The impact of a government shutdown: In numbers

4:34 a.m. The U.S. Capitol on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, November 13, 2025. Nathan Howard/Reuters

The longest government shutdown in U.S. history ended Wednesday night, allowing observers to take stock of the impact it has had on millions of ordinary people and the economy as a whole.

Republicans and Democrats blamed each other for the weeks-long impasse, while some federal employees worked without pay and received continued benefits nutrition has lost its advantages. Airline disruptions also caused thousands of flights to be canceled or delayed.

Here’s what you need to know about the government shutdown and its impact in numbers:

43 – The maximum number of days during which the outage lasted. Since 1977, the U.S. government has missed its funding deadline 20 times, posting an average shutdown of eight days, the Bank of America Institute said in a note last month.

0.8% – Annual inflation-adjusted gross domestic product (GDP) lost due to shutdowns, according to accounting firm EY. For context, the economy grew an average of 1.6% annually during the first half of 2025, meaning the shutdown wiped out economic growth equivalent to about half of what was achieved in the previous six months. Much of that loss will be made up when government employees receive and spend wages, economists previously told ABC News.

11 billion dollars – According to a projection released by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) late last month, the amount of inflation-adjusted GDP is finally lost as the government shuts down in anticipation of the six-week impasse. Those windfalls are caused by fewer paid hours for furlough state employees than they would have worked had the state been operating normally, CBO said.

42 million – the estimated number of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients who lost their benefits during the shutdown, many of whom are low-income or older Americans. Payments are expected to resume within a few days.

670,000 – Estimated number of federal workers furloughed during the shutdown, according to the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC). About 730,000 federal employees worked without pay, the BPC said.

60,000– The number of workers outside the federal government who have lost their jobs due to the economic effects of the shutdown, National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett, a White House adviser, said Thursday.

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50.7– The level of consumer sentiment in November. That number, which reflects the level of consumer optimism about the economy, is the lowest since the pandemic-era inflation peaked in 2022, according to the University of Michigan. Consumer spending, which accounts for about two-thirds of US economic activity, is a key factor in the country’s economic outlook.

6 – the number of members of the House of Representatives of the Democratic Party who broke with other members of the party and voted for the restoration of the government. Two Republicans opposed reopening the government.

6% – Some scheduled flights will be canceled at 40 major airports on Thursday, the day after the shutdown ends, the Department of Transportation said. This estimate is lower than the original plan, which called for 8% of flights to be canceled in the event of further shutdowns.

2 – the number of monthly jobs reports were missed during the shutdown, meaning the government’s gold-standard hiring data remains unavailable for September and October. White House press secretary Caroline Leavitt said Wednesday that the government is unlikely to release inflation and jobs data for October. It remains unclear whether the federal government will release jobs data for September.

Source: abcnews.go.com