The statistic represents the U.S. defense outlays from 2000 to 2023 with an additional forecast from 2024 to 2034, as a percentage of the gross domestic product. Defense outlays amounted to 746 billion U.S. dollars in 2022, which was about three percent of the U.S. GDP. The forecast predicts an increase in defense outlays up to 1.1 trillion U.S. dollars by 2033, which would be about 2.8 percent of U.S. GDP.
Defense outlays and forecast of the United States from 2000 to 2034
(as a percentage of gross domestic product)
**Values from 2019 to 2020 and 2023 to 2024 are calculated by Statista using GDP figures from the source's 10-Year Economic Projections, available here.
Values prior to 2019 taken from The Budget and Economic Outlook Fiscal Years 2019 to 2029, page 157, available here.
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US Congressional Budget Office. (February 12, 2024). Defense outlays and forecast of the United States from 2000 to 2034 (as a percentage of gross domestic product) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 12, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/217581/outlays-for-defense-and-forecast-in-the-us-as-a-percentage-of-the-gdp/
US Congressional Budget Office. "Defense outlays and forecast of the United States from 2000 to 2034 (as a percentage of gross domestic product)." Chart. February 12, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 12, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/217581/outlays-for-defense-and-forecast-in-the-us-as-a-percentage-of-the-gdp/
US Congressional Budget Office. (2024). Defense outlays and forecast of the United States from 2000 to 2034 (as a percentage of gross domestic product). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 12, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/217581/outlays-for-defense-and-forecast-in-the-us-as-a-percentage-of-the-gdp/
US Congressional Budget Office. "Defense Outlays and Forecast of The United States from 2000 to 2034 (as a Percentage of Gross Domestic Product)." Statista, Statista Inc., 12 Feb 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/217581/outlays-for-defense-and-forecast-in-the-us-as-a-percentage-of-the-gdp/
US Congressional Budget Office, Defense outlays and forecast of the United States from 2000 to 2034 (as a percentage of gross domestic product) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/217581/outlays-for-defense-and-forecast-in-the-us-as-a-percentage-of-the-gdp/ (last visited December 12, 2024)
Defense outlays and forecast of the United States from 2000 to 2034 (as a percentage of gross domestic product) [Graph], US Congressional Budget Office, February 12, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/217581/outlays-for-defense-and-forecast-in-the-us-as-a-percentage-of-the-gdp/
