries; missing entries are surfaced as warnings rather than hidden.

Source identity

ProviderWorld Bank Open Data
Source agencyGovernment 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)
Source series keyGC.XPN.TOTL.GD.ZS
Source codeGC.XPN.TOTL.GD.ZS:US
Table referenceGovernment expenditure - United States
Methodologyhttps://data.worldbank.org/indicator/GC.XPN.TOTL.GD.ZS
GeographyUnited States

Data shape

Frequencyannual
Unitscurrency or percent of GDP
Seasonal adjustmentunknown
Allowed transformslevel, yoy, index 100
Provider frequency floorannual

Capabilities

Revisions: not availableSearchReleases: not availableCatalog

Freshness

Last fetched2026-05-03 02:40:16 UTC

Data statuslive

Provider role

Strategic tierTier 1 - critical

Recommended actiondeepen now

Expected upstream coverage400,000

World Development Indicators; primary global comparison source.

Revision & vintage support

Not available

This provider does not publish revision history through its API.

Revision history is not available for this provider. The platform shows current published values only.

License & attribution

Rights classOpen with attribution

Commercial reuseyes-with-attribution

Redistributionallowed-with-attribution

Licence

Source: World Bank Open Data, indicator GC.XPN.TOTL.GD.ZS:US. Accessed 2026-05-03. Attribution required; dataset-level exceptions may still apply.

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