United States - Shares of gross domestic product: Government consumption expenditures and gross investment: Federal: National defense was 3.70% in October of 2023, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Shares of gross domestic product: Government consumption expenditures and gross investment: Federal: National defense reached a record high of 16.00 in July of 1952 and a record low of 3.60 in October of 2021. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Shares of gross domestic product: Government consumption expenditures and gross investment: Federal: National defense - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on April of 2024.