U.S. Government Spending
$7.01Tspent, FY2025
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What the map leaves out
The spending map shows gross spending. Some government accounts record income or accounting write-downs as negative outlays, which pull the official total down. They can't be drawn as area, so they're tallied here.
The gap, year by year
Revenue grew faster than spending in 2025, largely because of higher income-tax collections and new tariffs, so the deficit shrank slightly. The government still borrowed about a quarter of what it spent.
2011 versus 2025, in today's dollars
The original 2011-era graphic showed a budget of roughly $3.6 trillion. Here's what the government actually spent and collected in fiscal 2011, converted into 2025 dollars, next to 2025.
FY2011 in 2025 dollarsFY2025