Government spending in the United States was last recorded at 39.7 percent of GDP in 2024 . Government Spending to GDP in the United States averaged 25.79 percent of GDP from 1900 until 2024, reaching an all time high of 47.01 percent of GDP in 2020 and a record low of 6.55 percent of GDP in 1907. source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
Government Spending to GDP in the United States is expected to reach 40.50 percent of GDP by the end of 2025, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the United States Government Spending To GDP is projected to trend around 41.40 percent of GDP in 2026 and 39.00 percent of GDP in 2027, according to our econometric models.