The United States recorded a Government Budget deficit equal to 6.40 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product in 2024. Government Budget in the United States averaged -2.62 percent of GDP from 1948 until 2024, reaching an all time high of 4.50 percent of GDP in 1948 and a record low of -14.70 percent of GDP in 2020. source: U.S. Treasury
Government Budget in the United States is expected to reach -6.10 percent of GDP by the end of 2025, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the United States Federal Government Budget is projected to trend around -5.60 percent of GDP in 2026 and -5.00 percent of GDP in 2027, according to our econometric models.