How much does the federal government spend each year?
The federal government spent $7.01 trillion in fiscal 2025, up from $3.69 trillion in 2015. The jump to $6.55 trillion in 2020 was largely pandemic relief. Not adjusted for inflation; Treasury's API has these monthly statements from fiscal 2015.
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Measure: Outlays in US dollars. Written from the data below.
- The latest figure, for 2025, is $7.01T.
- That is up 90% from $3.69T in 2015.
- It is the highest in the data, which go back to 2015.
- The lowest was $3.69T in 2015.
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Chartly. “How much does the federal government spend each year?” Chart. Data: U.S. Treasury Fiscal Data, Monthly Treasury Statement (Table 9), https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/datasets/monthly-treasury-statement/ (data as of September 30, 2025). https://chart.ly/charts/federal-spending-by-year (accessed October 15, 2026).
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| Fiscal year | Outlays in US dollars |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 3,687,622,059,038 |
| 2016 | 3,854,100,140,610 |
| 2017 | 3,980,605,417,586 |
| 2018 | 4,107,741,496,584 |
| 2019 | 4,446,583,636,481 |
| 2020 | 6,551,872,254,654 |
| 2021 | 6,818,157,647,017 |
| 2022 | 6,271,507,596,876 |
| 2023 | 6,134,432,040,451 |
| 2024 | 6,751,551,633,812 |
| 2025 | 7,009,973,667,049 |
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