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Table 4-1: U.S. GDP by Spending Category, Various Years

Friday, August 22, 2014

(current dollars, in billions)

  1991 2000 2005 2009 2010 2011
Total GDP 5,992.1 9,951.5 12,623.0 13,973.7 14,498.9 15,075.7
Housing 1,173.8 2,030.8 2,835.0 2,701.6 2,719.8 2,771.2
Healthcare 734.4 1,239.5 1,794.4 2,205.5 2,277.5 2,395.5
Food 711.5 981.2 1,189.0 1,385.4 1,430.3 1,516.8
Transportation 595.1 1,057.3 1,262.0 1,186.2 1,325.7 1,465.9
Education 385.4 660.1 855.7 1,051.5 1,058.9 1,069.1
Other 2,392.0 3,982.5 4,686.9 5,443.3 5,686.7 5,857.1

NOTES: R = revised. Details may not add to totals due to rounding. Other includes all other categories (e.g. entertainment, personal care products and services, and payments to pension plans).

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, calculated based on data from U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, National Income and Product Account Tables. 1.1.5,2.4.5,3.11.5,3.15.5,4.2.5,5.4.5,5.5.5,and 5.6.5, available at http://www.bea.gov/national/nipaweb/index.asp as of November 27, 2012.