| All dollar amounts in Constant 1996 dollars and in millions of dollars | ||||||||||
| Key: Total Spending (1) equals Total Discretionary (2) and Total Mandatory (5) Spending | ||||||||||
| Key: Deficit (-) or Surplus (in bold) equals Total Expenditures minus Total Spending (1) | ||||||||||
| Key: Both the deficit/surplus (column 7) and Gross Federal Debt (column 9) are shown as percentage of GDP in column 8 and column 10 | ||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| Year | Total Spending | Total Discre-tionary Spending | Discre-tionary Defense | Discre-tionary - Non-Defense | Total Mandatory Spending | Net Interest | Deficit (-) or Surplus | As Per-centage of GDP | Gross Federal Debt | As Per-centage of GDP |
| 1962 | 553.4 | 403.7 | 292.9 | 110.8 | 119.6 | 30.1 | -37.0 | -1.3 | 302,928 | 53.3 |
| 1963 | 553.9 | 402.4 | 286.3 | 116.1 | 118.0 | 33.4 | -23.7 | -0.8 | 310,324 | 51.7 |
| 1964 | 580.5 | 414.7 | 290.4 | 124.2 | 130.9 | 35.0 | -29.0 | -0.9 | 316,059 | 49.2 |
| 1965 | 571.5 | 403.8 | 269.8 | 134.0 | 131.7 | 36.0 | -6.8 | -0.2 | 322,318 | 46.8 |
| 1966 | 630.1 | 449.0 | 298.6 | 150.4 | 142.6 | 38.5 | -17.3 | -0.5 | 328,498 | 43.4 |
| 1967 | 712.4 | 510.3 | 347.1 | 163.2 | 161.3 | 40.8 | -39.1 | -1.1 | 340,445 | 41.9 |
| 1968 | 772.3 | 539.5 | 375.5 | 164.1 | 190.3 | 42.5 | -109.1 | -2.9 | 368,685 | 42.4 |
| 1969 | 753.7 | 508.8 | 359.9 | 148.8 | 198.3 | 46.6 | 13.3+ | 0.3 | 365,769 | 38.5 |
| 1970 | 758.0 | 491.6 | 337.5 | 154.1 | 216.3 | 50.1 | -11.0 | -0.3 | 380,921 | 37.6 |
| 1971 | 765.2 | 470.2 | 308.0 | 162.2 | 245.8 | 49.2 | -83.8 | -2.1 | 408,176 | 37.7 |
| 1972 | 788.4 | 455.8 | 283.7 | 172.1 | 283.7 | 48.9 | -79.9 | -2.0 | 435,936 | 37.0 |
| 1973 | 793.9 | 433.0 | 256.5 | 176.6 | 308.5 | 52.4 | -48.2 | -1.1 | 466,291 | 35.5 |
| 1974 | 805.2 | 426.5 | 248.5 | 178.0 | 318.2 | 60.5 | -18.3 | -0.4 | 483,893 | 33.6 |
| 1975 | 903.3 | 441.1 | 242.6 | 198.5 | 402.5 | 59.6 | -144.7 | -3.4 | 541,925 | 34.8 |
| 1976 | 941.5 | 454.6 | 231.8 | 222.8 | 423.0 | 64.0 | -186.7 | -4.2 | 628,970 | 36.2 |
| TQ | 234.9 | 120.4 | 55.5 | 64.8 | 98.5 | 16.1 | -36.1 | -3.2 | 643,561 | 35.0 |
| 1977 | 955.6 | 467.3 | 230.3 | 237.0 | 421.9 | 66.4 | -125.3 | -2.7 | 706,398 | 35.8 |
| 1978 | 1,005.8 | 487.4 | 231.2 | 256.3 | 444.7 | 73.7 | -129.8 | -2.7 | 776,602 | 35.0 |
| 1979 | 1,021.4 | 494.6 | 237.1 | 257.5 | 444.5 | 82.2 | -82.5 | -1.6 | 829,471 | 33.1 |
| 1980 | 1,087.8 | 516.9 | 245.9 | 271.1 | 477.6 | 93.3 | -135.9 | -2.7 | 909,050 | 33.3 |
| 1981 | 1,130.5 | 517.1 | 258.8 | 258.3 | 502.0 | 111.4 | -131.6 | -2.6 | 994,845 | 32.5 |
| 1982 | 1,163.2 | 509.2 | 282.1 | 227.0 | 525.1 | 128.9 | -199.6 | -4.0 | 1,137,345 | 35.2 |
| 1983 | 1,203.6 | 526.3 | 304.2 | 222.1 | 546.9 | 130.3 | -309.4 | -6.0 | 1,371,710 | 39.9 |
| 1984 | 1,210.1 | 534.9 | 309.5 | 225.4 | 519.8 | 155.4 | -263.4 | -4.8 | 1,564,657 | 40.7 |
| 1985 | 1,300.4 | 564.6 | 330.3 | 234.3 | 560.3 | 175.4 | -291.7 | -5.1 | 1,817,521 | 43.9 |
| 1986 | 1,329.0 | 584.6 | 353.6 | 231.0 | 564.4 | 180.0 | -296.9 | -5.0 | 2,120,629 | 48.2 |
| 1987 | 1,311.7 | 579.4 | 360.4 | 219.0 | 553.6 | 178.7 | -195.6 | -3.2 | 2,346,125 | 50.4 |
| 1988 | 1,348.1 | 591.4 | 364.7 | 226.7 | 567.1 | 189.6 | -196.5 | -3.1 | 2,601,307 | 51.9 |
| 1989 | 1,395.0 | 602.0 | 369.6 | 232.5 | 589.8 | 203.2 | -186.0 | -2.8 | 2,868,039 | 53.0 |
| 1990 | 1,478.1 | 599.5 | 355.3 | 244.2 | 665.0 | 213.6 | -260.9 | -3.9 | 3,206,564 | 55.9 |
| 1991 | 1,498.9 | 610.7 | 361.9 | 248.9 | 670.9 | 217.2 | -304.8 | -4.5 | 3,598,485 | 60.7 |
| 1992 | 1,517.2 | 593.9 | 331.7 | 262.3 | 705.6 | 217.7 | -318.9 | -4.7 | 4,002,123 | 64.3 |
| 1993 | 1,507.7 | 586.1 | 315.6 | 270.5 | 710.0 | 211.6 | -272.9 | -3.9 | 4,351,403 | 66.3 |
| 1994 | 1,530.3 | 575.3 | 298.6 | 276.7 | 743.7 | 211.2 | -212.8 | -2.9 | 4,643,691 | 66.8 |
| 1995 | 1,550.6 | 563.3 | 283.4 | 279.9 | 750.6 | 236.6 | -167.8 | -2.2 | 4,921,005 | 67.2 |
| 1996 | 1,560.6 | 534.5 | 266.0 | 268.5 | 785.0 | 241.1 | -107.5 | -1.4 | 5,181,921 | 67.3 |
| 1997 | 1,572.6 | 539.8 | 266.5 | 273.3 | 792.8 | 239.9 | -21.6 | -0.3 | 5,369,694 | 65.6 |
| 1998 | 1,604.8 | 537.8 | 262.2 | 275.6 | 832.9 | 234.1 | 67.2+ | 0.8 | 5,478,711 | 63.4 |
| 1999 | 1,626.2 | 549.3 | 263.7 | 285.6 | 856.7 | 220.2 | 118.8+ | 1.4 | 5,606,087 | 61.5 |
| 2000 est. | 1,670.3 | 579.1 | 274.3 | 304.8 | 883.1 | 208.0 | 155.6+ | 1.7 | 5,686,338 | 59.4 |
| 2001 est. | 1,674.3 | 582.1 | 270.0 | 312.1 | 899.4 | 192.8 | 167.9+ | 1.8 | 5,768,957 | 57.5 |
| 2002 est. | 1,689.4 | 585.6 | 271.2 | 314.4 | 923.5 | 180.3 | 165.7+ | 1.8 | 5,854,990 | 55.7 |
| 2003 est. | 1,708.1 | 586.2 | 274.1 | 312.1 | 953.5 | 168.4 | 160.7+ | 1.7 | 5,946,792 | 54.1 |
| 2004 est. | 1,733.7 | 587.5 | 276.6 | 310.8 | 991.3 | 154.9 | 165.6+ | 1.7 | 6,033,583 | 52.5 |
| 2005 est. | 1,761.7 | 592.5 | 283.3 | 309.1 | 1,029.1 | 140.1 | 178.6+ | 1.8 | 6,118,364 | 50.6 |