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Veterans Affairs — FY2022 spending

In fiscal year 2022, Veterans Affairs paid out $268B — 4.3% of the federal government’s $6.27T in total outlays — and obligated $283B.

That is $804/person and 1.1% of GDP.

Federal accounts

The 24 largest federal accounts under Veterans Affairs in FY2022. Hover an account name for its full official title. Shares are of this agency’s outlays, not of the federal total.

Veterans Affairs FY2022 outlays and obligations by federal account
Federal accountOutlaysObligationsShare of agency outlays
Compensation and Pensions$140B$131B52.3%
Medical Services$62B$63B23.3%
Medical Community Care$25B$26B9.5%
Readjustment Benefits$12B$12B4.5%
Medical Support and Compliance$8.6B$8.5B3.2%
Veterans Medical Care and Health Fund$7.2B$9.7B2.7%
Expenses, Medical Facilities$7.0B$7.2B2.6%
General Operating Expenses$6.1B$6.4B2.3%
Information Technology Systems$5.5B$5.6B2.1%
Veterans Housing Benefit Program Fund$2.1B$2.1B0.8%
Supply Fund$1.7B$1.8B0.6%
Veterans Electronic Health Record$1.7B$2.5B0.6%
Franchise Fund$1.4B$1.6B0.5%
Medical and Prosthetic Research$0.9B$1.0B0.3%
General Administration$0.8B$0.8B0.3%
Construction, Major Projects$0.8B$0.7B0.3%
Servicemen's Group Life Insurance Fund$0.6B$0.6B0.2%
Construction, Minor Projects$0.6B$0.6B0.2%
Joint Department of Defense - Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund$0.6B$0.6B0.2%
National Service Life Insurance Fund$0.5B$0.4B0.2%
Canteen Service Revolving Fund$0.4B$0.4B0.1%
National Cemetery Administration, Veterans Health Administration, Veterans Affair$0.4B$0.4B0.1%
Office of Inspector General$0.3B$0.3B0.1%
Board of Veterans Appeals$0.2B$0.2B0.1%

Notes

Program-activity and object-class detail below these accounts is available in the interactive explorer and as JSON.