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  4. ›Total revenues as % of GDP

CBO revenue line

Total revenues as % of GDP

Share of the economy collected as federal revenue.

What this means

Revenues divided by GDP. This is a percentage, not a dollar amount, so it should not be compared directly to dollar revenue lines.

Units: Percent of GDP.

CBO variable: rev_total_gdp_pct

In the data

CBO amount · FFY 2025

$17.2B

Percent of GDP.

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Breakdown

This line beside other revenue sources

See the Congress breakdown for the full sortable list and chart.

Related

  • Gross domestic product (addendum)

    Not a tax. Size of the U.S. economy, shown for context.

  • Total federal revenues

    All federal tax and non-tax receipts combined.

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