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Government expense to GDP in United States

Latest: 24.4%
Previous: 24.6%
Change: -0.18 (-0.7%)
Reference period: Dec 31, 2023
Frequency: Annual
Unit: Percent

Government expense to GDP over time

Annual, Percent, Not seasonally adjusted

Source: World Bank Recession

Observations for Government expense to GDP in United States
Date	Value
Dec 31, 1966	—
Dec 31, 1967	—
Dec 31, 1968	—
Dec 31, 1969	—
Dec 31, 1970	—
Dec 31, 1971	—
Dec 31, 1972	17.8%
Dec 31, 1973	17.9%
Dec 31, 1974	17.9%
Dec 31, 1975	19.5%
Dec 31, 1976	19.7%
Dec 31, 1977	19.6%
Dec 31, 1978	19.1%
Dec 31, 1979	18.9%
Dec 31, 1980	20.5%
Dec 31, 1981	21.0%
Dec 31, 1982	22.5%
Dec 31, 1983	22.8%
Dec 31, 1984	21.5%
Dec 31, 1985	22.2%
Dec 31, 1986	22.2%
Dec 31, 1987	21.4%
Dec 31, 1988	21.0%
Dec 31, 1989	20.9%
Dec 31, 1990	21.6%
Dec 31, 1991	22.9%
Dec 31, 1992	21.8%
Dec 31, 1993	21.4%
Dec 31, 1994	20.7%
Dec 31, 1995	20.5%
Dec 31, 1996	20.0%
Dec 31, 1997	19.4%
Dec 31, 1998	18.7%
Dec 31, 1999	18.1%
Dec 31, 2000	17.9%
Dec 31, 2001	19.5%
Dec 31, 2002	20.1%
Dec 31, 2003	20.7%
Dec 31, 2004	20.4%
Dec 31, 2005	20.7%
Dec 31, 2006	20.6%
Dec 31, 2007	20.9%
Dec 31, 2008	22.8%
Dec 31, 2009	25.6%
Dec 31, 2010	26.1%
Dec 31, 2011	25.3%
Dec 31, 2012	23.9%
Dec 31, 2013	22.9%
Dec 31, 2014	22.6%
Dec 31, 2015	22.4%
Dec 31, 2016	22.4%
Dec 31, 2017	22.1%
Dec 31, 2018	22.2%
Dec 31, 2019	22.5%
Dec 31, 2020	31.8%
Dec 31, 2021	31.2%
Dec 31, 2022	24.6%
Dec 31, 2023	24.4%
Dec 31, 2024	—
Dec 31, 2025	—

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