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Government Spending / United States
Public Finance

United States Government Spending

Current and historical government spending data for United States, including latest value (13.94), trend, international ranking, comparison and source notes.
COUNTRY: United States
UNIT: percent of GDP
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: partial
UPDATED: 2026-06-05T18:59:07+02:00
Economy Data Rating
United States · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
A
76 / 100
Strong stability
Fiscal stability 10.1 / 25
Macroeconomic stability 18.6 / 20
External stability 12.7 / 15
Financial robustness 14.3 / 15
Structural stability 7.4 / 10
Future capacity 9.5 / 10
Demographic capacity 3.2 / 5
Method: Economy Data 7-pillar stability model with structural financial robustness adjustment. This is a transparent Economy Data heuristic, not an official sovereign credit rating. Data coverage: 90% of weighted inputs available.
Time range: 2015–2022 2015– 2022
2015 2022
Selected year: 2022 · Value: n/a 2022

United States · general government final consumption expenditure as a percentage of gdp.

2015–2022
13.94 percent of GDP
14.44 percent of GDP
14.24 percent of GDP
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government spending rate reference line

Countries by government spending

full ranking
Country Rate Class
Ukraine 37.92 high
Sweden 26.32 high
Finland 25.62 high
Iceland 25.14 high
Netherlands 24.91 high
Kuwait 24.6 medium
Belgium 23.53 medium
France 23.09 medium

Interpretation

short note

This public finance indicator helps assess fiscal capacity, budget pressure and the role of government.

Values should be interpreted together with country context, time range, source coverage and related macroeconomic indicators.

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Comparison

latest
Canada 20.91
Mexico 11.21
China 16.63
Germany 21.06
France 23.09

Related indicators

internal links
Government Revenue GC.REV.XGRT.GD.ZS
Government Debt GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS
Fiscal Balance GC.BAL.CASH.GD.ZS
Tax Revenue GC.TAX.TOTL.GD.ZS
GDP Growth NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG

Source layer

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Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: NE.CON.GOVT.ZS

Cache: partial · Updated: 2026-06-05T18:59:07+02:00

United States Snapshot

country profile
Population 340.11 m
GDP 28750.96 bn
Debt/GDP 117.97%
Inflation 2.95%
Unemployment 4.2%
Currency n/a
Region North America
Income group High income

United States Government Spending: data context and use

This page is part of the Economy Data indicator system. It provides structured country-level economic data, historical series, rankings and comparison views for researchers, students, journalists and decision makers. The page combines indicator metadata, country context, latest available values, ranking information and source notes.

The selected indicator is Government Spending for United States. The data are designed for quick comparison across countries and for deeper interpretation together with related macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, exports, imports, population and inequality.

Keyphrase synonyms: united states government spending rate, government spending data united states, united states government spending statistics, united states percent of gdp.