# United States Real Govt: National Defense (SAAR)

United States Real Govt: National Defense (SAAR) was 11.7% in Q3 2026, up 6.4 percentage points from Q2 2026 and up 5.9 percentage points from a year earlier.
That is the highest reading since Q4 2020.
Over the past ten years it has ranged from −10.2% (Q1 2022) to 13.5% (Q4 2020), averaging 2.2%.

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

## Recent data

| Period | Value |
|---|---:|
| Q3 2026 | 11.7% |
| Q2 2026 | 5.3% |
| Q1 2026 | 4.5% |
| Q4 2025 | −8.7% |
| Q3 2025 | 5.8% |
| Q2 2025 | 1.6% |
| Q1 2025 | −6.7% |
| Q4 2024 | 4.1% |
| Q3 2024 | 8.8% |
| Q2 2024 | 5.6% |
| Q1 2024 | −1.2% |
| Q4 2023 | 2.1% |
| Q3 2023 | 6.5% |
| Q2 2023 | 3.2% |
| Q1 2023 | 5.2% |
| Q4 2022 | 7.5% |
| Q3 2022 | −4.8% |
| Q2 2022 | 2.4% |
| Q1 2022 | −10.2% |
| Q4 2021 | −3.0% |
| Q3 2021 | −5.0% |
| Q2 2021 | −2.5% |
| Q1 2021 | −7.7% |
| Q4 2020 | 13.5% |

## API

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

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