Federal Receipts and Outlays: 1950-2019 Unified, Public, and Gross Budget Deficit: 1970-2019
              RECEIPTS, OUTLAYS, AND SURPLUSES OR DEFICITS(-): 1940-2019
                                (billions of dollars)

                                           Public
        Total    Total  Unified   Public  Def w/o    Gross    OASDI Medicare
Year Receipts  Outlays  Deficit  Deficit    OASDI  Deficit  Surplus  Surplus      GDP
---- --------  -------  -------  -------  -------  -------  -------  -------  -------
1940      6.5      9.5     -2.9                                 0.6              98.2
1941      8.7     13.7     -4.9     -5.5     -6.1     -6.8      0.7             116.2
1942     14.6     35.1    -20.5    -19.5    -20.4    -21.7      0.8             147.7
1943     24.0     78.6    -54.6    -60.0    -61.1    -63.4      1.0             184.6
1944     43.7     91.3    -47.6    -57.0    -58.2    -61.4      1.2             213.8
1945     45.2     92.7    -47.6    -50.4    -51.6    -56.0      1.2             226.4
1946     39.3     55.2    -15.9     -6.7     -7.7    -10.9      1.0             228.0
1947     38.5     34.5      4.0     17.5     16.4     13.8      1.2             238.9
1948     41.6     29.8     11.8      8.1      6.8      5.1      1.2             262.4
1949     39.4     38.8      0.6      1.9      0.7     -0.6      1.3             276.8
1950     39.4     42.6     -3.1     -4.7     -6.3     -4.2      1.6             279.0
1951     51.6     45.5      6.1      4.7      2.9      1.6      1.8             327.4
1952     66.2     67.7     -1.5     -0.4     -2.3     -3.8      1.9             357.5
1953     69.6     76.1     -6.5     -3.6     -5.4     -6.9      1.8             382.5
1954     69.7     70.9     -1.2     -6.1     -7.8     -4.8      1.7             387.7
1955     65.5     68.4     -3.0     -2.1     -3.2     -3.6      1.1             407.0
1956     74.6     70.6      3.9      4.5      3.0      1.7      1.5             439.0
1957     80.0     76.6      3.4      2.8      2.1      0.4      0.8             464.2
1958     79.6     82.4     -2.8     -7.0     -7.6     -7.4      0.5             474.3
1959     79.2     92.1    -12.8     -8.4     -7.7     -7.8     -0.7             505.6
1960     92.5     92.2      0.3     -2.1     -1.9     -3.1     -0.2             535.1
1961     94.4     97.7     -3.3     -1.5     -1.9     -2.1      0.4             547.6
1962     99.7    106.8     -7.1     -9.7     -8.4    -10.3     -1.3             586.9
1963    106.6    111.3     -4.8     -6.0     -5.2     -7.4     -0.8             619.3
1964    112.6    118.5     -5.9     -2.9     -3.5     -5.7      0.6             662.9
1965    116.8    118.2     -1.4     -3.9     -4.1     -6.3      0.2      0.0    710.7
1966    130.8    134.5     -3.7     -2.9     -2.3     -6.2     -0.6      0.9    781.9
1967    148.8    157.5     -8.6     -2.9     -6.9    -11.9      4.0      1.0    838.2
1968    153.0    178.1    -25.2    -22.9    -25.5    -28.2      2.6     -0.1    899.3
1969    186.9    183.6      3.2     11.4      7.7      2.9      3.7      0.7    982.3
1970    192.8    195.6     -2.8     -5.1    -10.9    -15.2      5.9      0.3   1049.1
1971    187.1    210.2    -23.0    -19.8    -22.9    -27.3      3.0      0.7   1119.3
1972    207.3    230.7    -23.4    -19.3    -22.4    -27.8      3.1     -0.1   1219.5
1973    230.8    245.7    -14.9    -18.5    -19.0    -30.4      0.5      1.8   1356.0
1974    263.2    269.4     -6.1     -2.8     -4.6    -17.6      1.8      4.1   1486.2
1975    279.1    332.3    -53.2    -51.0    -53.0    -58.0      2.0      2.1   1610.6
1976    298.1    371.8    -73.7    -82.7    -79.5    -87.0     -3.2      0.7   1790.3
1977    355.6    409.2    -53.7    -71.7    -66.4    -77.4     -3.9      1.2   2028.4
1978    399.6    458.7    -59.2    -58.0    -53.8    -70.2     -4.3      2.4   2278.2
1979    463.3    504.0    -40.7    -33.2    -31.2    -52.9     -2.0      2.6   2570.0
1980    517.1    590.9    -73.8    -71.6    -70.5    -79.6     -1.1      0.7   2796.8
1981    599.3    678.2    -79.0    -77.5    -72.5    -85.8     -5.0      2.8   3138.4
1982    617.8    745.7   -128.0   -135.2   -127.2   -142.5     -7.9      4.8   3313.9
1983    600.6    808.4   -207.8   -212.7   -225.3   -234.3      0.2      6.2   3541.1
1984    666.4    851.8   -185.4   -169.7   -170.0   -192.9      0.3      5.6   3952.8
1985    734.0    946.3   -212.3   -200.3   -207.8   -252.8      9.4      4.1   4270.4
1986    769.2    990.4   -221.2   -233.4   -239.5   -303.1     16.7      5.5   4536.1
1987    854.3   1004.0   -149.7   -149.1   -168.7   -225.5     19.6      8.9   4781.9
1988    909.2   1064.4   -155.2   -161.9   -200.7   -255.1     38.8     15.3   5155.1
1989    991.1   1143.7   -152.6   -139.1   -191.5   -266.7     52.4     22.4   5570.0
1990   1032.0   1253.0   -221.0   -220.8   -279.1   -338.5     58.2     15.5   5914.6
1991   1055.0   1324.2   -269.2   -277.4   -331.0   -391.9     53.5     15.4   6110.0
1992   1091.2   1381.5   -290.3   -310.7   -361.5   -403.6     50.7     13.6   6434.7
1993   1154.3   1409.4   -255.1   -248.7   -295.4   -349.3     46.8     10.2   6794.9
1994   1258.6   1461.8   -203.2   -184.7   -241.4   -292.3     56.8      1.1   7197.8
1995   1351.8   1515.7   -164.0   -171.3   -231.8   -277.3     60.4     -7.1   7583.3
1996   1453.1   1560.5   -107.4   -129.7   -196.1   -260.9     66.4      8.9   7978.3
1997   1579.2   1601.1    -21.9    -38.3   -119.6   -187.7     81.3     -1.1   8483.2
1998   1721.7   1652.5     69.3     51.2    -48.2   -109.0     99.4      6.6   8954.8
1999   1827.5   1701.8    125.6     88.7    -36.0   -127.3    124.7     26.3   9514.0
2000   2025.2   1789.0    236.2    222.6     70.7    -23.2    151.8     29.9  10154.0
2001   1991.1   1862.8    128.2     90.2    -72.8   -141.2    163.0     25.2  10568.4
2002   1853.1   2010.9   -157.8   -220.8   -379.9   -428.5    159.1     28.6  10879.4
2003   1782.3   2159.9   -377.6   -373.0   -528.7   -561.6    155.7      8.1  11334.0
2004   1880.1   2292.8   -412.7   -382.1   -533.0   -594.6    150.9      6.1  12090.7
2005   2153.6   2472.0   -318.3   -296.7   -470.2   -550.6    173.5     12.5  12890.5
2006   2406.9   2655.1   -248.2   -236.8   -422.0   -546.1    185.2     41.8  13686.6
2007   2568.0   2728.7   -160.7   -206.2   -392.8   -499.4    186.6     22.1  14324.9
2008   2524.0   2982.5   -458.6   -767.9   -953.6  -1035.3    185.7     19.6  14756.1
2009   2105.0   3517.7  -1412.7  -1741.7  -1879.0  -1889.8    137.3     -6.8  14413.6
2010   2162.7   3457.1  -1294.4  -1474.2  -1555.9  -1653.0     81.7    -20.4  14791.4
2011   2303.5   3603.1  -1299.6  -1109.3  -1177.3  -1235.4     68.0    -32.3  15387.1
2012   2450.2   3537.1  -1087.0  -1152.9  -1217.5  -1286.7     64.6    -17.5  16094.2
2013   2775.1   3454.6   -679.5   -701.4   -739.1   -668.5     37.6    -24.9  16618.6

2014*  3001.7   3650.5   -648.8   -920.1   -937.2  -1173.2     17.2    -11.6  17332.3
2015*  3337.4   3901.0   -563.6   -689.1   -688.9   -820.8     -0.2     -0.7  18219.4
2016*  3568.0   4099.1   -531.1   -664.8   -668.7   -798.1      4.0    -12.1  19180.6
2017*  3810.8   4268.6   -457.8   -586.9   -576.5   -750.1    -10.3      5.1  20199.4
2018*  4029.9   4443.1   -413.3   -527.0   -508.7   -699.3    -18.3     24.1  21216.3
2019*  4226.1   4728.8   -502.7   -611.5   -581.2   -709.7    -30.2     10.6  22196.1

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             RECEIPTS, OUTLAYS, AND SURPLUSES OR DEFICITS(-): 1940-2019
                                (percentage of GDP)

                                           Public
        Total    Total  Unified   Public  Def w/o    Gross    OASDI Medicare      GDP
Year Receipts  Outlays  Deficit  Deficit    OASDI  Deficit  Surplus  Surplus   ($bil)
---- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- --------
1940      6.7      9.6     -3.0                                 0.6              98.2
1941      7.5     11.7     -4.3     -4.7     -5.3     -5.9      0.6             116.2
1942      9.9     23.8    -13.9    -13.2    -13.8    -14.7      0.6             147.7
1943     13.0     42.6    -29.6    -32.5    -33.1    -34.4      0.6             184.6
1944     20.5     42.7    -22.2    -26.7    -27.2    -28.7      0.6             213.8
1945     19.9     41.0    -21.0    -22.3    -22.8    -24.8      0.5             226.4
1946     17.2     24.2     -7.0     -2.9     -3.4     -4.8      0.5             228.0
1947     16.1     14.4      1.7      7.3      6.9      5.8      0.5             238.9
1948     15.8     11.3      4.5      3.1      2.6      2.0      0.5             262.4
1949     14.2     14.0      0.2      0.7      0.2     -0.2      0.5             276.8
1950     14.1     15.3     -1.1     -1.7     -2.3     -1.5      0.6             279.0
1951     15.8     13.9      1.9      1.4      0.9      0.5      0.6             327.4
1952     18.5     18.9     -0.4     -0.1     -0.6     -1.1      0.5             357.5
1953     18.2     19.9     -1.7     -0.9     -1.4     -1.8      0.5             382.5
1954     18.0     18.3     -0.3     -1.6     -2.0     -1.3      0.4             387.7
1955     16.1     16.8     -0.7     -0.5     -0.8     -0.9      0.3             407.0
1956     17.0     16.1      0.9      1.0      0.7      0.4      0.3             439.0
1957     17.2     16.5      0.7      0.6      0.4      0.1      0.2             464.2
1958     16.8     17.4     -0.6     -1.5     -1.6     -1.6      0.1             474.3
1959     15.7     18.2     -2.5     -1.7     -1.5     -1.5     -0.1             505.6
1960     17.3     17.2      0.1     -0.4     -0.4     -0.6      0.0             535.1
1961     17.2     17.8     -0.6     -0.3     -0.4     -0.4      0.1             547.6
1962     17.0     18.2     -1.2     -1.6     -1.4     -1.8     -0.2             586.9
1963     17.2     18.0     -0.8     -1.0     -0.8     -1.2     -0.1             619.3
1964     17.0     17.9     -0.9     -0.4     -0.5     -0.9      0.1             662.9
1965     16.4     16.6     -0.2     -0.6     -0.6     -0.9      0.0      0.0    710.7
1966     16.7     17.2     -0.5     -0.4     -0.3     -0.8     -0.1      0.1    781.9
1967     17.8     18.8     -1.0     -0.3     -0.8     -1.4      0.5      0.1    838.2
1968     17.0     19.8     -2.8     -2.5     -2.8     -3.1      0.3      0.0    899.3
1969     19.0     18.7      0.3      1.2      0.8      0.3      0.4      0.1    982.3
1970     18.4     18.6     -0.3     -0.5     -1.0     -1.4      0.6      0.0   1049.1
1971     16.7     18.8     -2.1     -1.8     -2.0     -2.4      0.3      0.1   1119.3
1972     17.0     18.9     -1.9     -1.6     -1.8     -2.3      0.3      0.0   1219.5
1973     17.0     18.1     -1.1     -1.4     -1.4     -2.2      0.0      0.1   1356.0
1974     17.7     18.1     -0.4     -0.2     -0.3     -1.2      0.1      0.3   1486.2
1975     17.3     20.6     -3.3     -3.2     -3.3     -3.6      0.1      0.1   1610.6
1976     16.6     20.8     -4.1     -4.6     -4.4     -4.9     -0.2      0.0   1790.3
1977     17.5     20.2     -2.6     -3.5     -3.3     -3.8     -0.2      0.1   2028.4
1978     17.5     20.1     -2.6     -2.5     -2.4     -3.1     -0.2      0.1   2278.2
1979     18.0     19.6     -1.6     -1.3     -1.2     -2.1     -0.1      0.1   2570.0
1980     18.5     21.1     -2.6     -2.6     -2.5     -2.8      0.0      0.0   2796.8
1981     19.1     21.6     -2.5     -2.5     -2.3     -2.7     -0.2      0.1   3138.4
1982     18.6     22.5     -3.9     -4.1     -3.8     -4.3     -0.2      0.1   3313.9
1983     17.0     22.8     -5.9     -6.0     -6.4     -6.6      0.0      0.2   3541.1
1984     16.9     21.5     -4.7     -4.3     -4.3     -4.9      0.0      0.1   3952.8
1985     17.2     22.2     -5.0     -4.7     -4.9     -5.9      0.2      0.1   4270.4
1986     17.0     21.8     -4.9     -5.1     -5.3     -6.7      0.4      0.1   4536.1
1987     17.9     21.0     -3.1     -3.1     -3.5     -4.7      0.4      0.2   4781.9
1988     17.6     20.6     -3.0     -3.1     -3.9     -4.9      0.8      0.3   5155.1
1989     17.8     20.5     -2.7     -2.5     -3.4     -4.8      0.9      0.4   5570.0
1990     17.4     21.2     -3.7     -3.7     -4.7     -5.7      1.0      0.3   5914.6
1991     17.3     21.7     -4.4     -4.5     -5.4     -6.4      0.9      0.3   6110.0
1992     17.0     21.5     -4.5     -4.8     -5.6     -6.3      0.8      0.2   6434.7
1993     17.0     20.7     -3.8     -3.7     -4.3     -5.1      0.7      0.2   6794.9
1994     17.5     20.3     -2.8     -2.6     -3.4     -4.1      0.8      0.0   7197.8
1995     17.8     20.0     -2.2     -2.3     -3.1     -3.7      0.8     -0.1   7583.3
1996     18.2     19.6     -1.3     -1.6     -2.5     -3.3      0.8      0.1   7978.3
1997     18.6     18.9     -0.3     -0.5     -1.4     -2.2      1.0      0.0   8483.2
1998     19.2     18.5      0.8      0.6     -0.5     -1.2      1.1      0.1   8954.8
1999     19.2     17.9      1.3      0.9     -0.4     -1.3      1.3      0.3   9514.0
2000     19.9     17.6      2.3      2.2      0.7     -0.2      1.5      0.3  10154.0
2001     18.8     17.6      1.2      0.9     -0.7     -1.3      1.5      0.2  10568.4
2002     17.0     18.5     -1.5     -2.0     -3.5     -3.9      1.5      0.3  10879.4
2003     15.7     19.1     -3.3     -3.3     -4.7     -5.0      1.4      0.1  11334.0
2004     15.6     19.0     -3.4     -3.2     -4.4     -4.9      1.2      0.1  12090.7
2005     16.7     19.2     -2.5     -2.3     -3.6     -4.3      1.3      0.1  12890.5
2006     17.6     19.4     -1.8     -1.7     -3.1     -4.0      1.4      0.3  13686.6
2007     17.9     19.0     -1.1     -1.4     -2.7     -3.5      1.3      0.2  14324.9
2008     17.1     20.2     -3.1     -5.2     -6.5     -7.0      1.3      0.1  14756.1
2009     14.6     24.4     -9.8    -12.1    -13.0    -13.1      1.0      0.0  14413.6
2010     14.6     23.4     -8.8    -10.0    -10.5    -11.2      0.6     -0.1  14791.4
2011     15.0     23.4     -8.4     -7.2     -7.7     -8.0      0.4     -0.2  15387.1
2012     15.2     22.0     -6.8     -7.2     -7.6     -8.0      0.4     -0.1  16094.2
2013     16.7     20.8     -4.1     -4.2     -4.4     -4.0      0.2     -0.2  16618.6

2014*    17.3     21.1     -3.7     -5.3     -5.4     -6.8      0.1     -0.1  17332.3
2015*    18.3     21.4     -3.1     -3.8     -3.8     -4.5      0.0      0.0  18219.4
2016*    18.6     21.4     -2.8     -3.5     -3.5     -4.2      0.0     -0.1  19180.6
2017*    18.9     21.1     -2.3     -2.9     -2.9     -3.7     -0.1      0.0  20199.4
2018*    19.0     20.9     -1.9     -2.5     -2.4     -3.3     -0.1      0.1  21216.3
2019*    19.0     21.3     -2.3     -2.8     -2.6     -3.2     -0.1      0.0  22196.1

* estimated

Note: Public Deficit equals change in Public Debt; Gross Deficit equals change in
      Gross Debt;  Gross Debt equals debt held by the public (called Public Debt
      here) plus debt held by government accounts; OASDI includes Old-Age and
      Survivors Insurance Fund (OAS) and Disability Insurance Fund (DI);
      negative numbers denote deficits
Source: Budget of the United States Government, FY 2015: Historical Tables,
        tables 7.1, 10.1, 13.1

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