United States | General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP)

General government final consumption expenditure (formerly general government consumption) includes all government current expenditures for purchases of goods and services (including compensation of employees). It also includes most expenditures on national defense and security, but excludes government military expenditures that are part of government capital formation. Limitations and exceptions: Because policymakers have tended to focus on fostering the growth of output, and because data on production are easier to collect than data on spending, many countries generate their primary estimate of GDP using the production approach. Moreover, many countries do not estimate all the components of national expenditures but instead derive some of the main aggregates indirectly using GDP (based on the production approach) as the control total. Statistical concept and methodology: Gross domestic product (GDP) from the expenditure side is made up of household final consumption expenditure, general government final consumption expenditure, gross capital formation (private and public investment in fixed assets, changes in inventories, and net acquisitions of valuables), and net exports (exports minus imports) of goods and services. Such expenditures are recorded in purchaser prices and include net taxes on products.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
United States of America
Records
63
Source
United States | General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970 17.96184302
1971 17.9387904
1972 17.62928912
1973 16.77627517
1974 17.1626728
1975 17.61079563
1976 16.7879783
1977 16.38796902
1978 15.76671873
1979 15.40364316
1980 15.87683788
1981 15.81024377
1982 16.58385143
1983 16.38378575
1984 15.72037736
1985 15.91710861
1986 16.11459526
1987 16.00120695
1988 15.66816985
1989 15.62379688
1990 15.90077315
1991 16.31756983
1992 16.07868746
1993 15.64526893
1994 15.20605343
1995 14.94477109
1996 14.52832002
1997 14.22932383
1998 13.98689648
1999 14.03179853
2000 14.02395174
2001 14.53563795
2002 15.0590355
2003 15.24363318
2004 15.15830985
2005 15.04714339
2006 15.00445119
2007 15.18928793
2008 15.9340734
2009 16.80769503
2010 16.68583914
2011 16.098428
2012 15.47584162
2013 15.03661629
2014 14.62196322
2015 14.33033081
2016 14.24494362
2017 13.99862858
2018 13.96251886
2019 14.07222469
2020 14.90173515
2021 14.38438521
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United States | General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP)

General government final consumption expenditure (formerly general government consumption) includes all government current expenditures for purchases of goods and services (including compensation of employees). It also includes most expenditures on national defense and security, but excludes government military expenditures that are part of government capital formation. Limitations and exceptions: Because policymakers have tended to focus on fostering the growth of output, and because data on production are easier to collect than data on spending, many countries generate their primary estimate of GDP using the production approach. Moreover, many countries do not estimate all the components of national expenditures but instead derive some of the main aggregates indirectly using GDP (based on the production approach) as the control total. Statistical concept and methodology: Gross domestic product (GDP) from the expenditure side is made up of household final consumption expenditure, general government final consumption expenditure, gross capital formation (private and public investment in fixed assets, changes in inventories, and net acquisitions of valuables), and net exports (exports minus imports) of goods and services. Such expenditures are recorded in purchaser prices and include net taxes on products.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
United States of America
Records
63
Source