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Time Series Chart of Revenue As Percent Of GDP

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Revenue Units: By default, government revenue is displayed in billions of dollars. But using a dropdown control in the table heading you can select $ bln 2017, pct GDP and more.
Chart Title: You can create a title for your chart. Use the text field to enter a title and click the button to the right of the text field.
US or State: By default, the chart shows overall United States government revenue. But you can select revenue for individual states by selecting the state dropdown control in the table heading.
State, Local: By default, you can chart state revenue or local revenue by clicking a radio button in the selection table. But you can chart state-and-local combined by selecting state n local in the state/local dropdown control in the table heading.
View: There are many ways to view the revenue data. The default view is functional. There is a census view that conforms with the revenue categories used by the US Census Bureau in its Statistical Abstract. There is a COFOG view that categorizes revenue using the UN methodology.
Linear/Log: By default, the data series are displayed as linear charts. But you can also select a log chart. Linear charts show constant amount changes as a straight line; Log charts show constant rates of change as a straight line.
Line/Bar: By default, the data series are displayed as line charts. But you can also select a bar chart.
Data Stack: By default, the data series are “stacked” when displayed on the chart. But you can change the setting to “un stack” the data series.
Chart Size: By default, the chart is displayed at medium size. But you can use the dropdown control to change the size.
Color: By default charts are displayed with color data lines and fill. You can change this to grayscale if you want. Or display a chart using Google API or chart.js API.
US Budget Year: By default, the chart displays budgeted and estimated federal revenue in the current US Budget submitted to the Congress by the president. But you can look at previous budgeted numbers using this dropdown control.
Mandatory: By default the chart shows all spending without regard to mandatory or discretionary. Select Mandatory if you want to chart only federal Mandatory spending, Discretionary if you want to chart only federal Discretionary spending, Both if you want both federal Mandatory and Discretionary spending broken out using the dropdown control in the table heading.

Data Range

Start Year: You can select any start year you want using the dropdown control in the table heading. At the top and bottom of the dropdown only years ending in “0” are shown. Select a start year to get close, then select the start year you want.
End Year: You can select any end year you want using the dropdown control in the table heading. At the top and bottom of the dropdown only years ending in “0” are shown. Select an end year to get close, then select the end year you want.
Category (max 7)Sub-categoryFed Gov. 
Xfer 
State Local Total   
 
Data Series: Select a revenue series you want to chart from a dropdown on the left. If you select on the bottom dropdown you will add a data series (up to a maximum of five). The right-hand dropdown allows you to replace a data series with a more narrowly focused series. Click the “X” link to remove a data series from the chart.
? Total Direct Revenue: Total Revenue raised by federal, state, or local government. Does not include intergovernmental revenue such as federal grants *
  ? Select data series to add to chart
 All Categories

If you’d like to create your own custom chart of revenue data you should use the table above to make your selections.

  • Select the year range: Select the start year and the end year you want by selecting the years you want in the two year dropdown boxes.
  • Select revenue items: Just select the revenue item you want from the dropdown control. Then click a radio button to select the level of government: federal, state, or local. If you select from the < select > you will add another data series to your chart. Up to 5 data series are allowed at once. Click the “X” link to remove a data series from the chart.
  • Select units: You can select the display in billions of nominal (i.e. inflated) dollars, billions of real (i.e. year 2017) dollars, or as percent of GDP.
  • Choose chart features: You can select the size of the chart, switch from bar chart to line chart, select color or black and white, stacked or not. You can also blow up the chart to fill the screen with the “full screen” tab control above the chart display.

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Copy and Paste: To copy and paste data into spreadsheet for analysis, just copy the tab-delimited text in the textbox below (click cursor in text box, then press ctrl-A then press ctrl-C) and paste it into your spreadsheet.

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Below is a formatted version of the data displayed in the chart.

Revenue As Percent Of GDP
Fiscal Years 1900 to 2010
YearInflationGDP-US
$ billion nominal
Population-US
million
Total Direct Revenue - Total
percent GDP
19002.92MW gdpa76.2127.65i
19012.95MW gdpa77.6807.40i
19022.9MW gdpa79.1766.84a
19034.83MW gdpa80.7016.63i
19042.57MW gdpa82.2556.90i
19050.81MW gdpa83.8396.45i
19063.71MW gdpa85.4536.46i
19076.49MW gdpa87.0996.45i
1908-0.18MW gdpa88.7767.31i
1909-1.49MW gdpa90.4867.24i
19102.63MW gdpa92.2297.59i
1911-0.49MW gdpa93.5237.82i
19124.17MW gdpa94.8367.48i
19130.75MW gdpa96.1677.54a
19140.86MW gdpa97.5168.60i
19153.29MW gdpa98.8858.48i
191614.48MW gdpa100.2737.24i
191722.75MW gdpa101.6807.07i
191818MW gdpa103.1079.68i
19192.49MW gdpa104.55411.91i
192013.78MW gdpa106.02212.90i
1921-14.44MW gdpa107.62614.47i
1922-5.79MW gdpa109.25412.57a
19233.15MW gdpa110.90811.35i
1924-1.28MW gdpa112.58611.74i
19251.82MW gdpa114.29011.57i
19260.5MW gdpa116.01911.58i
1927-2.42MW gdpa117.77512.66a
19280.76MW gdpa119.55712.97i
19290.73MW gdpa121.36612.86i
1930-3.3592.2a123.20314.61i
1931-9.6577.4a124.07116.29i
1932-10.2259.5a124.94517.29a
1933-2.6357.2a125.82518.87i
19345.9766.8a126.71216.92a
19352.1874.2a127.60516.77i
19361.3984.8a128.50416.02a
19374.5593a129.41016.70i
1938-2.7187.4a130.32120.00a
1939-1.1693.4a131.24018.89i
19401.36102.9a132.16516.86a
19417.95129.3a133.96615.67i
19429.5166a135.79216.22a
19435.32203.1a137.64318.14i
19442.53224.4a139.51925.46a
19452.58228a141.42126.06i
194611.39227.5a143.34923.92a
194710.86249.6a145.30322.42i
19485.86274.5a147.28322.34a
1949-0.17272.5a149.29122.34i
19501.33299.8a151.32620.88a
19517.66346.9a153.91722.32i
19521.8367.3a156.55225.76a
19531.52391.2a159.23225.60a
19540.72391a161.95826.12a
19552.01430.2a164.73123.23a
19563.93451.2a167.55125.03a
19573.2479.5a170.42025.46a
19582.04485.8a173.33725.53a
19591.34525a176.30524.16a
19601.44545.6a179.32326.72a
19611.04567.7a181.58826.74a
19621.27609a183.88126.48a
19630.99644.4a186.20426.74a
19641.87692a188.55526.60a
19651.93749.3a190.93725.83a
19663.34819.6a193.34826.27a
19672.83865.2a195.79027.74a
19684.56950.8a198.26326.65a
19695.381030a200.76629.11a
19705.021086.1a203.30229.56a
19715.431177.7a205.51527.80a
19724.211290.6a207.75228.34a
19736.331433.8a210.01328.54a
19749.431560a212.29929.44a
19758.81709.8a214.60928.87a
19765.381886.6a216.94529.00a
19776.522118.5a219.30729.77a
19787.812395.1a221.69429.29a
19798.992667.6a224.10729.86a
19808.712856.5a226.54631.01a
19819.823260.6a228.67031.15a
19825.83366.3a230.81531.99a
19833.863689.2a232.97929.93a
19843.814084.3a235.16429.91a
19853.144386.8a237.36930.71a
19861.924607.7a239.59531.24a
19872.754884.6a241.84232.39a
19883.965282.8a244.11031.73a
19893.95695.4a246.39932.00i
19903.896015.1a248.71032.05a
19913.286205.9a251.80231.93a
19922.156566.6a254.93331.94a
19932.526882.1a258.10332.35a
19942.197331.1a261.31232.39a
19952.137683.1a264.56133.07a
19961.788131.4a267.85033.60a
19971.868662.8a271.18034.05a
19981.199121.1a274.55234.95a
19991.419686.6a277.96634.59a
20002.5510318.2a282.17235.62a
20012.2210598a285.08232.62i
20021.510984a287.80430.04a
20032.0711566.7a290.32629.21i
20042.8912305.3a293.04631.62a
20053.3613142.6a295.75332.29a
20063.2113870.2a298.59333.86a
20072.6314564.1a301.58035.51a
20082.0314899a304.37531.33a
20090.1114448.9a307.00725.37a
20101.4515141.6a309.32731.17a

Legend:
a - actual reported
i - interpolated between actual reported values

Data Sources for 1900:
GDP: Samuel H. Williamson, "What Was the U.S. GDP Then?" MeasuringWorth, 2015.
Federal: Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the US, Colonial Times to 1970
State and Local: Hist. Stats of US, Colonial Times to 1970 and 1789 - 1945

Data Sources for 2010:
GDP, GO: GDP, GO Sources
Federal: Fed. Budget: Hist. Tables 2.1, 2.4, 2.5, 7.1
State and Local: State and Local Gov. Finances

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Federal revenue data begins in 1792.

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