U.S. - defense outlays and forecast as a percentage of GDP 2032

The statistic represents the U.S. defense outlays from 2000 to 2021 with an additional forecast from 2022 to 2032, as a percentage of the gross domestic product. Defense outlays amounted to 742 billion U.S. dollars in 2021, which was about 3.3 percent of the U.S. GDP. The forecast predicts an increase in defense outlays up to 998 billion U.S. dollars in 2032, which would be about 2.7 percent of the U.S. GDP.

Defense outlays and forecast in the United States from 2000 to 2032 (as a percentage of GDP)

Characteristic	Percentage of the GDP
2032*	2.7%
2031*	2.8%
2030*	2.8%
2029*	2.8%
2028*	2.9%
2027*	2.9%
2026*	3%
2025*	3%
2024*	3%
2023*	3%
2022*	3.1%
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

May 2022

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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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