Spending As Percent Of GDP in United States 1900-2010
Spending As Percent Of GDP United States 1900-2010


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Create and customize your own charts of government spending.Change:   from  to Google Chart or JpGraph or chart.jsor Add data seriesUse the controls below to CUSTOMIZE chart or CHANGE the data seriesHover mouse over dropdown controls for help.  Remember, you can display a maximum of five data series at once. 
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			 Spending Units: By default, government spending is displayed in billions of dollars.  But using a dropdown control in the table heading you can select billions of 2017 dollars, percent of GDP, 2017 dollars per capita, percent of federal spending, or percent of total spending.Chart Title: You can create a title for your chart.  Use the text field to enter a title and click the button to the right of the text field. US or State: By default, the chart shows overall United States government spending.  But you can select spending for individual states by selecting the state dropdown control in the table heading.State, Local: By default, you can chart state spending or local spending by clicking a radio button in the selection table. But you can chart state-and-local combined by selecting state n local  in the state/local dropdown control in the table heading.View: There are many ways to view the spending data.  The default view is functional.  There is a census view that conforms with the spending categories used by the US Census Bureau in its Statistical Abstract.  There is a COFOG view that categorizes spending using the UN methodology.  Linear/Log: By default, the data series are displayed as linear charts.  But you can also select a log chart. Linear charts show constant amount changes as a straight line; Log charts show constant rates of change as a straight line. Line/Bar: By default, the data series are displayed as line charts.  But you can also select a bar chart. Data Stack: By default, the data series are “stacked” when displayed on the chart.  But you can change the setting to “un stack” the data series. Chart Size: By default, the chart is displayed at medium size. But you can use the dropdown control to change the size.  Color: By default charts are displayed with color data lines and fill.  You can change this to grayscale if you want. Or display a chart using Google API or chart.js API.US Budget Year: By default, the chart displays budgeted and estimated federal spending in the current US Budget submitted to the Congress by the president. But you can look at previous budgeted numbers using this dropdown control. Mandatory: By default the chart shows all spending without regard to mandatory or discretionary. Select Mandatory if you 
want to chart only federal Mandatory spending, Discretionary if you want to chart only federal Discretionary spending, Both if you want both federal Mandatory and Discretionary spending broken out using the dropdown control in the table heading.   Data Range Start Year: You can select any start year you want using the dropdown control in the table heading. At the top and bottom of the dropdown only years ending in “0” are shown. Select a start year to get close, then select the start year you want.End Year: You can select any end year you want using the dropdown control in the table heading. At the top and bottom of the dropdown only years ending in “0” are shown. Select an end year to get close, then select the end year you want.Category (max 7)Sub-categoryFed Gov. Xfer State Local Total   
 Data Series: Select a spending series you want to chart from a dropdown on the left.  If you select on the bottom dropdown you will add a data series (up to a maximum of five).  The right-hand dropdown allows you to replace a data series with a more narrowly focused series. Click the “X” link to remove a data series from the chart.  ? Select data series to add to chartX 
   ? Select data series to add to chart All CategoriesIf you’d like to create your own custom chart of spending data you should
use the table above to make your selections.


Select the year range: Select the start year and the end year you want by selecting the years you want
in the two year dropdown boxes.
Select spending items: Just select the spending item you want from the dropdown control.  Then click a radio button to select the level of government: federal, state, or local.  If you select from the < select > you will add another data series to your chart.  Up to 5 data series are allowed at once.
Click the “X” link to remove a data series from the chart.
Select units: You can select the display in billions of nominal (i.e. inflated) dollars, billions of real (i.e. year 2017) dollars, or as percent of GDP.
Choose chart features: You can select the size of the chart, switch from bar chart to line chart, select color or black and white, stacked or not.  You can also blow up the chart to fill the screen with the “full screen” tab control above the chart display.

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	Copy and Paste: To copy and paste data into spreadsheet for analysis, just copy
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	it into your spreadsheet.View Data Seriesback to chart |back to table | back to topBelow is a formatted version of the data displayed in the chart.Spending As Percent Of GDPFiscal Years 1900 to 2010YearInflationGDP-US$ billion nominalPopulation-USmillion19002.92MW gdpa76.21219012.95MW gdpa77.68019022.9MW gdpa79.17619034.83MW gdpa80.70119042.57MW gdpa82.25519050.81MW gdpa83.83919063.71MW gdpa85.45319076.49MW gdpa87.0991908-0.18MW gdpa88.7761909-1.49MW gdpa90.48619102.63MW gdpa92.2291911-0.49MW gdpa93.52319124.17MW gdpa94.83619130.75MW gdpa96.16719140.86MW gdpa97.51619153.29MW gdpa98.885191614.48MW gdpa100.273191722.75MW gdpa101.680191818MW gdpa103.10719192.49MW gdpa104.554192013.78MW gdpa106.0221921-14.44MW gdpa107.6261922-5.79MW gdpa109.25419233.15MW gdpa110.9081924-1.28MW gdpa112.58619251.82MW gdpa114.29019260.5MW gdpa116.0191927-2.42MW gdpa117.77519280.76MW gdpa119.55719290.73MW gdpa121.3661930-3.3592.2a123.2031931-9.6577.4a124.0711932-10.2259.5a124.9451933-2.6357.2a125.82519345.9766.8a126.71219352.1874.2a127.60519361.3984.8a128.50419374.5593a129.4101938-2.7187.4a130.3211939-1.1693.4a131.24019401.36102.9a132.16519417.95129.3a133.96619429.5166a135.79219435.32203.1a137.64319442.53224.4a139.51919452.58228a141.421194611.39227.5a143.349194710.86249.6a145.30319485.86274.5a147.2831949-0.17272.5a149.29119501.33299.8a151.32619517.66346.9a153.91719521.8367.3a156.55219531.52391.2a159.23219540.72391a161.95819552.01430.2a164.73119563.93451.2a167.55119573.2479.5a170.42019582.04485.8a173.33719591.34525a176.30519601.44545.6a179.32319611.04567.7a181.58819621.27609a183.88119630.99644.4a186.20419641.87692a188.55519651.93749.3a190.93719663.34819.6a193.34819672.83865.2a195.79019684.56950.8a198.26319695.381030a200.76619705.021086.1a203.30219715.431177.7a205.51519724.211290.6a207.75219736.331433.8a210.01319749.431560a212.29919758.81709.8a214.60919765.381886.6a216.94519776.522118.5a219.30719787.812395.1a221.69419798.992667.6a224.10719808.712856.5a226.54619819.823260.6a228.67019825.83366.3a230.81519833.863689.2a232.97919843.814084.3a235.16419853.144386.8a237.36919861.924607.7a239.59519872.754884.6a241.84219883.965282.8a244.11019893.95695.4a246.39919903.896015.1a248.71019913.286205.9a251.80219922.156566.6a254.93319932.526882.1a258.10319942.197331.1a261.31219952.137683.1a264.56119961.788131.4a267.85019971.868662.8a271.18019981.199121.1a274.55219991.419686.6a277.96620002.5510318.2a282.17220012.2210598a285.08220021.510984a287.80420032.0711566.7a290.32620042.8912305.3a293.04620053.3613142.6a295.75320063.2113870.2a298.59320072.6314564.1a301.58020082.0314899a304.37520090.1114448.9a307.00720101.4515141.6a309.327Legend:Data Sources for 1900:GDP: Samuel H. Williamson, "What Was the U.S. GDP Then?" MeasuringWorth, 2015.Federal: Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the US, Colonial Times to 1970State and Local: Hist. Stats of US, Colonial Times to 1970 and 1789 - 1945Data Sources for 2010:GDP, GO: GDP, GO SourcesFederal: Fed. Budget: Hist. Tables 3.2, 5.1, 7.1State and Local: State and Local Gov. Finances
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Spending Data Sources

Spending data is from official government sources.
Federal spending data since 1962 comes from the president’s budget.
All other spending data comes from the US Census Bureau.
Gross Domestic Product data comes from
US Bureau of Economic Analysis and
measuringworth.com.
Detailed table of spending data sources here.Medicare breakdown here; Medicaid breakdown here.
Federal spending data begins in 1792.
State and local spending data begins in 1820.
State and local spending data for individual states begins in 1957.
