[Historical Tables]
[Section 3 - Federal Government Outlays by Function]
[Table 3.1 - Outlays by Superfunction and Function: 1940-2002]
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Table 3.1--OUTLAYS BY SUPERFUNCTION AND FUNCTION: 1940-2002
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Superfunction and Function 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947
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National defense................................ 1,660 6,435 25,658 66,699 79,143 82,965 42,681 12,808
Human resources................................. 4,139 4,158 3,599 2,659 1,928 1,859 5,493 9,909
Education, training, employment, and social
services..................................... 1,972 1,592 1,062 375 160 134 85 102
Health........................................ 55 60 71 92 174 211 201 177
Income Security............................... 1,514 1,855 1,828 1,739 1,503 1,137 2,384 2,820
Social Security............................... 28 91 137 177 217 267 358 466
Veterans benefits and services................ 570 560 501 276 -126 110 2,465 6,344
Physical resources.............................. 2,312 1,782 3,892 6,433 5,471 1,747 836 1,227
Energy........................................ 88 91 156 116 65 25 41 18
Natural resources and environment............. 997 817 819 726 642 455 482 700
Commerce and housing credit................... 550 398 1,521 2,151 624 -2,630 -1,857 -923
Transportation................................ 392 353 1,283 3,220 3,901 3,654 1,970 1,130
Community and regional development............ 285 123 113 219 238 243 200 302
Net interest.................................... 899 943 1,052 1,529 2,219 3,112 4,111 4,204
(On-budget)............................... (941) (999) (1,123) (1,616) (2,322) (3,236) (4,259) (4,367)
(Off-budget).............................. (-42) (-56) (-71) (-87) (-103) (-124) (-148) (-163)
Other functions................................. 775 882 1,830 2,457 3,864 4,418 3,580 7,900
International affairs......................... 51 145 968 1,286 1,449 1,913 1,935 5,791
General science, space and technology......... ........... ........... 4 1 48 111 34 5
Agriculture................................... 369 339 344 343 1,275 1,635 610 814
Administration of justice..................... 81 92 117 154 192 178 176 176
General government............................ 274 306 397 673 900 581 825 1,114
Undistributed offsetting receipts............... -317 -547 -894 -1,221 -1,320 -1,389 -1,468 -1,552
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Total, Federal outlays.......................... 9,468 13,653 35,137 78,555 91,304 92,712 55,232 34,496
(On-budget)............................... (9,482) (13,618) (35,071) (78,466) (91,190) (92,569) (55,022) (34,193)
(Off-budget).............................. (-14) (35) (66) (89) (114) (143) (210) (303)
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As percentages of outlays
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National defense................................ 17.5 47.1 73.0 84.9 86.7 89.5 77.3 37.1
Human resources................................. 43.7 30.5 10.2 3.4 2.1 2.0 9.9 28.7
Physical resources.............................. 24.4 13.1 11.1 8.2 6.0 1.9 1.5 3.6
Net interest.................................... 9.5 6.9 3.0 1.9 2.4 3.4 7.4 12.2
Other functions................................. 8.2 6.5 5.2 3.1 4.2 4.8 6.5 22.9
Undistributed offsetting receipts............... -3.4 -4.0 -2.5 -1.6 -1.4 -1.5 -2.7 -4.5
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Total, Federal outlays.......................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
(On-budget)............................... (100.2) (99.7) (99.8) (99.9) (99.9) (99.8) (99.6) (99.1)
(Off-budget).............................. (-0.2) (0.3) (0.2) (0.1) (0.1) (0.2) (0.4) (0.9)
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As percentages of GDP
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National defense................................ 1.7 5.7 18.1 38.0 39.2 39.1 20.1 5.7
Human resources................................. 4.3 3.7 2.5 1.5 1.0 0.9 2.6 4.4
Physical resources.............................. 2.4 1.6 2.7 3.7 2.7 0.8 0.4 0.6
Net interest.................................... 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.9 1.1 1.5 1.9 1.9
Other functions................................. 0.8 0.8 1.3 1.4 1.9 2.1 1.7 3.5
Undistributed offsetting receipts............... -0.3 -0.5 -0.6 -0.7 -0.7 -0.7 -0.7 -0.7
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Total, Federal outlays.......................... 9.9 12.1 24.8 44.8 45.3 43.7 26.0 15.5
(On-budget)............................... (9.9) (12.1) (24.7) (44.7) (45.2) (43.7) (25.9) (15.3)
(Off-budget).............................. (-*) (*) (*) (0.1) (0.1) (0.1) (0.1) (0.1)
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* 0.05 percent or less.
Note: GDP data / percentages and constant-dollar data / deflators are based on pre-benchmark revision GDP.
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Table 3.1--OUTLAYS BY SUPERFUNCTION AND FUNCTION: 1940-2002--Continued
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Superfunction and Function 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955
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National defense................................ 9,105 13,150 13,724 23,566 46,089 52,802 49,266 42,729
Human resources................................. 9,868 10,805 14,221 11,001 11,745 11,836 13,076 14,908
Education, training, employment, and social
services..................................... 191 178 241 235 339 441 370 445
Health........................................ 162 197 268 323 347 336 307 291
Income Security............................... 2,499 3,174 4,097 3,352 3,655 3,823 4,434 5,071
Social Security............................... 558 657 781 1,565 2,063 2,717 3,352 4,427
Veterans benefits and services................ 6,457 6,599 8,834 5,526 5,341 4,519 4,613 4,675
Physical resources.............................. 2,243 3,104 3,667 3,924 4,182 4,005 2,584 2,732
Energy........................................ 292 341 327 383 474 425 432 325
Natural resources and environment............. 780 1,080 1,308 1,310 1,233 1,289 1,007 940
Commerce and housing credit................... 306 800 1,035 1,228 1,278 910 -184 92
Transportation................................ 787 916 967 956 1,124 1,264 1,229 1,246
Community and regional development............ 78 -33 30 47 73 117 100 129
Net interest.................................... 4,341 4,523 4,812 4,665 4,701 5,156 4,811 4,850
(On-budget)............................... (4,532) (4,753) (5,069) (4,952) (5,035) (5,543) (5,250) (5,288)
(Off-budget).............................. (-191) (-230) (-257) (-287) (-334) (-387) (-439) (-438)
Other functions................................. 5,851 9,032 7,955 4,690 4,346 5,873 4,515 6,718
International affairs......................... 4,566 6,052 4,673 3,647 2,691 2,119 1,596 2,223
General science, space and technology......... 1 48 55 51 49 49 46 74
Agriculture................................... 69 1,924 2,049 -323 176 2,253 1,817 3,514
Administration of justice..................... 170 184 193 218 267 243 257 256
General government............................ 1,045 824 986 1,097 1,163 1,209 799 651
Undistributed offsetting receipts............... -1,643 -1,779 -1,817 -2,332 -3,377 -3,571 -3,397 -3,493
(On-budget)............................... (-1,643) (-1,779) (-1,817) (-2,332) (-3,377) (-3,571) (-3,396) (-3,487)
(Off-budget).............................. ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... ........... (-1) (-6)
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Total, Federal outlays.......................... 29,764 38,835 42,562 45,514 67,686 76,101 70,855 68,444
(On-budget)............................... (29,396) (38,408) (42,038) (44,237) (65,956) (73,771) (67,943) (64,461)
(Off-budget).............................. (368) (427) (524) (1,277) (1,730) (2,330) (2,912) (3,983)
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As percentages of outlays
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National defense................................ 30.6 33.9 32.2 51.8 68.1 69.4 69.5 62.4
Human resources................................. 33.2 27.8 33.4 24.2 17.4 15.6 18.5 21.8
Physical resources.............................. 7.5 8.0 8.6 8.6 6.2 5.3 3.6 4.0
Net interest.................................... 14.6 11.6 11.3 10.2 6.9 6.8 6.8 7.1
Other functions................................. 19.7 23.3 18.7 10.3 6.4 7.7 6.4 9.8
Undistributed offsetting receipts............... -5.5 -4.6 -4.3 -5.1 -5.0 -4.7 -4.8 -5.1
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Total, Federal outlays.......................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
(On-budget)............................... (98.8) (98.9) (98.8) (97.2) (97.4) (96.9) (95.9) (94.2)
(Off-budget).............................. (1.2) (1.1) (1.2) (2.8) (2.6) (3.1) (4.1) (5.8)
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As percentages of GDP
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National defense................................ 3.7 5.0 5.2 7.5 13.5 14.5 13.4 11.1
Human resources................................. 4.0 4.1 5.4 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.6 3.9
Physical resources.............................. 0.9 1.2 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.1 0.7 0.7
Net interest.................................... 1.8 1.7 1.8 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.3
Other functions................................. 2.4 3.4 3.0 1.5 1.3 1.6 1.2 1.7
Undistributed offsetting receipts............... -0.7 -0.7 -0.7 -0.7 -1.0 -1.0 -0.9 -0.9
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Total, Federal outlays.......................... 12.0 14.8 16.0 14.5 19.9 20.9 19.3 17.8
(On-budget)............................... (11.9) (14.6) (15.8) (14.1) (19.4) (20.3) (18.5) (16.8)
(Off-budget).............................. (0.1) (0.2) (0.2) (0.4) (0.5) (0.6) (0.8) (1.0)
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Note: GDP data / percentages and constant-dollar data / deflators are based on pre-benchmark revision GDP.
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Table 3.1--OUTLAYS BY SUPERFUNCTION AND FUNCTION: 1940-2002--Continued
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Superfunction and Function 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963
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National defense................................ 42,523 45,430 46,815 49,015 48,130 49,601 52,345 53,400
Human resources................................. 16,052 18,161 22,288 24,892 26,184 29,838 31,630 33,522
Education, training, employment, and social
services..................................... 591 590 643 789 968 1,063 1,241 1,458
Health........................................ 359 479 541 685 795 913 1,198 1,451
Income Security............................... 4,734 5,427 7,535 8,239 7,378 9,683 9,198 9,304
Social Security............................... 5,478 6,661 8,219 9,737 11,602 12,474 14,365 15,788
Veterans benefits and services................ 4,891 5,005 5,350 5,443 5,441 5,705 5,628 5,521
Physical resources.............................. 3,092 4,559 5,188 7,813 7,991 7,754 8,831 8,013
Energy........................................ 174 240 348 382 464 510 604 530
Natural resources and environment............. 870 1,098 1,407 1,632 1,559 1,779 2,044 2,251
Commerce and housing credit................... 506 1,424 930 1,933 1,618 1,203 1,424 62
Transportation................................ 1,450 1,662 2,334 3,655 4,126 3,987 4,290 4,596
Community and regional development............ 92 135 169 211 224 275 469 574
Net interest.................................... 5,079 5,354 5,604 5,762 6,947 6,716 6,889 7,740
(On-budget)............................... (5,567) (5,910) (6,175) (6,338) (7,511) (7,307) (7,498) (8,322)
(Off-budget).............................. (-487) (-557) (-571) (-576) (-563) (-591) (-609) (-582)
Other functions................................. 7,482 7,220 6,896 9,229 7,760 8,621 12,401 14,437
International affairs......................... 2,414 3,147 3,364 3,144 2,988 3,184 5,639 5,308
General science, space and technology......... 79 122 141 294 599 1,042 1,723 3,051
Agriculture................................... 3,486 2,288 2,411 4,509 2,623 2,641 3,562 4,384
Administration of justice..................... 302 303 325 356 366 400 429 465
General government............................ 1,201 1,360 655 926 1,184 1,354 1,049 1,230
Undistributed offsetting receipts............... -3,589 -4,146 -4,385 -4,613 -4,820 -4,807 -5,274 -5,797
(On-budget)............................... (-3,571) (-4,058) (-4,240) (-4,449) (-4,632) (-4,601) (-5,053) (-5,555)
(Off-budget).............................. (-18) (-88) (-145) (-164) (-188) (-206) (-221) (-242)
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Total, Federal outlays.......................... 70,640 76,578 82,405 92,098 92,191 97,723 106,821 111,316
(On-budget)............................... (65,668) (70,562) (74,902) (83,102) (81,341) (86,046) (93,286) (96,352)
(Off-budget).............................. (4,972) (6,016) (7,503) (8,996) (10,850) (11,677) (13,535) (14,964)
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As percentages of outlays
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National defense................................ 60.2 59.3 56.8 53.2 52.2 50.8 49.0 48.0
Human resources................................. 22.7 23.7 27.0 27.0 28.4 30.5 29.6 30.1
Physical resources.............................. 4.4 6.0 6.3 8.5 8.7 7.9 8.3 7.2
Net interest.................................... 7.2 7.0 6.8 6.3 7.5 6.9 6.4 7.0
Other functions................................. 10.6 9.4 8.4 10.0 8.4 8.8 11.6 13.0
Undistributed offsetting receipts............... -5.1 -5.4 -5.3 -5.0 -5.2 -4.9 -4.9 -5.2
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Total, Federal outlays.......................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
(On-budget)............................... (93.0) (92.1) (90.9) (90.2) (88.2) (88.1) (87.3) (86.6)
(Off-budget).............................. (7.0) (7.9) (9.1) (9.8) (11.8) (11.9) (12.7) (13.4)
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As percentages of GDP
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National defense................................ 10.2 10.4 10.4 10.2 9.5 9.6 9.4 9.1
Human resources................................. 3.9 4.1 5.0 5.2 5.2 5.8 5.7 5.7
Physical resources.............................. 0.7 1.0 1.2 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.4
Net interest.................................... 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.3
Other functions................................. 1.8 1.6 1.5 1.9 1.5 1.7 2.2 2.5
Undistributed offsetting receipts............... -0.9 -0.9 -1.0 -1.0 -1.0 -0.9 -0.9 -1.0
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Total, Federal outlays.......................... 17.0 17.5 18.4 19.2 18.3 18.9 19.2 19.0
(On-budget)............................... (15.8) (16.1) (16.7) (17.3) (16.1) (16.6) (16.8) (16.5)
(Off-budget).............................. (1.2) (1.4) (1.7) (1.9) (2.2) (2.3) (2.4) (2.6)
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Note: GDP data / percentages and constant-dollar data / deflators are based on pre-benchmark revision GDP.
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Table 3.1--OUTLAYS BY SUPERFUNCTION AND FUNCTION: 1940-2002--Continued
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Superfunction and Function 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971
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National defense................................ 54,757 50,620 58,111 71,417 81,926 82,497 81,692 78,872
Human resources................................. 35,294 36,576 43,257 51,272 59,375 66,410 75,349 91,901
Education, training, employment, and social
services..................................... 1,555 2,140 4,363 6,453 7,634 7,548 8,634 9,849
Health........................................ 1,788 1,791 2,543 3,351 4,390 5,162 5,907 6,843
Medicare...................................... ........... ........... 64 2,748 4,649 5,695 6,213 6,622
Income Security............................... 9,650 9,462 9,671 10,253 11,806 13,066 15,645 22,936
Social Security............................... 16,620 17,460 20,694 21,725 23,854 27,298 30,270 35,872
(On-budget)............................... ........... ........... ........... (94) (94) (414) (458) (465)
(Off-budget).............................. (16,620) (17,460) (20,694) (21,631) (23,760) (26,885) (29,812) (35,408)
Veterans benefits and services................ 5,682 5,723 5,923 6,743 7,042 7,642 8,679 9,778
Physical resources.............................. 9,528 11,264 13,410 14,674 16,002 11,869 15,574 18,286
Energy........................................ 572 699 612 782 1,037 1,010 997 1,035
Natural resources and environment............. 2,364 2,531 2,719 2,869 2,988 2,900 3,065 3,915
Commerce and housing credit................... 418 1,157 3,245 3,979 4,280 -119 2,112 2,366
Transportation................................ 5,242 5,763 5,730 5,936 6,316 6,526 7,008 8,052
Community and regional development............ 933 1,114 1,105 1,108 1,382 1,552 2,392 2,917
Net interest.................................... 8,199 8,591 9,386 10,268 11,090 12,699 14,380 14,841
(On-budget)............................... (8,805) (9,239) (10,028) (11,060) (12,069) (13,848) (15,948) (16,783)
(Off-budget).............................. (-607) (-648) (-642) (-792) (-979) (-1,149) (-1,568) (-1,942)
Other functions................................. 16,458 17,086 16,911 17,126 17,786 18,151 17,286 16,379
International affairs......................... 4,945 5,273 5,580 5,566 5,301 4,600 4,330 4,159
General science, space and technology......... 4,897 5,823 6,717 6,233 5,524 5,020 4,511 4,182
Agriculture................................... 4,609 3,955 2,447 2,990 4,545 5,826 5,166 4,290
Administration of justice..................... 489 535 563 618 659 766 959 1,306
General government............................ 1,518 1,499 1,603 1,719 1,757 1,939 2,320 2,442
Undistributed offsetting receipts............... -5,708 -5,908 -6,542 -7,294 -8,045 -7,986 -8,632 -10,107
(On-budget)............................... (-5,429) (-5,626) (-6,205) (-6,879) (-7,600) (-7,454) (-7,995) (-9,467)
(Off-budget).............................. (-279) (-282) (-337) (-415) (-445) (-532) (-637) (-640)
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Total, Federal outlays.......................... 118,528 118,228 134,532 157,464 178,134 183,640 195,649 210,172
(On-budget)............................... (102,794) (101,699) (114,817) (137,040) (155,798) (158,436) (168,042) (177,346)
(Off-budget).............................. (15,734) (16,529) (19,715) (20,424) (22,336) (25,204) (27,607) (32,826)
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As percentages of outlays
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National defense................................ 46.2 42.8 43.2 45.4 46.0 44.9 41.8 37.5
Human resources................................. 29.8 30.9 32.2 32.6 33.3 36.2 38.5 43.7
Physical resources.............................. 8.0 9.5 10.0 9.3 9.0 6.5 8.0 8.7
Net interest.................................... 6.9 7.3 7.0 6.5 6.2 6.9 7.4 7.1
Other functions................................. 13.9 14.5 12.6 10.9 10.0 9.9 8.8 7.8
Undistributed offsetting receipts............... -4.8 -5.0 -4.9 -4.6 -4.5 -4.3 -4.4 -4.8
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Total, Federal outlays.......................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
(On-budget)............................... (86.7) (86.0) (85.3) (87.0) (87.5) (86.3) (85.9) (84.4)
(Off-budget).............................. (13.3) (14.0) (14.7) (13.0) (12.5) (13.7) (14.1) (15.6)
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As percentages of GDP
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National defense................................ 8.8 7.5 7.9 9.0 9.7 8.9 8.3 7.5
Human resources................................. 5.6 5.5 5.9 6.5 7.0 7.2 7.6 8.7
Physical resources.............................. 1.5 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.9 1.3 1.6 1.7
Net interest.................................... 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.4
Other functions................................. 2.6 2.5 2.3 2.2 2.1 2.0 1.8 1.6
Undistributed offsetting receipts............... -0.9 -0.9 -0.9 -0.9 -0.9 -0.9 -0.9 -1.0
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Total, Federal outlays.......................... 19.0 17.6 18.3 19.8 21.0 19.8 19.9 20.0
(On-budget)............................... (16.4) (15.2) (15.6) (17.3) (18.4) (17.1) (17.1) (16.9)
(Off-budget).............................. (2.5) (2.5) (2.7) (2.6) (2.6) (2.7) (2.8) (3.1)
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Note: GDP data / percentages and constant-dollar data / deflators are based on pre-benchmark revision GDP.
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Table 3.1--OUTLAYS BY SUPERFUNCTION AND FUNCTION: 1940-2002--Continued
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Superfunction and Function 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 TQ 1977 1978
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National defense................................ 79,174 76,681 79,347 86,509 89,619 22,269 97,241 104,495
Human resources................................. 107,211 119,522 135,783 173,245 203,594 52,065 221,895 242,329
Education, training, employment, and social
services..................................... 12,529 12,745 12,457 16,022 18,910 5,169 21,104 26,710
Health........................................ 8,674 9,356 10,733 12,930 15,734 3,924 17,302 18,524
Medicare...................................... 7,479 8,052 9,639 12,875 15,834 4,264 19,345 22,768
Income Security............................... 27,638 28,264 33,699 50,160 60,784 14,981 61,044 61,488
Social Security............................... 40,157 49,090 55,867 64,658 73,899 19,763 85,061 93,861
(On-budget)............................... (538) (526) (494) (499) (515) ........... (717) (741)
(Off-budget).............................. (39,620) (48,565) (55,373) (64,159) (73,384) (19,763) (84,344) (93,120)
Veterans benefits and services................ 10,732 12,015 13,388 16,599 18,433 3,963 18,038 18,978
Physical resources.............................. 19,574 20,614 25,106 35,449 39,188 9,512 40,746 52,591
Energy........................................ 1,296 1,237 1,303 2,916 4,204 1,129 5,770 7,992
Natural resources and environment............. 4,241 4,775 5,697 7,346 8,184 2,524 10,032 10,983
Commerce and housing credit................... 2,222 931 4,705 9,947 7,619 931 3,093 6,254
Transportation................................ 8,392 9,066 9,172 10,918 13,739 3,358 14,829 15,521
Community and regional development............ 3,423 4,605 4,229 4,322 5,442 1,569 7,021 11,841
Net interest.................................... 15,478 17,349 21,449 23,244 26,727 6,949 29,901 35,458
(On-budget)............................... (17,584) (19,629) (23,969) (26,047) (29,539) (7,042) (32,551) (37,861)
(Off-budget).............................. (-2,106) (-2,280) (-2,520) (-2,803) (-2,812) (-93) (-2,650) (-2,403)
Other functions................................. 18,828 24,950 24,423 27,487 27,050 9,388 34,315 39,594
International affairs......................... 4,781 4,149 5,710 7,097 6,433 2,458 6,353 7,482
General science, space and technology......... 4,175 4,032 3,980 3,991 4,373 1,162 4,736 4,926
Agriculture................................... 5,259 4,854 2,230 3,036 3,170 983 6,787 11,357
Administration of justice..................... 1,653 2,141 2,470 2,955 3,328 891 3,605 3,813
General government............................ 2,960 9,774 10,032 10,408 9,747 3,895 12,833 12,015
Undistributed offsetting receipts............... -9,583 -13,409 -16,749 -13,602 -14,386 -4,206 -14,879 -15,720
(On-budget)............................... (-8,926) (-12,714) (-15,985) (-12,686) (-13,423) (-3,957) (-13,902) (-14,660)
(Off-budget).............................. (-657) (-695) (-764) (-916) (-963) (-249) (-977) (-1,060)
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Total, Federal outlays.......................... 230,681 245,707 269,359 332,332 371,792 95,975 409,218 458,746
(On-budget)............................... (193,824) (200,118) (217,270) (271,892) (302,183) (76,555) (328,502) (369,089)
(Off-budget).............................. (36,857) (45,589) (52,089) (60,440) (69,609) (19,421) (80,716) (89,657)
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As percentages of outlays
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National defense................................ 34.3 31.2 29.5 26.0 24.1 23.2 23.8 22.8
Human resources................................. 46.5 48.6 50.4 52.1 54.8 54.2 54.2 52.8
Physical resources.............................. 8.5 8.4 9.3 10.7 10.5 9.9 10.0 11.5
Net interest.................................... 6.7 7.1 8.0 7.0 7.2 7.2 7.3 7.7
Other functions................................. 8.2 10.2 9.1 8.3 7.3 9.8 8.4 8.6
Undistributed offsetting receipts............... -4.2 -5.5 -6.2 -4.1 -3.9 -4.4 -3.6 -3.4
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Total, Federal outlays.......................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
(On-budget)............................... (84.0) (81.4) (80.7) (81.8) (81.3) (79.8) (80.3) (80.5)
(Off-budget).............................. (16.0) (18.6) (19.3) (18.2) (18.7) (20.2) (19.7) (19.5)
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As percentages of GDP
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National defense................................ 6.9 6.0 5.7 5.7 5.3 5.0 5.1 4.8
Human resources................................. 9.3 9.4 9.7 11.5 12.1 11.7 11.6 11.2
Physical resources.............................. 1.7 1.6 1.8 2.3 2.3 2.1 2.1 2.4
Net interest.................................... 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6
Other functions................................. 1.6 2.0 1.7 1.8 1.6 2.1 1.8 1.8
Undistributed offsetting receipts............... -0.8 -1.1 -1.2 -0.9 -0.9 -0.9 -0.8 -0.7
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Total, Federal outlays.......................... 20.1 19.3 19.2 22.0 22.1 21.6 21.3 21.3
(On-budget)............................... (16.9) (15.7) (15.5) (18.0) (17.9) (17.2) (17.1) (17.1)
(Off-budget).............................. (3.2) (3.6) (3.7) (4.0) (4.1) (4.4) (4.2) (4.2)
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Note: GDP data / percentages and constant-dollar data / deflators are based on pre-benchmark revision GDP.
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Table 3.1--OUTLAYS BY SUPERFUNCTION AND FUNCTION: 1940-2002--Continued
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Superfunction and Function 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986
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National defense................................ 116,342 133,995 157,513 185,309 209,903 227,413 252,748 273,375
Human resources................................. 267,574 313,374 362,022 388,681 426,003 432,042 471,822 481,594
Education, training, employment, and social
services..................................... 30,223 31,843 33,709 27,029 26,606 27,579 29,342 30,585
Health........................................ 20,494 23,169 26,866 27,445 28,641 30,417 33,542 35,936
Medicare...................................... 26,495 32,090 39,149 46,567 52,588 57,540 65,822 70,164
Income Security............................... 66,359 86,540 99,723 107,717 122,598 112,668 128,200 119,796
Social Security............................... 104,073 118,547 139,584 155,964 170,724 178,223 188,623 198,757
(On-budget)............................... (757) (675) (670) (844) (19,993) (7,056) (5,189) (8,072)
(Off-budget).............................. (103,316) (117,872) (138,914) (155,120) (150,731) (171,167) (183,434) (190,684)
Veterans benefits and services................ 19,931 21,185 22,991 23,958 24,846 25,614 26,292 26,356
Physical resources.............................. 54,559 65,985 70,886 61,752 57,600 57,938 56,789 58,614
Energy........................................ 9,180 10,156 15,166 13,527 9,353 7,086 5,685 4,735
Natural resources and environment............. 12,135 13,858 13,568 12,998 12,672 12,593 13,357 13,639
Commerce and housing credit................... 4,686 9,390 8,206 6,256 6,681 6,917 4,229 4,890
Transportation................................ 18,079 21,329 23,379 20,625 21,334 23,669 25,838 28,117
Community and regional development............ 10,480 11,252 10,568 8,347 7,560 7,673 7,680 7,233
Net interest.................................... 42,636 52,538 68,774 85,044 89,828 111,123 129,504 136,047
(On-budget)............................... (44,860) (54,877) (71,062) (87,114) (91,673) (114,432) (133,622) (140,377)
(Off-budget).............................. (-2,224) (-2,339) (-2,288) (-2,071) (-1,845) (-3,310) (-4,118) (-4,329)
Other functions................................. 40,396 44,996 47,095 51,069 59,023 55,287 68,227 73,713
International affairs......................... 7,459 12,714 13,104 12,300 11,848 15,876 16,176 14,152
General science, space and technology......... 5,235 5,832 6,469 7,200 7,935 8,317 8,627 8,976
Agriculture................................... 11,236 8,839 11,323 15,944 22,901 13,613 25,565 31,449
Administration of justice..................... 4,173 4,584 4,769 4,712 5,105 5,663 6,270 6,572
General government............................ 12,293 13,028 11,429 10,914 11,235 11,817 11,588 12,564
Undistributed offsetting receipts............... -17,476 -19,942 -28,041 -26,099 -33,976 -31,957 -32,698 -33,007
(On-budget)............................... (-16,362) (-18,738) (-26,611) (-24,453) (-32,198) (-29,913) (-30,189) (-30,150)
(Off-budget).............................. (-1,114) (-1,204) (-1,430) (-1,646) (-1,778) (-2,044) (-2,509) (-2,857)
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Total, Federal outlays.......................... 504,032 590,947 678,249 745,755 808,380 851,846 946,391 990,336
(On-budget)............................... (404,054) (476,618) (543,053) (594,351) (661,272) (686,032) (769,584) (806,838)
(Off-budget).............................. (99,978) (114,329) (135,196) (151,404) (147,108) (165,813) (176,807) (183,498)
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As percentages of outlays
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National defense................................ 23.1 22.7 23.2 24.8 26.0 26.7 26.7 27.6
Human resources................................. 53.1 53.0 53.4 52.1 52.7 50.7 49.9 48.6
Physical resources.............................. 10.8 11.2 10.5 8.3 7.1 6.8 6.0 5.9
Net interest.................................... 8.5 8.9 10.1 11.4 11.1 13.0 13.7 13.7
Other functions................................. 8.0 7.6 6.9 6.8 7.3 6.5 7.2 7.4
Undistributed offsetting receipts............... -3.5 -3.4 -4.1 -3.5 -4.2 -3.8 -3.5 -3.3
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Total, Federal outlays.......................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
(On-budget)............................... (80.2) (80.7) (80.1) (79.7) (81.8) (80.5) (81.3) (81.5)
(Off-budget).............................. (19.8) (19.3) (19.9) (20.3) (18.2) (19.5) (18.7) (18.5)
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As percentages of GDP
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National defense................................ 4.8 5.1 5.3 5.9 6.3 6.2 6.4 6.5
Human resources................................. 11.0 11.9 12.2 12.4 12.8 11.7 11.9 11.4
Physical resources.............................. 2.2 2.5 2.4 2.0 1.7 1.6 1.4 1.4
Net interest.................................... 1.8 2.0 2.3 2.7 2.7 3.0 3.3 3.2
Other functions................................. 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.8 1.5 1.7 1.7
Undistributed offsetting receipts............... -0.7 -0.8 -0.9 -0.8 -1.0 -0.9 -0.8 -0.8
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Total, Federal outlays.......................... 20.7 22.3 22.9 23.9 24.4 23.1 23.9 23.5
(On-budget)............................... (16.6) (18.0) (18.3) (19.0) (19.9) (18.6) (19.4) (19.1)
(Off-budget).............................. (4.1) (4.3) (4.6) (4.8) (4.4) (4.5) (4.5) (4.3)
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Note: GDP data / percentages and constant-dollar data / deflators are based on pre-benchmark revision GDP.
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Table 3.1--OUTLAYS BY SUPERFUNCTION AND FUNCTION: 1940-2002--Continued
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Superfunction and Function 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994
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National defense................................ 281,999 290,361 303,559 299,331 273,292 298,350 291,086 281,642
Human resources................................. 502,196 533,404 568,668 619,329 689,666 772,440 827,535 869,414
Education, training, employment, and social
services..................................... 29,724 31,938 36,674 38,755 43,354 45,248 50,012 46,307
Health........................................ 39,967 44,487 48,390 57,716 71,183 89,497 99,415 107,122
Medicare...................................... 75,120 78,878 84,964 98,102 104,489 119,024 130,552 144,747
Income Security............................... 123,250 129,332 136,031 147,022 170,276 196,948 207,250 214,031
Social Security............................... 207,353 219,341 232,542 248,623 269,015 287,585 304,585 319,565
(On-budget)............................... (4,930) (4,852) (5,069) (3,625) (2,619) (6,166) (6,236) (5,683)
(Off-budget).............................. (202,422) (214,489) (227,473) (244,998) (266,395) (281,418) (298,349) (313,881)
Veterans benefits and services................ 26,782 29,428 30,066 29,112 31,349 34,138 35,720 37,642
Physical resources.............................. 54,932 68,283 81,069 125,356 134,407 74,789 45,896 69,685
Energy........................................ 4,115 2,297 2,706 3,341 2,436 4,500 4,319 5,219
Natural resources and environment............. 13,363 14,606 16,182 17,080 18,559 20,025 20,239 21,064
Commerce and housing credit................... 6,182 18,815 29,211 66,952 75,502 10,093 -22,719 -5,118
(On-budget)............................... (6,182) (18,815) (29,520) (65,326) (74,184) (9,434) (-24,160) (-6,221)
(Off-budget).............................. ........... ........... (-310) (1,626) (1,317) (659) (1,441) (1,103)
Transportation................................ 26,222 27,272 27,608 29,485 31,099 33,333 35,004 38,066
Community and regional development............ 5,051 5,294 5,362 8,498 6,811 6,838 9,052 10,454
Net interest.................................... 138,652 151,838 169,266 184,221 194,541 199,421 198,811 202,957
(On-budget)............................... (143,942) (159,253) (180,661) (200,212) (214,763) (223,059) (225,599) (232,160)
(Off-budget).............................. (-5,290) (-7,416) (-11,395) (-15,991) (-20,222) (-23,637) (-26,788) (-29,203)
Other functions................................. 62,588 57,222 57,822 60,893 71,081 75,136 82,733 74,914
International affairs......................... 11,649 10,471 9,573 13,764 15,851 16,107 17,248 17,083
General science, space and technology......... 9,216 10,841 12,838 14,444 16,111 16,409 17,030 16,227
Agriculture................................... 26,606 17,210 16,919 11,958 15,183 15,205 20,490 15,046
Administration of justice..................... 7,553 9,236 9,474 9,993 12,276 14,426 14,955 15,256
General government............................ 7,565 9,464 9,017 10,734 11,661 12,990 13,009 11,303
Undistributed offsetting receipts............... -36,455 -36,967 -37,212 -36,615 -39,356 -39,280 -37,386 -37,772
(On-budget)............................... (-33,155) (-32,585) (-32,354) (-31,048) (-33,553) (-33,179) (-30,970) (-31,362)
(Off-budget).............................. (-3,300) (-4,382) (-4,858) (-5,567) (-5,804) (-6,101) (-6,416) (-6,409)
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Total, Federal outlays.......................... 1,003,911 1,064,140 1,143,172 1,252,515 1,323,631 1,380,856 1,408,675 1,460,841
(On-budget)............................... (810,079) (861,449) (932,261) (1,027,450) (1,081,944) (1,128,518) (1,142,088) (1,181,469)
(Off-budget).............................. (193,832) (202,691) (210,911) (225,065) (241,687) (252,339) (266,587) (279,372)
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As percentages of outlays
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National defense................................ 28.1 27.3 26.6 23.9 20.6 21.6 20.7 19.3
Human resources................................. 50.0 50.1 49.7 49.4 52.1 55.9 58.7 59.5
Physical resources.............................. 5.5 6.4 7.1 10.0 10.2 5.4 3.3 4.8
Net interest.................................... 13.8 14.3 14.8 14.7 14.7 14.4 14.1 13.9
Other functions................................. 6.2 5.4 5.1 4.9 5.4 5.4 5.9 5.1
Undistributed offsetting receipts............... -3.6 -3.5 -3.3 -2.9 -3.0 -2.8 -2.7 -2.6
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Total, Federal outlays.......................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
(On-budget)............................... (80.7) (81.0) (81.6) (82.0) (81.7) (81.7) (81.1) (80.9)
(Off-budget).............................. (19.3) (19.0) (18.4) (18.0) (18.3) (18.3) (18.9) (19.1)
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National defense................................ 6.3 6.0 5.9 5.5 4.8 5.0 4.7 4.2
Human resources................................. 11.3 11.1 11.0 11.3 12.1 13.0 13.2 13.1
Physical resources.............................. 1.2 1.4 1.6 2.3 2.4 1.3 0.7 1.1
Net interest.................................... 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.2 3.1
Other functions................................. 1.4 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.1
Undistributed offsetting receipts............... -0.8 -0.8 -0.7 -0.7 -0.7 -0.7 -0.6 -0.6
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Total, Federal outlays.......................... 22.5 22.1 22.1 22.8 23.3 23.3 22.5 22.0
(On-budget)............................... (18.2) (17.9) (18.0) (18.7) (19.1) (19.1) (18.2) (17.8)
(Off-budget).............................. (4.4) (4.2) (4.1) (4.1) (4.3) (4.3) (4.3) (4.2)
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Note: GDP data / percentages and constant-dollar data / deflators are based on pre-benchmark revision GDP.
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Table 3.1--OUTLAYS BY SUPERFUNCTION AND FUNCTION: 1940-2002--Continued
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1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Superfunction and Function 1995 estimate estimate estimate estimate estimate estimate estimate
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National defense................................ 272,066 265,556 258,723 254,778 256,455 262,924 265,975 275,461
Human resources................................. 923,769 969,942 1,022,949 1,070,513 1,115,922 1,166,575 1,214,917 1,279,926
Education, training, employment, and social
services..................................... 54,263 54,131 53,510 53,799 55,551 57,229 59,484 62,169
Health........................................ 115,418 121,211 134,572 141,344 146,595 152,089 156,376 162,150
Medicare...................................... 159,855 177,586 190,107 204,912 218,399 231,114 248,390 267,050
Income Security............................... 220,449 228,342 236,721 244,890 253,439 264,335 269,280 281,634
Social Security............................... 335,846 350,924 368,102 386,156 404,768 424,364 445,008 466,709
(On-budget)............................... (5,476) (5,763) (7,035) (7,636) (8,151) (8,702) (9,291) (9,923)
(Off-budget).............................. (330,370) (345,161) (361,067) (378,520) (396,617) (415,662) (435,717) (456,786)
Veterans benefits and services................ 37,938 37,748 39,937 39,412 37,170 37,444 36,379 40,214
Physical resources.............................. 62,591 66,670 80,321 78,684 76,127 71,643 69,149 70,059
Energy........................................ 4,936 3,217 2,242 1,904 1,944 1,492 1,605 252
Natural resources and environment............. 22,105 21,550 21,560 20,974 20,772 20,383 20,828 21,690
Commerce and housing credit................... -14,441 -10,744 5,602 6,416 7,049 6,671 4,542 4,559
(On-budget)............................... (-12,472) (-10,433) (2,970) (6,381) (8,503) (7,205) (6,350) (6,382)
(Off-budget).............................. (-1,969) (-311) (2,632) (35) (-1,454) (-534) (-1,808) (-1,823)
Transportation................................ 39,350 39,769 39,080 38,911 36,891 34,791 34,149 35,492
Community and regional development............ 10,641 12,878 11,837 10,479 9,471 8,306 8,025 8,066
Net interest.................................... 232,173 241,059 238,492 236,081 234,613 229,886 227,036 223,250
(On-budget)............................... (265,478) (277,499) (277,853) (278,523) (280,074) (278,748) (279,601) (279,841)
(Off-budget).............................. (-33,305) (-36,440) (-39,361) (-42,442) (-45,461) (-48,862) (-52,565) (-56,591)
Other functions................................. 72,989 71,452 75,800 78,214 77,201 75,843 82,388 88,302
International affairs......................... 16,434 14,830 15,035 14,371 14,025 13,387 13,530 14,541
General science, space and technology......... 16,724 16,877 16,585 16,584 15,571 14,853 15,327 16,507
Agriculture................................... 9,773 7,718 7,714 8,984 8,548 7,650 7,366 7,380
Administration of justice..................... 16,223 18,764 21,950 23,982 24,876 25,641 26,139 25,440
General government............................ 13,835 13,590 14,592 14,358 14,237 14,368 14,929 15,470
Allowances.................................... ........... -327 -76 -65 -56 -56 5,097 8,964
Undistributed offsetting receipts............... -44,455 -42,268 -40,956 -42,393 -43,369 -45,504 -47,934 -68,682
(On-budget)............................... (-38,023) (-35,977) (-34,292) (-35,266) (-35,661) (-37,068) (-38,908) (-58,817)
(Off-budget).............................. (-6,432) (-6,291) (-6,664) (-7,127) (-7,708) (-8,436) (-9,026) (-9,865)
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Total, Federal outlays.......................... 1,519,133 1,572,411 1,635,329 1,675,877 1,716,949 1,761,367 1,811,531 1,868,316
(On-budget)............................... (1,230,469) (1,270,292) (1,317,655) (1,346,891) (1,374,955) (1,403,537) (1,439,213) (1,479,809)
(Off-budget).............................. (288,664) (302,119) (317,674) (328,986) (341,994) (357,830) (372,318) (388,507)
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National defense................................ 17.9 16.9 15.8 15.2 14.9 14.9 14.7 14.7
Human resources................................. 60.8 61.7 62.6 63.9 65.0 66.2 67.1 68.5
Physical resources.............................. 4.1 4.2 4.9 4.7 4.4 4.1 3.8 3.7
Net interest.................................... 15.3 15.3 14.6 14.1 13.7 13.1 12.5 11.9
Other functions................................. 4.8 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.5 4.3 4.5 4.7
Undistributed offsetting receipts............... -2.9 -2.7 -2.5 -2.5 -2.5 -2.6 -2.6 -3.7
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Total, Federal outlays.......................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
(On-budget)............................... (81.0) (80.8) (80.6) (80.4) (80.1) (79.7) (79.4) (79.2)
(Off-budget).............................. (19.0) (19.2) (19.4) (19.6) (19.9) (20.3) (20.6) (20.8)
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As percentages of GDP
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National defense................................ 3.9 3.6 3.4 3.1 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.8
Human resources................................. 13.2 13.2 13.3 13.2 13.1 13.0 12.9 13.0
Physical resources.............................. 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.7
Net interest.................................... 3.3 3.3 3.1 2.9 2.8 2.6 2.4 2.3
Other functions................................. 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.9
Undistributed offsetting receipts............... -0.6 -0.6 -0.5 -0.5 -0.5 -0.5 -0.5 -0.7
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Total, Federal outlays.......................... 21.7 21.4 21.2 20.7 20.2 19.7 19.3 18.9
(On-budget)............................... (17.6) (17.3) (17.1) (16.6) (16.1) (15.7) (15.3) (15.0)
(Off-budget).............................. (4.1) (4.1) (4.1) (4.1) (4.0) (4.0) (4.0) (3.9)
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Note: GDP data / percentages and constant-dollar data / deflators are based on pre-benchmark revision GDP.