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Government spending and investment, share of GDP

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17.3% of GDP

Time frame
Line chart of government spending and investment, share of GDP, April 2025 to April 2026: from 17.4% of GDP to 17.3% of GDP.Line chart of government spending and investment, share of GDP, 2021 to 2026: from 17.9% of GDP to 17.3% of GDP.Line chart of government spending and investment, share of GDP, 2016 to 2026: from 17.6% of GDP to 17.3% of GDP.Line chart of government spending and investment, share of GDP, 1947 to 2026: from 16.6% of GDP to 17.3% of GDP.

Source: Bureau of Economic Analysis, NIPA Table 1.1.10, via FRED; series A822RE1Q156NBEA. Data as of Q2 2026.

Government spending and investment, share of GDP: every reading, newest first.
DateValue
Q2 202617.3% of GDP
Q1 202617.2% of GDP
Q4 202517.2% of GDP
Q3 202517.3% of GDP
Q2 202517.4% of GDP
Q1 202517.5% of GDP
Q4 202417.5% of GDP
Q3 202417.5% of GDP
Q2 202417.4% of GDP
Q1 202417.4% of GDP
Q4 202317.3% of GDP
Q3 202317.3% of GDP
Q2 202317.1% of GDP
Q1 202317.1% of GDP
Q4 202217.1% of GDP
Q3 202217.0% of GDP
Q2 202217.2% of GDP
Q1 202217.2% of GDP
Q4 202117.3% of GDP
Q3 202117.6% of GDP
Q2 202117.9% of GDP
Q1 202118.3% of GDP
Q4 202018.2% of GDP
Q3 202018.4% of GDP
Q2 202020.2% of GDP
Q1 202018.1% of GDP
Q4 201917.6% of GDP
Q3 201917.6% of GDP
Q2 201917.6% of GDP
Q1 201917.5% of GDP
Q4 201817.5% of GDP
Q3 201817.4% of GDP
Q2 201817.3% of GDP
Q1 201817.3% of GDP
Q4 201717.3% of GDP
Q3 201717.3% of GDP
Q2 201717.3% of GDP
Q1 201717.4% of GDP
Q4 201617.5% of GDP
Q3 201617.5% of GDP
Q2 201617.6% of GDP
Q1 201617.7% of GDP
Q4 201517.7% of GDP
Q3 201517.7% of GDP
Q2 201517.7% of GDP
Q1 201517.6% of GDP
Q4 201417.8% of GDP
Q3 201417.9% of GDP
Q2 201418.0% of GDP
Q1 201418.3% of GDP
Q4 201318.3% of GDP
Q3 201318.5% of GDP
Q2 201318.7% of GDP
Q1 201318.8% of GDP
Q4 201219.1% of GDP
Q3 201219.2% of GDP
Q2 201219.3% of GDP
Q1 201219.6% of GDP
Q4 201119.8% of GDP
Q3 201120.0% of GDP
Q2 201120.4% of GDP
Q1 201120.6% of GDP
Q4 201020.7% of GDP
Q3 201020.9% of GDP
Q2 201021.1% of GDP
Q1 201021.2% of GDP
Q4 200921.3% of GDP
Q3 200921.4% of GDP
Q2 200921.4% of GDP
Q1 200920.9% of GDP
Q4 200820.7% of GDP
Q3 200820.3% of GDP
Q2 200820.0% of GDP
Q1 200819.8% of GDP
Q4 200719.5% of GDP
Q3 200719.3% of GDP
Q2 200719.2% of GDP
Q1 200719.1% of GDP
Q4 200619.0% of GDP
Q3 200619.0% of GDP
Q2 200619.0% of GDP
Q1 200619.0% of GDP
Q4 200519.0% of GDP
Q3 200519.0% of GDP
Q2 200519.0% of GDP
Q1 200519.0% of GDP
Q4 200419.1% of GDP
Q3 200419.1% of GDP
Q2 200419.2% of GDP
Q1 200419.2% of GDP
Q4 200319.1% of GDP
Q3 200319.2% of GDP
Q2 200319.4% of GDP
Q1 200319.4% of GDP
Q4 200219.4% of GDP
Q3 200219.1% of GDP
Q2 200219.1% of GDP
Q1 200218.9% of GDP
Q4 200118.7% of GDP
Q3 200118.4% of GDP
Q2 200118.4% of GDP
Q1 200118.2% of GDP
Q4 200017.8% of GDP
Q3 200017.8% of GDP
Q2 200017.8% of GDP
Q1 200017.9% of GDP
Q4 199918.0% of GDP
Q3 199917.9% of GDP
Q2 199917.8% of GDP
Q1 199917.7% of GDP
Q4 199817.7% of GDP
Q3 199817.8% of GDP
Q2 199817.9% of GDP
Q1 199817.7% of GDP
Q4 199718.0% of GDP
Q3 199718.0% of GDP
Q2 199718.1% of GDP
Q1 199718.1% of GDP
Q4 199618.4% of GDP
Q3 199618.4% of GDP
Q2 199618.5% of GDP
Q1 199618.7% of GDP
Q4 199518.7% of GDP
Q3 199518.9% of GDP
Q2 199519.2% of GDP
Q1 199519.1% of GDP
Q4 199419.1% of GDP
Q3 199419.4% of GDP
Q2 199419.2% of GDP
Q1 199419.3% of GDP
Q4 199319.7% of GDP
Q3 199319.9% of GDP
Q2 199320.0% of GDP
Q1 199320.1% of GDP
Q4 199220.4% of GDP
Q3 199220.6% of GDP
Q2 199220.6% of GDP
Q1 199220.8% of GDP
Q4 199120.9% of GDP
Q3 199121.0% of GDP
Q2 199121.2% of GDP
Q1 199121.3% of GDP
Q4 199021.1% of GDP
Q3 199020.7% of GDP
Q2 199020.6% of GDP
Q1 199020.6% of GDP
Q4 198920.5% of GDP
Q3 198920.4% of GDP
Q2 198920.4% of GDP
Q1 198920.3% of GDP
Q4 198820.6% of GDP
Q3 198820.4% of GDP
Q2 198820.6% of GDP
Q1 198820.8% of GDP
Q4 198721.1% of GDP
Q3 198721.2% of GDP
Q2 198721.3% of GDP
Q1 198721.4% of GDP
Q4 198621.4% of GDP
Q3 198621.6% of GDP
Q2 198621.3% of GDP
Q1 198621.0% of GDP
Q4 198521.1% of GDP
Q3 198521.1% of GDP
Q2 198521.0% of GDP
Q1 198520.7% of GDP
Q4 198420.8% of GDP
Q3 198420.5% of GDP
Q2 198420.4% of GDP
Q1 198420.3% of GDP
Q4 198320.4% of GDP
Q3 198321.2% of GDP
Q2 198321.3% of GDP
Q1 198321.5% of GDP
Q4 198221.7% of GDP
Q3 198221.3% of GDP
Q2 198221.1% of GDP
Q1 198221.0% of GDP
Q4 198120.7% of GDP
Q3 198120.2% of GDP
Q2 198120.5% of GDP
Q1 198120.3% of GDP
Q4 198020.4% of GDP
Q3 198020.7% of GDP
Q2 198021.0% of GDP
Q1 198020.4% of GDP
Q4 197920.1% of GDP
Q3 197920.0% of GDP
Q2 197919.9% of GDP
Q1 197919.9% of GDP
Q4 197820.0% of GDP
Q3 197820.2% of GDP
Q2 197820.3% of GDP
Q1 197820.5% of GDP
Q4 197720.6% of GDP
Q3 197720.7% of GDP
Q2 197721.0% of GDP
Q1 197721.2% of GDP
Q4 197621.2% of GDP
Q3 197621.4% of GDP
Q2 197621.6% of GDP
Q1 197622.0% of GDP
Q4 197522.5% of GDP
Q3 197522.5% of GDP
Q2 197522.6% of GDP
Q1 197522.9% of GDP
Q4 197422.5% of GDP
Q3 197422.2% of GDP
Q2 197421.9% of GDP
Q1 197421.8% of GDP
Q4 197321.2% of GDP
Q3 197321.2% of GDP
Q2 197321.4% of GDP
Q1 197321.7% of GDP
Q4 197222.0% of GDP
Q3 197222.0% of GDP
Q2 197222.6% of GDP
Q1 197222.9% of GDP
Q4 197122.9% of GDP
Q3 197122.9% of GDP
Q2 197123.0% of GDP
Q1 197123.1% of GDP
Q4 197023.8% of GDP
Q3 197023.4% of GDP
Q2 197023.3% of GDP
Q1 197023.6% of GDP
Q4 196923.4% of GDP
Q3 196923.5% of GDP
Q2 196923.5% of GDP
Q1 196923.5% of GDP
Q4 196823.9% of GDP
Q3 196823.9% of GDP
Q2 196823.9% of GDP
Q1 196824.2% of GDP
Q4 196724.2% of GDP
Q3 196724.1% of GDP
Q2 196724.0% of GDP
Q1 196724.0% of GDP
Q4 196623.2% of GDP
Q3 196623.1% of GDP
Q2 196622.6% of GDP
Q1 196622.2% of GDP
Q4 196522.4% of GDP
Q3 196522.3% of GDP
Q2 196521.9% of GDP
Q1 196521.9% of GDP
Q4 196422.4% of GDP
Q3 196422.5% of GDP
Q2 196422.7% of GDP
Q1 196422.8% of GDP
Q4 196323.1% of GDP
Q3 196323.3% of GDP
Q2 196322.9% of GDP
Q1 196323.1% of GDP
Q4 196223.4% of GDP
Q3 196223.3% of GDP
Q2 196223.1% of GDP
Q1 196223.1% of GDP
Q4 196123.0% of GDP
Q3 196122.9% of GDP
Q2 196122.9% of GDP
Q1 196123.2% of GDP
Q4 196023.0% of GDP
Q3 196022.4% of GDP
Q2 196021.9% of GDP
Q1 196021.6% of GDP
Q4 195922.4% of GDP
Q3 195922.8% of GDP
Q2 195922.7% of GDP
Q1 195923.0% of GDP
Q4 195823.6% of GDP
Q3 195823.7% of GDP
Q2 195824.1% of GDP
Q1 195823.5% of GDP
Q4 195723.2% of GDP
Q3 195722.4% of GDP
Q2 195722.4% of GDP
Q1 195722.4% of GDP
Q4 195622.0% of GDP
Q3 195621.8% of GDP
Q2 195622.0% of GDP
Q1 195621.6% of GDP
Q4 195521.4% of GDP
Q3 195521.9% of GDP
Q2 195522.0% of GDP
Q1 195522.2% of GDP
Q4 195422.9% of GDP
Q3 195423.3% of GDP
Q2 195424.0% of GDP
Q1 195424.6% of GDP
Q4 195325.1% of GDP
Q3 195324.7% of GDP
Q2 195325.0% of GDP
Q1 195324.7% of GDP
Q4 195224.5% of GDP
Q3 195224.7% of GDP
Q2 195224.6% of GDP
Q1 195223.6% of GDP
Q4 195123.4% of GDP
Q3 195122.2% of GDP
Q2 195120.3% of GDP
Q1 195118.5% of GDP
Q4 195016.8% of GDP
Q3 195016.1% of GDP
Q2 195017.1% of GDP
Q1 195017.4% of GDP
Q4 194918.4% of GDP
Q3 194918.5% of GDP
Q2 194918.6% of GDP
Q1 194917.7% of GDP
Q4 194816.6% of GDP
Q3 194816.0% of GDP
Q2 194815.7% of GDP
Q1 194815.4% of GDP
Q4 194715.2% of GDP
Q3 194715.8% of GDP
Q2 194716.3% of GDP
Q1 194716.6% of GDP

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