Chapter 3: Percentage of Total Expenditures

In FY 90, inflation-adjusted total expenditures were $298.6 billion in the United States (table 5.a). Current expenditures accounted for 88 percent of this figure (table 6.e) and facilities acquisition and construction expenditures accounted for another 7 percent (table 7.e). The remaining 5 percent of total expenditures was distributed among replacement equipment expenditures (table 8.e), interest on debt expenditures (table 9.e), and other program expenditures (table 10.e). By FY 02, inflation-adjusted total expenditures were $435.4 billion (table 5.a), of which current expenditures accounted for 85 percent (table 6.e). Facilities acquisition and construction expenditures accounted for another 10 percent (table 7.e). The remaining 5 percent was distributed among replacement equipment expenditures (table 8.e), other program expenditures (table 9.e), and interest on debt expenditures (table 10.e).

Between FY 90 and FY 02, current expenditures experienced an overall decrease as a percentage of total expenditures, from 88 percent to 85 percent (figure 3-8 and table 6.e). Facilities acquisition and construction expenditures experienced an increase as a percentage of total expenditures, from 7 percent to 10 percent (table 7.e). The remaining expenditures items—replacement equipment expenditures (table 8.e), other program expenditures (table 9.e), and interest on debt expenditures (table 10.e)—as a whole, constituted between 5 and 6 percent of total expenditures over the 13-year period.

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