Total Spending
Fiscal Years 1900 to 2010 Year GDP-US $ billion nominal Population-US million Total
Spending  total percent GDP
1900 20.567 76.212 3.06 i
1901 22.269 77.680 2.87 i
1902 24.062 79.176 6.90 a
1903 25.93 80.701 6.79 i
1904 25.681 82.255 7.29 i
1905 28.788 83.839 6.90 i
1906 31.037 85.453 6.80 i
1907 33.851 87.099 6.62 i
1908 30.133 88.776 7.89 i
1909 32.229 90.486 7.84 i
1910 33.423 92.229 8.03 i
1911 34.343 93.523 8.30 i
1912 37.384 94.836 8.10 i
1913 39.14 96.167 8.21 a
1914 36.479 97.516 9.56 i
1915 38.675 98.885 9.81 i
1916 49.638 100.273 8.21 i
1917 59.702 101.680 9.49 i
1918 75.835 103.107 22.10 i
1919 78.333 104.554 29.31 i
1920 88.393 106.022 12.82 i
1921 73.603 107.626 14.30 i
1922 73.432 109.254 12.66 a
1923 85.414 110.908 11.27 i
1924 86.947 112.586 11.48 i
1925 90.575 114.290 11.44 i
1926 96.949 116.019 11.12 i
1927 95.544 117.775 11.74 a
1928 97.365 119.557 11.75 i
1929 103.6 121.366 11.27 i
1930 91.2 123.203 13.07 i
1931 76.5 124.071 15.92 i
1932 58.7 124.945 21.19 a
1933 56.4 125.825 22.38 i
1934 66 126.712 19.40 a
1935 73.3 127.605 20.17 i
1936 83.8 128.504 20.00 a
1937 91.9 129.410 18.74 i
1938 86.1 130.321 20.53 a
1939 92.2 131.240 20.66 i
1940 101.4 132.165 20.14 a
1941 126.7 133.966 19.22 i
1942 161.9 135.792 28.15 a
1943 198.6 137.643 46.68 i
1944 219.8 139.519 50.02 a
1945 223 141.421 52.99 i
1946 222.2 143.349 35.87 a
1947 244.1 145.303 23.65 i
1948 269.1 147.283 20.47 a
1949 267.2 149.291 23.47 i
1950 293.7 151.326 23.95 a
1951 339.3 153.917 22.38 i
1952 358.3 156.552 27.88 a
1953 379.3 159.232 29.02 a
1954 380.4 161.958 29.27 a
1955 414.7 164.731 26.70 a
1956 437.4 167.551 26.47 a
1957 461.1 170.420 27.21 a
1958 467.2 173.337 28.84 a
1959 506.6 176.305 28.77 a
1960 526.4 179.323 28.74 a
1961 544.8 181.588 30.25 a
1962 585.7 183.881 28.94 i
1963 617.8 186.204 28.71 i
1964 663.6 188.555 28.50 i
1965 719.1 190.937 26.96 i
1966 787.7 193.348 27.45 i
1967 832.4 195.790 29.80 i
1968 909.8 198.263 30.47 i
1969 984.4 200.766 30.08 i
1970 1038.3 203.302 31.00 i
1971 1126.8 205.515 31.49 i
1972 1237.9 207.752 31.36 i
1973 1382.3 210.013 29.78 i
1974 1499.5 212.299 30.23 i
1975 1637.7 214.609 33.62 i
1976 1824.6 216.945 34.00 i
1977 2030.1 219.307 32.91 i
1978 2293.8 221.694 32.02 i
1979 2562.2 224.107 31.58 i
1980 2788.1 226.546 33.72 i
1981 3126.8 228.670 33.64 i
1982 3253.2 230.815 36.25 i
1983 3534.6 232.979 36.31 i
1984 3930.9 235.164 34.44 i
1985 4217.5 237.369 35.48 i
1986 4460.1 239.595 35.71 i
1987 4736.4 241.842 35.09 i
1988 5100.4 244.110 34.73 i
1989 5482.1 246.399 34.93 i
1990 5800.5 248.710 36.01 i
1991 5992.1 251.802 37.22 i
1992 6342.3 254.933 37.04 a
1993 6667.4 258.103 36.31 a
1994 7085.2 261.312 35.38 a
1995 7414.7 264.561 35.53 a
1996 7838.5 267.850 34.69 a
1997 8332.4 271.180 33.76 a
1998 8793.5 274.552 33.24 a
1999 9353.5 277.966 32.64 a
2000 9951.5 282.172 32.56 a
2001 10286.2 285.082 33.33 i
2002 10642.3 287.804 34.74 a
2003 11142.2 290.326 35.31 i
2004 11853.3 293.046 34.86 a
2005 12623 295.507 34.83 a
2006 13377.2 298.109 35.12 a
2007 14028.7 300.733 35.09 a
2008 14369.1 303.380 37.14 a
2009 13939 306.051 42.63 a
2010 14526.5 308.746 40.75 e
Legend:
a - actual reported
i - interpolated between actual reported values
e - estimated by usgovernmentspending.com