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U.S. Federal Receipts as Share of GDP.
How much revenue does the federal government receive?
The historical record
Source snapshotFY 2025
Latest observation in this snapshot—not a real-time reading. +0.2 pp vs FY 2024.
Fitted vertical axis · missing periods are not interpolated · annual
What the number means
Federal government receipts as a share of GDP.
Receipts relative to GDP describe the size of revenue collection, not who bears its burden or how fair it is. Federal fiscal years differ from calendar years. Changes can reflect both receipts and the economy’s size.
Federal fiscal years. Measures revenue, not tax fairness, service quality, or government effectiveness.
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26 available observations since 2000. Annual and quarterly dates represent the start of the reporting period; fiscal years are labeled explicitly. Display values are rounded to the precision shown; downloads retain the source values.
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| Reporting period | Period start | Value |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2025 | 2025-01-01 | 17.0% |
| FY 2024 | 2024-01-01 | 16.8% |
| FY 2023 | 2023-01-01 | 16.0% |
| FY 2022 | 2022-01-01 | 18.8% |
| FY 2021 | 2021-01-01 | 17.1% |
| FY 2020 | 2020-01-01 | 16.0% |
| FY 2019 | 2019-01-01 | 16.1% |
| FY 2018 | 2018-01-01 | 16.1% |
| FY 2017 | 2017-01-01 | 16.9% |
| FY 2016 | 2016-01-01 | 17.4% |
| FY 2015 | 2015-01-01 | 17.8% |
| FY 2014 | 2014-01-01 | 17.2% |
| FY 2013 | 2013-01-01 | 16.4% |
| FY 2012 | 2012-01-01 | 15.1% |
| FY 2011 | 2011-01-01 | 14.8% |
| FY 2010 | 2010-01-01 | 14.4% |
| FY 2009 | 2009-01-01 | 14.5% |
| FY 2008 | 2008-01-01 | 17.1% |
| FY 2007 | 2007-01-01 | 17.7% |
| FY 2006 | 2006-01-01 | 17.4% |
| FY 2005 | 2005-01-01 | 16.5% |
| FY 2004 | 2004-01-01 | 15.4% |
| FY 2003 | 2003-01-01 | 15.6% |
| FY 2002 | 2002-01-01 | 17.0% |
| FY 2001 | 2001-01-01 | 18.8% |
| FY 2000 | 2000-01-01 | 19.8% |
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- Series identifier
- FYFRGDA188S
- Provider
- FRED / original statistical source
- Original source attribution
- U.S. Office of Management and Budget
- Frequency
- Annual · federal fiscal years
- Source units
- Percent of GDP , Not Seasonally Adjusted
- Displayed units
- % of GDP
- Retrieval time
- 2026-10-04T09:04:46.416Z
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