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US federal budgetFY2015 to FY2026

US federal spending by year

Total outlays, receipts and the deficit for every fiscal year since 2015, from the Treasury's Monthly Treasury Statement. Each year has its own page with spending by function and by state.

Spending grew 90% from FY2015 to FY2025; the gap to receipts is the deficit

Federal outlays and receipts by fiscal year, nominal dollars. FY26* is the year to date.

  • Outlays (spent)
  • Receipts (collected)
$0$2T$4T$6T$8TFY15FY16FY17FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22FY23FY24FY25FY26*$0$2T$4T$6T$8T'16'18'20'22'24'26*

Source: U.S. Treasury, Monthly Treasury Statement, Table 9. Public domain.

Every year

Fiscal yearOutlaysReceiptsDeficit
FY2026 (to date)$6.81 trillion$4.85 trillion$1.97 trillion
FY2025$7.01 trillion$5.23 trillion$1.78 trillion
FY2024$6.75 trillion$4.92 trillion$1.83 trillion
FY2023$6.13 trillion$4.44 trillion$1.70 trillion
FY2022$6.27 trillion$4.90 trillion$1.38 trillion
FY2021$6.82 trillion$4.05 trillion$2.77 trillion
FY2020$6.55 trillion$3.42 trillion$3.13 trillion
FY2019$4.45 trillion$3.46 trillion$984.4 billion
FY2018$4.11 trillion$3.33 trillion$779.0 billion
FY2017$3.98 trillion$3.31 trillion$665.7 billion
FY2016$3.85 trillion$3.27 trillion$587.4 billion
FY2015$3.69 trillion$3.25 trillion$438.9 billion