Government consumption in US dollars — all countries

Government consumption in US dollars — North America

Government consumption in US dollars in North America in 2024 — 4,479,465,223,258 US$. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 2,019.3%.

2024 4.48T US$ +6.1% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 4.48T US$2024
Period minimum 211B US$1970

Trend over time

1970–2024 · US$

Government consumption in US dollars — North America, 1970–202402T4T6T19701976198219881994200020062012201820241970: 211,362,665,083 US$1971: 230,065,643,237 US$1972: 249,477,362,628 US$1973: 266,091,617,012 US$1974: 298,706,691,537 US$1975: 335,783,689,495 US$1976: 360,578,971,683 US$1977: 389,447,118,655 US$1978: 419,479,915,360 US$1979: 457,085,613,950 US$1980: 512,921,517,022 US$1981: 572,981,633,531 US$1982: 626,939,601,172 US$1983: 673,100,672,140 US$1984: 713,560,726,105 US$1985: 771,647,540,210 US$1986: 821,986,234,122 US$1987: 870,319,824,982 US$1988: 928,339,976,782 US$1989: 1,002,956,614,538 US$1990: 1,083,355,042,695 US$1991: 1,152,335,613,102 US$1992: 1,194,061,571,273 US$1993: 1,211,741,776,021 US$1994: 1,240,018,010,546 US$1995: 1,273,393,580,826 US$1996: 1,304,224,607,389 US$1997: 1,350,997,944,241 US$1998: 1,393,817,909,416 US$1999: 1,482,976,662,075 US$2000: 1,580,394,160,075 US$2001: 1,682,860,826,376 US$2002: 1,796,841,737,581 US$2003: 1,925,173,756,978 US$2004: 2,051,935,238,279 US$2005: 2,186,509,115,361 US$2006: 2,327,641,380,402 US$2007: 2,482,083,515,805 US$2008: 2,660,533,791,076 US$2009: 2,736,236,912,900 US$2010: 2,859,295,535,872 US$2011: 2,891,412,056,589 US$2012: 2,901,353,290,981 US$2013: 2,913,953,663,985 US$2014: 2,929,062,614,878 US$2015: 2,929,785,215,725 US$2016: 2,975,823,947,452 US$2017: 3,057,997,363,752 US$2018: 3,217,402,281,803 US$2019: 3,373,280,459,115 US$2020: 3,556,843,176,650 US$2021: 3,810,317,761,837 US$2022: 4,011,020,406,177 US$2023: 4,221,873,056,665 US$2024: 4,479,465,223,258 US$
Change over the period: +4.27T (+2,019.33%) Average annual rate: 5.82 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: North America

North America 4.48T US$
World 18.65T US$
Government consumption in US dollars — North America, by year North America All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2024 4.48T +258B +6.1%
2023 4.22T +211B +5.26%
2022 4.01T +201B +5.27%
2021 3.81T +253B +7.13%
2020 3.56T +184B +5.44%
2019 3.37T +156B +4.84%
2018 3.22T +159B +5.21%
2017 3.06T +82.17B +2.76%
2016 2.98T +46.04B +1.57%
2015 2.93T +723M +0.02%
2014 2.93T +15.11B +0.52%
2013 2.91T +12.6B +0.43%
2012 2.9T +9.94B +0.34%
2011 2.89T +32.12B +1.12%
2010 2.86T +123B +4.5%
2009 2.74T +75.7B +2.85%
2008 2.66T +178B +7.19%
2007 2.48T +154B +6.64%
2006 2.33T +141B +6.45%
2005 2.19T +135B +6.56%
2004 2.05T +127B +6.58%
2003 1.93T +128B +7.14%
2002 1.8T +114B +6.77%
2001 1.68T +102B +6.48%
2000 1.58T +97.42B +6.57%
1999 1.48T +89.16B +6.4%
1998 1.39T +42.82B +3.17%
1997 1.35T +46.77B +3.59%
1996 1.3T +30.83B +2.42%
1995 1.27T +33.38B +2.69%
1994 1.24T +28.28B +2.33%
1993 1.21T +17.68B +1.48%
1992 1.19T +41.73B +3.62%
1991 1.15T +68.98B +6.37%
1990 1.08T +80.4B +8.02%
1989 1T +74.62B +8.04%
1988 928B +58.02B +6.67%
1987 870B +48.33B +5.88%
1986 822B +50.34B +6.52%
1985 772B +58.09B +8.14%
1984 714B +40.46B +6.01%
1983 673B +46.16B +7.36%
1982 627B +53.96B +9.42%
1981 573B +60.06B +11.71%
1980 513B +55.84B +12.22%
1979 457B +37.61B +8.96%
1978 419B +30.03B +7.71%
1977 389B +28.87B +8.01%
1976 361B +24.8B +7.38%
1975 336B +37.08B +12.41%
1974 299B +32.62B +12.26%
1973 266B +16.61B +6.66%
1972 249B +19.41B +8.44%
1971 230B +18.7B +8.85%
1970 211B

About the indicator

Government final consumption expenditure in current US dollars: compensation of employees in the public sector, purchases of goods and services for the current work of the state, and spending on defense and security. This is not the whole budget: pensions, benefits and other transfers are left out because they are recorded as household income, while public investment is recorded as capital formation. The quantity therefore comes to roughly two thirds of total budget expense, not all of it.

Important: Not to be confused with budget expense: transfers and capital outlays are not counted here. This same indicator serves as the weight when aggregating military spending as a share of government spending.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.