View CBO’s budget infographics to see how much the federal government spent and took in during fiscal year 2015, as well as broader trends in the budget over the past few decades.

    

Revenues received by the federal government in 2015 totaled $3.2 trillion, of which $1.5 trillion was receipts of individual income taxes.

    

Discretionary spending by the federal government totaled $1.2 trillion in 2015—about half for national defense and half for nondefense activities.

    

Mandatory spending by the federal government totaled $2.3 trillion in 2015, of which $1.0 trillion was for major health care programs.

    

The federal deficit in 2015 was $439 billion, equal to 2.5 percent of gross domestic product.