Defense outlays and forecast as share of GDP U.S. 2033

The statistic represents the U.S. defense outlays from 2000 to 2022 with an additional forecast from 2023 to 2033, 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 2033 (as a percentage of gross domestic product)

Characteristic	Percentage of GDP
2033*	2.8%
2032*	2.7%
2031*	2.8%
2030*	2.8%
2029*	2.8%
2028*	2.9%
2027*	2.9%
2026*	3%
2025*	3%
2024*	3.1%
2023*	3.1%
2022	3%
2021	3.3%
2020**	3.5%
2019**	3.2%
2018	3.1%
2017	3.1%
2016	3.2%
2015	3.2%
2014	3.4%
2013	3.8%
2012	4.2%
2011	4.5%
2010	4.6%
2009	4.6%
2008	4.2%
2007	3.8%
2006	3.8%
2005	3.8%
2004	3.8%
2003	3.6%
2002	3.2%
2001	2.9%
2000	2.9%

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Release date

February 2023

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United States

Survey time period

2000 to 2022

Supplementary notes

* Projections.

**Values from 2019 to 2020 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.

Values from 2021 onwards taken from The Budget and Economic Outlook Fiscal Years 2022 to 2032, page 59, available here.

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