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C28 · FISCAL SCALE

Federal net outlays as a percent of GDP

22.79
STALE ROBUST DRS 95 annual as of 2025-01-01

This tile is stale: the value shown is the last one the source published, never a fabricated current number.

The full history

1929 high 40.68 · low 2.99 · now 22.79 · 11 recessions shaded 2025

How it is read

What it measures
fiscal scale
Confidence
ROBUST : a primary official series, mechanically reported.
Reliability (DRS)
DRS 95: CONTEXT: the size of the federal government is a fact to show, not a strain to score.

Where it comes from

FRED ↗ Every number on this site is reproducible from this primary source.

Questions it helps answer

  • Scale & Energy : How large is the state, and how self-supplied is the economy?