# United States Real Govt: Federal Nondefense (SAAR)

United States Real Govt: Federal Nondefense (SAAR) was 22.2% in Q3 2026, up 34.9 percentage points from Q2 2026 and up 28.5 percentage points from a year earlier.
That is the highest reading since Q1 2021.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −25.1% (Q3 2020) to 91.5% (Q2 2020), averaging 3.5%.

- Source agency: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
- Makrognosis code: `US.GDP.Q.REAL.GRP-GOV-NONDEF`
- Frequency: quarterly
- Units: % SAAR
- Coverage: 1966-01-01 to 2026-07-01 (243 observations)
- Page: https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/data/united-states/real-govt-federal-nondefense-saar

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 22.2% |
| Q2 2026 | −12.7% |
| Q1 2026 | 20.7% |
| Q4 2025 | −24.5% |
| Q3 2025 | −6.3% |
| Q2 2025 | −3.0% |
| Q1 2025 | −6.5% |
| Q4 2024 | 2.3% |
| Q3 2024 | 1.1% |
| Q2 2024 | 1.0% |
| Q1 2024 | 6.6% |
| Q4 2023 | 5.5% |
| Q3 2023 | 6.6% |
| Q2 2023 | −2.5% |
| Q1 2023 | 3.8% |
| Q4 2022 | 10.2% |
| Q3 2022 | 2.5% |
| Q2 2022 | −10.0% |
| Q1 2022 | −5.6% |
| Q4 2021 | 12.8% |
| Q3 2021 | −12.2% |
| Q2 2021 | −14.4% |
| Q1 2021 | 62.7% |
| Q4 2020 | −15.5% |

## API

```
curl -H "X-API-Key: $MAKROGNOSIS_KEY" \
  "https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US.GDP.Q.REAL.GRP-GOV-NONDEF"

# Python
import requests
r = requests.get("https://makrognosis.robomacro.com/v1/series/US.GDP.Q.REAL.GRP-GOV-NONDEF",
                 headers={"X-API-Key": KEY})
obs = r.json()["observations"]
```