US Federal Budget Analyst

Each federal budget includes actual outlays for all the fiscal years going back to 1962.

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FY26 Federal Budget Spending Actuals
for Fiscal Years 2019 - 2024

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$ billion nom$ trillion nom$ million nomInflation$ bln 2017$2017 per cap$2017/cap/daypercent GDPpercent GOpct series Units: By default, values are displayed in billions of nominal dollars. By using a dropdown control in the table heading you can select millions of dollars, percent of GDP, percent of federal total, percent of overall total, dollars per capita of population, and thousand dollars per capita of population. 19861987198819891990199119921993199419951996199719981999200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026No Pie Chart2019 chart2020 chart2021 chart2022 chart2023 chart2024 chart US Budget Year: By default, the table displays budgeted and estimated numbers from the most recent US Federal Budget submitted to the Congress by the president. But you can look at numbers from other US Federal Budgets using this dropdown control. full screen
	US Federal Government FY 26* Budget Actual Outlays in $ billion nominal
-5yr -1yr   Fiscal Years 2019 - 2024   +1yr +2yr

				Actual Outlays from US Federal FY 26* Budget
Change View: people old functions radical census programs altprog oldprog COFOG Change Data View: The default view of spending data is by function. But you can also view data by program or the UN COFOG classification system.				FY 2019  Outlays	FY 2020  Outlays	FY 2021  Outlays	FY 2022  Outlays	FY 2023  Outlays	FY 2024  Outlays
[+]	Pensions			1,106.9	1,151.8	1,186.2	1,279.8	1,459.1	1,529.9
[+]	Health Care			1,235.8	1,523.8	1,492.9	1,669.2	1,736.1	1,785.8
[+]	Education			149.6	251.1	312.5	692.5	14.6	323.8
[+]  Charts: Click on a to display a bar of data in a row or column of this table. Click on to display a time-series chart of data in a row. [+] Drill-down: Click on the [+] to drill down to more detailed numbers. For federal spending line items (but not revenue) you can drill down three levels to view about 4,000 items of spending at the “agency code” level.	Defense			938.6	1,011.0	1,035.1	1,111.9	1,191.2	1,271.8
[+]	Welfare			361.5	1,107.7	1,485.4	685.3	544.9	464.5
[+]	Protection			41.3	45.6	46.0	45.7	50.9	52.3
[+]	Transportation			95.8	145.6	154.3	131.0	126.4	137.1
[+]	General Government			50.8	208.7	302.8	163.1	66.6	64.4
[+]	Other Spending			91.5	763.0	455.0	18.8	286.7	239.6
[+]	Interest			375.2	345.5	352.3	475.9	658.3	966.1
[+]	Balance			0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
[+]	Total Spending:  Start chart			4,447.0	6,553.6	6,822.5	6,273.3	6,134.7	6,751.6
[+]	Federal Deficit			983.6	3,132.5	2,775.4	1,375.9	1,693.7	1,832.8
[+]	Gross Public Debt			22,669.5	26,902.5	28,385.6	30,838.6	32,989.0	35,464.7
[+]	Other Borrowing			223.6	1,100.5	-1,292.2	1,077.1	456.7	642.8
[+]	Agency GSE Debt			9,408.3	10,066.5	10,679.4	11,658.8	11,939.8	12,234.3
Outlays: Pie Chart: Select a pie chart you wish to display. You can create a pie chart for federal, state and local, and overall spending/revenue. a - actual reported b - budgeted estimate in US FY26 budget e - estimated by usgovernmentspending.com Data Sources for 2019: Federal: Fed. Budget: Hist. Tables 3.2, 5.1, 7.1 Data Sources for 2024: Federal: Fed. Budget: Hist. Tables 3.2, 5.1, 7.1

Spending Definitions

Notes

The table shows overall actual federal expenditures for major functions for a six year window, as reported in the historical tables in the latest presidential budget.

If the most recent year, 2024, shows many values as budgeted, it is because the details of actual expenditure for the latest year have not yet been released.

You can move the the six-year window, change the units displayed, or drill down to view more detailed spending information.

Data Sources: Federal spending from Budget of the United States Government.

For a discussion of the sources of the government spending data used here read How We Got the Data for usgovernmentspending.com.

Budget Updates: The president’s budget is typically published each year in February.

Download Federal Budget Data for 2019-2024

Tab-delimited Table

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US Federal Government Spending Fiscal Year 2019 - 2024 Estimated Outlays in $ billion nom Year FY 2019 Outlays FY 2020 Outlays FY 2021 Outlays FY 2022 Outlays FY 2023 Outlays FY 2024 Outlays Pensions 1,106.9 a 1,151.8 a 1,186.2 a 1,279.8 a 1,459.1 b 1,529.9 e Health Care 1,235.8 a 1,523.8 a 1,492.9 a 1,669.2 a 1,736.1 b 1,785.8 e Education 149.6 a 251.1 a 312.5 a 692.5 a 14.6 a 323.8 e Defense 938.6 a 1,011.0 a 1,035.1 a 1,111.9 a 1,191.2 a 1,271.8 e Welfare 361.5 a 1,107.7 a 1,485.4 a 685.3 a 544.9 a 464.5 e Protection 41.3 a 45.6 a 46.0 a 45.7 a 50.9 a 52.3 e Transportation 95.8 a 145.6 a 154.3 a 131.0 a 126.4 a 137.1 e General Government 50.8 a 208.7 a 302.8 a 163.1 a 66.6 a 64.4 e Other Spending 91.5 a 763.0 a 455.0 a 18.8 a 286.7 a 239.6 e Interest 375.2 a 345.5 a 352.3 a 475.9 a 658.3 a 966.1 e Balance 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Total Spending 4,447.0 a 6,553.6 a 6,822.5 a 6,273.3 a 6,134.7 a 6,751.6 a Federal Deficit 983.6 a 3,132.5 a 2,775.4 a 1,375.9 a 1,693.7 a 1,832.8 a Gross Public Debt 22,669.5 a 26,902.5 a 28,385.6 a 30,838.6 a 32,989.0 a 35,464.7 e Other Borrowing 223.6 a 1,100.5 a -1,292.2 a 1,077.1 a 456.7 a 642.8 a Agency GSE Debt 9,408.3 a 10,066.5 a 10,679.4 a 11,658.8 a 11,939.8 a 12,234.3 a Legend: a - actual reported b - budgeted estimate in US FY26 budget e - estimated by usgovernmentspending.com Data Sources for 2019: Federal: <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/budget/2025/BUDGET-2025-TAB Fed. Budget: Hist. Tables 3.2, 5.1, 7.1 Data Sources for 2024: Federal: <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/budget/2025/BUDGET-2025-TAB Fed. Budget: Hist. Tables 3.2, 5.1, 7.1 source: usgovernmentspending.com

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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.