Government consumption in US dollars — all countries

Government consumption in US dollars — Northern America

Government consumption in US dollars in Northern America in 2024 — 4,479,465,223,258 US$. Since 2010, the indicator has risen by 56.7%.

2024 4.48T US$ +6.1% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 4.48T US$2024
Period minimum 2.86T US$2010

Trend over time

2010–2024 · US$

Government consumption in US dollars — Northern America, 2010–20242.5T3T3.5T4T4.5T201020122014201620182020202220242010: 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: +1.62T (+56.66%) Average annual rate: 3.26 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Northern America 4.48T US$
World 18.65T US$
Government consumption in US dollars — Northern America, by year Northern 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

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.