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United States: Expense (% of GDP)

24.43percent · 2023+6.8% since 2013

Expense is a decrease in net worth resulting from a transaction. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. Annual figures for United States from 1972 to 2023.

19842023

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202324.433
202224.613
202131.245
202031.797
201922.514
201822.169
201722.141
201622.416
201522.374
201422.61
201322.881
201223.912
201125.346
201026.055
200925.577
200822.788
200720.865
200620.595
200520.745
200420.449
200320.661
200220.084
200119.51
200017.927
199918.104
199818.721
199719.39
199620.005
199520.533
199420.731
199321.417
199221.818
199122.884
199021.559
198920.863
198821.03
198721.374
198622.231
198522.175
198421.47
198322.803
198222.463
198121.005
198020.544
197918.921
197819.124
197719.603
197619.732
197519.471
197417.883
197317.896
197217.798

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Monetary Fund, World Bank, OECD. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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World Bank (2026). Expense (% of GDP). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-expense-zs (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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