Government consumption in US dollars — all countries

Government consumption in US dollars — United States

Government consumption in US dollars in the United States in 2024 — 3,991,840,000,000 US$. Ranked 1 in the world out of 168. Since 1970, the indicator has risen by 1,970.6%.

2024 3.99T US$ +6% vs 2023
World rank 1of 168
Period maximum 3.99T US$2024
Period minimum 193B US$1970

Trend over time

1970–2024 · US$

Government consumption in US dollars — United States, 1970–202401T2T3T4T19701976198219881994200020062012201820241970: 192,785,000,000 US$1971: 208,960,000,000 US$1972: 225,498,000,000 US$1973: 239,125,000,000 US$1974: 265,205,000,000 US$1975: 296,725,000,000 US$1976: 314,508,000,000 US$1977: 341,169,000,000 US$1978: 370,770,000,000 US$1979: 404,705,000,000 US$1980: 453,650,000,000 US$1981: 507,041,000,000 US$1982: 554,529,000,000 US$1983: 595,393,000,000 US$1984: 634,728,000,000 US$1985: 690,640,000,000 US$1986: 737,989,000,000 US$1987: 776,893,000,000 US$1988: 820,454,000,000 US$1989: 881,429,000,000 US$1990: 948,186,000,000 US$1991: 1,004,857,000,000 US$1992: 1,048,383,000,000 US$1993: 1,073,040,000,000 US$1994: 1,108,101,000,000 US$1995: 1,141,743,000,000 US$1996: 1,172,889,000,000 US$1997: 1,220,528,000,000 US$1998: 1,267,607,000,000 US$1999: 1,351,427,000,000 US$2000: 1,437,588,000,000 US$2001: 1,538,151,000,000 US$2002: 1,645,819,000,000 US$2003: 1,746,378,000,000 US$2004: 1,851,920,000,000 US$2005: 1,962,027,000,000 US$2006: 2,072,953,000,000 US$2007: 2,198,532,000,000 US$2008: 2,353,440,000,000 US$2009: 2,433,429,000,000 US$2010: 2,511,047,000,000 US$2011: 2,511,311,000,000 US$2012: 2,515,439,000,000 US$2013: 2,530,745,000,000 US$2014: 2,562,276,000,000 US$2015: 2,603,988,000,000 US$2016: 2,653,374,000,000 US$2017: 2,715,714,000,000 US$2018: 2,859,732,000,000 US$2019: 3,012,056,000,000 US$2020: 3,180,108,000,000 US$2021: 3,376,390,000,000 US$2022: 3,563,488,000,000 US$2023: 3,765,878,000,000 US$2024: 3,991,840,000,000 US$
Change over the period: +3.8T (+1,970.62%) Average annual rate: 5.77 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: United States

United States 3.99T US$
World 18.65T US$
North America 4.48T US$
Northern America computed 4.48T US$
High-income countries computed 12.35T US$
Government consumption in US dollars — United States, by year United States All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2024 3.99T +226B +6%
2023 3.77T +202B +5.68%
2022 3.56T +187B +5.54%
2021 3.38T +196B +6.17%
2020 3.18T +168B +5.58%
2019 3.01T +152B +5.33%
2018 2.86T +144B +5.3%
2017 2.72T +62.34B +2.35%
2016 2.65T +49.39B +1.9%
2015 2.6T +41.71B +1.63%
2014 2.56T +31.53B +1.25%
2013 2.53T +15.31B +0.61%
2012 2.52T +4.13B +0.16%
2011 2.51T +264M +0.01%
2010 2.51T +77.62B +3.19%
2009 2.43T +79.99B +3.4%
2008 2.35T +155B +7.05%
2007 2.2T +126B +6.06%
2006 2.07T +111B +5.65%
2005 1.96T +110B +5.95%
2004 1.85T +106B +6.04%
2003 1.75T +101B +6.11%
2002 1.65T +108B +7%
2001 1.54T +101B +7%
2000 1.44T +86.16B +6.38%
1999 1.35T +83.82B +6.61%
1998 1.27T +47.08B +3.86%
1997 1.22T +47.64B +4.06%
1996 1.17T +31.15B +2.73%
1995 1.14T +33.64B +3.04%
1994 1.11T +35.06B +3.27%
1993 1.07T +24.66B +2.35%
1992 1.05T +43.53B +4.33%
1991 1T +56.67B +5.98%
1990 948B +66.76B +7.57%
1989 881B +60.98B +7.43%
1988 820B +43.56B +5.61%
1987 777B +38.9B +5.27%
1986 738B +47.35B +6.86%
1985 691B +55.91B +8.81%
1984 635B +39.34B +6.61%
1983 595B +40.86B +7.37%
1982 555B +47.49B +9.37%
1981 507B +53.39B +11.77%
1980 454B +48.95B +12.09%
1979 405B +33.94B +9.15%
1978 371B +29.6B +8.68%
1977 341B +26.66B +8.48%
1976 315B +17.78B +5.99%
1975 297B +31.52B +11.89%
1974 265B +26.08B +10.91%
1973 239B +13.63B +6.04%
1972 225B +16.54B +7.91%
1971 209B +16.18B +8.39%
1970 193B

Northern America, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

US United States 3.99T CA Canada 487B BM Bermuda 985M

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.