View CBO’s updated budget infographics to see how much the federal government spent and took in during fiscal year 2016, as well as broader trends in the budget over the past few decades.

    

Revenues received by the federal government in 2016 totaled $3.3 trillion, of which $1.5 trillion was receipts of individual income taxes.

    

Discretionary spending by the federal government totaled $1.2 trillion in 2016—about half for national defense and half for nondefense activities.

    

Mandatory spending by the federal government totaled $2.4 trillion in 2016, of which $1.6 trillion was for Social Security and Medicare.

    

The federal deficit in 2016 was $587 billion, equal to 3.2 percent of gross domestic product.