View CBO’s budget infographics to see how much the federal government spent and took in during fiscal year 2021, as well as broader trends in the budget over the past few decades.

    

Discretionary outlays by the federal government totaled $1.6 trillion in 2021, of which $742 billion was for national defense and $895 billion was for nondefense activities.

    

Mandatory outlays by the federal government totaled $4.8 trillion in 2021, of which $1.8 trillion was for Social Security and Medicare.

    

Revenues received by the federal government in 2021 totaled $4.0 trillion, of which $2.0 trillion was receipts from individual income taxes.

    

The federal deficit in 2021 was $2.8 trillion, equal to 12.4 percent of gross domestic product.

    

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on September 20, 2022

    

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on July 19, 2022