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Department of State

Award obligations from USAspending, with detail archived for FFY 2024 · 2 sub-agencies.

State operates U.S. diplomatic missions and related foreign-policy programs; some assistance also flows through or with USAID. Award figures on The Ledger come from archived USAspending awarding-agency rollups (obligations). That is not the same as every dollar the agency outlays.

Obligations · FFY 2024

$23.6B

Awarding agency DOS

Transactions

81,052

Award transactions in FFY 2024

Share of awards

0.48%

Of archived awarding-agency obligations in FFY 2024

MTS outlays · FFY 2022

$33.2B

Matched Monthly Treasury Statement line

Obligations by year

Award obligations by fiscal year for Department of State
Fiscal yearObligations
FFY 2024$23.6B
FFY 2023$23.9B
FFY 2022$23.3B
FFY 2021$20.3B
FFY 2018$17.9B
FFY 2017$19.3B
FFY 2016$19.1B

Award categoriesFFY 2024

Obligations by award category for Department of State
CategoryAmount
Contracts$11.7B
Other$8.5B
Grants$3.3B
IDVs$216.3M

Top sub-agenciesFFY 2024

Top sub-agencies by obligations for Department of State
Sub-agencyCodeObligationsTransactions
Department of StateDOS$23.5B80,653
International Boundary and Water Commission: U.S.-MexicoIBWC$160.1M399

Matched Treasury outlays

Monthly Treasury Statement net outlays for Department of State
Fiscal yearNet outlays
FFY 2022$33.2B
FFY 2021$35.8B
FFY 2018$26.4B
FFY 2017$27.1B
FFY 2016$29.4B

Sources

  • Obligations are legal commitments, not the same as Treasury outlays. See award obligations and outlays.
  • Official websiteUSAspending agency pageBudget justificationMethodologyAll awarding agencies