Hawaiʻi State Budget Explorer
What are we investing in, and does that reflect the Hawai'i we want?
Understanding the state budget reveals Hawaiʻi's priorities and enables decisions that reflect shared values.
Overview
Our state government allocates billions of dollars each year to fund essential services across Hawaiʻi. This visualization tool makes state budget data transparent and accessible so stakeholders can:
Understand where dollars currently flow
Identify potential funding gaps
Assess impacts of budgetary shifts
All underlying data is available for download, and you can learn more about our sources and methodology.
Ready to explore the data?
10 Year Budget Trends
Explore how Hawaiʻi’s spending priorities and funding sources have evolved over the last decade.
Annual Appropriations by Funding Source
Each bar represents one fiscal year’s total budget, broken down by funding source
Annual Appropriations by Budget Area
Each bar represents one fiscal year’s total budget, broken down by budget area*
*These categories are pulled directly from how the budget document is organized
Annual Appropriations by Department
Each bar represents one fiscal year’s total budget, broken down by department
Year-Over-Year Change
Each bar represents the percent change from the previous fiscal year, with trend lines for the major funding sources to explore potential drivers of budget changes
Fiscal Year Breakdown
Drill down from budget areas to departments to programs for any fiscal year.
Budget Composition
Outer ring shows where money goes and inner ring shows where it comes from