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)
Loading statistic...
Basic Account
Get to know the platform
You only have access to basic statistics.
Starter Account
The ideal entry-level account for individual users
- Instant access to 1m statistics
- Download in XLS, PDF & PNG format
- Detailed references
$149 USD / Month *
Professional Account
Full access
Business Solutions including all features.
* Prices do not include sales tax.
Other statistics that may interest you Armed Forces of the United States
Overview
4
Budget and costs
8
- Basic Statistic U.S. defense outlays and forecast 2000-2033
- Basic Statistic U.S. defense outlays and forecast as a percentage of GDP 2000-2033
- Basic Statistic U.S. government - defense expenditures per capita 1995-2023
- Premium Statistic U.S. armed forces budget and outlays estimates 2024
- Premium Statistic U.S armed forces budget plan for 2024, by department and appropriation
- Premium Statistic U.S. Army and overseas operations budget FY 2001-2024
- Premium Statistic U.S. budget of the Navy and Marine Corps 2001-2024
- Premium Statistic U.S. Air Force budget FY 2007-2023
Inventory
5
- Premium Statistic U.S. total deployable battle force ships of the Navy 2011-2024
- Premium Statistic U.S. total aircraft force (includes ICBMs and satellites) of the Air Force 2002-2021
- Premium Statistic U.S. Air Force total aircraft fleet FY 2020-2023 by type
- Premium Statistic U.S. Air Force total number of fighters and bombers 2021, by type
- Premium Statistic U.S. total aircraft inventory of the Navy FY 2022-2024, by type
Personnel
8
- Basic Statistic U.S. Active duty Department of Defense personnel numbers 1995-2021
- Basic Statistic U.S. total Department of Defense Reserve personnel 1995-2021
- Basic Statistic U.S. military force numbers 2021, by service branch and reserve component
- Basic Statistic U.S. active duty Army personnel numbers 1995-2021
- Basic Statistic U.S. active duty Navy personnel from 1995-2021
- Basic Statistic U.S. active duty Air Force personnel 1995-2021
- Basic Statistic U.S. number of active duty Armed Forces personnel 2021, by age group
- Basic Statistic U.S. education level of active duty Armed Forces personnel 2021
Diversity
5
- Basic Statistic U.S. gender distribution of DoD Officers 2021, by service branch
- Basic Statistic U.S. military active duty officers 2021, by gender and service branch
- Basic Statistic Occupational roles of women and men in the U.S. military in 2019
- Premium Statistic U.S. number of DoD active duty personnel 2021, by race
- Basic Statistic Distribution of race and ethnicity among the U.S. military 2019
Stationing and combat
5
- Basic Statistic U.S. stationing of active duty Armed Forces personnel 2021, by state
- Basic Statistic Deployment of U.S. troops in selected world regions 2022
- Basic Statistic Fallen American soldiers in Iraq up to 2020
- Basic Statistic Soldiers killed in action in Afghanistan 2001-2021
- Basic Statistic Number of United States military fatalities in major wars 1775-2023
Further related statistics
17
- Costs of the U.S. nuclear weapon program 2013-2022
- Share of defense expenditure in Romania 2012-2023, by category
- Expenditure on defense research and development by Indian government 2014-2018
- Distribution of expenditure on defense services by Indian government 2017-2018
- Defense spendings of selected countries in 2013
- Average cost increase in U.S. defense acquisition programs by contractor 2010
- General government expenditure on defense in Finland 2011-2021
- Military expenditure APAC 2020, by country
- Mexico: military expenditure as percentage of GDP 2007-2022
- Brazil: military spending 2013-2022
- Honduras: value of military spending 2013-2022
- Chile: military spending as share of government expenditure 2010-2020
- Global defense spending forecast 2008 through 2022
- Expenditure on defense as a share of GDP in the CEE region 2022-2023
- Government expenses on defense Thailand 2013-2022
- Research and development expenditure by DRDO in India FY 2011-2015
- Marine industry: GPS equipment units sold
Further Content: You might find this interesting as well
Statistics
- Costs of the U.S. nuclear weapon program 2013-2022
- Share of defense expenditure in Romania 2012-2023, by category
- Expenditure on defense research and development by Indian government 2014-2018
- Distribution of expenditure on defense services by Indian government 2017-2018
- Defense spendings of selected countries in 2013
- Average cost increase in U.S. defense acquisition programs by contractor 2010
- General government expenditure on defense in Finland 2011-2021
- Military expenditure APAC 2020, by country
- Mexico: military expenditure as percentage of GDP 2007-2022
- Brazil: military spending 2013-2022
- Honduras: value of military spending 2013-2022
- Chile: military spending as share of government expenditure 2010-2020
- Global defense spending forecast 2008 through 2022
- Expenditure on defense as a share of GDP in the CEE region 2022-2023
- Government expenses on defense Thailand 2013-2022
- Research and development expenditure by DRDO in India FY 2011-2015
- Marine industry: GPS equipment units sold
US Congressional Budget Office. (February 12, 2023). Defense outlays and forecast of the United States from 2000 to 2033 (as a percentage of gross domestic product) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 03, 2023, 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 2033 (as a percentage of gross domestic product)." Chart. February 12, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 03, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/217581/outlays-for-defense-and-forecast-in-the-us-as-a-percentage-of-the-gdp/
US Congressional Budget Office. (2023). Defense outlays and forecast of the United States from 2000 to 2033 (as a percentage of gross domestic product). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 03, 2023. 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 2033 (as a Percentage of Gross Domestic Product)." Statista, Statista Inc., 12 Feb 2023, 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 2033 (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 03, 2023)
Defense outlays and forecast of the United States from 2000 to 2033 (as a percentage of gross domestic product) [Graph], US Congressional Budget Office, February 12, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/217581/outlays-for-defense-and-forecast-in-the-us-as-a-percentage-of-the-gdp/