The United States recorded a Government Budget deficit equal to 5.90 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product in 2025. Government Budget in the United States averaged -2.66 percent of GDP from 1948 until 2025, reaching an all time high of 4.50 percent of GDP in 1948 and a record low of -14.50 percent of GDP in 2020. source: U.S. Treasury
Government Budget in the United States is expected to reach -5.60 percent of GDP by the end of 2026, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the United States Federal Government Budget is projected to trend around -5.00 percent of GDP in 2027, according to our econometric models.