Executive order statistics 2026

Latest figures

1. The most recent executive order in the Federal Register is No. 14438, “Decreasing Housing Costs for the American People”, signed by Donald Trump on 22 October 2026 and published on 28 October 2026. #
2. 67 executive orders signed in 2026 had been published in the Federal Register by 31 October 2026, Nos. 14372–14438. #
3. By the same date in 2025 (22 October 2025), 223 orders had been signed, so the 2026 total so far is 70.0% lower. #
4. In all of 2025, 238 executive orders were signed. #
5. 7 orders were signed in the 30 days to 22 October 2026. #
6. 82 orders were signed in the 12 months to 22 October 2026, an average of 6.8 a month. #
7. The previous order, No. 14437, was signed 3 days earlier, on 19 October 2026. #
8. Over the last 12 months, orders appeared in the Federal Register a median of 5 days after they were signed. #
9. The busiest month of 2026 so far was September 2026, with 11 orders signed. #

Current term

1. Donald Trump has signed 292 executive orders in his second term, from 20 January 2025 to 22 October 2026 (Nos. 14147–14438). #
2. That is an average of 13.9 orders a month, or 166.4 a year at that pace. #
3. 26 orders were signed on inauguration day, 20 January 2025. #
4. 143 orders were signed in the first 100 days of the term, to 29 April 2025. #
5. The second-term total already exceeds the 220 orders Donald Trump signed in his whole first term (2017–2021). #
6. Orders from this term make up 18.9% of all 1,549 executive orders published in the Federal Register since 30 December 1993. #

Executive orders by year

1. 2026 so far: 67 executive orders signed to 22 October 2026 (Nos. 14372–14438). #
2. 2025: 238 executive orders signed (Nos. 14134–14371). #
3. 2024: 19 executive orders signed (Nos. 14115–14133). #
4. 2023: 24 executive orders signed (Nos. 14091–14114). #
5. 2022: 29 executive orders signed (Nos. 14062–14090). #
6. 2021: 91 executive orders signed (Nos. 13971–14061). #
7. 2020: 69 executive orders signed (Nos. 13902–13970). #
8. 2019: 45 executive orders signed (Nos. 13857–13901). #
9. 2018: 37 executive orders signed (Nos. 13820–13856). #
10. 2017: 62 executive orders signed (Nos. 13758–13819). #
11. 2016: 42 executive orders signed (Nos. 13716–13757). #
12. 2015: 29 executive orders signed (Nos. 13687–13715). #

Executive orders by presidential term

1. Bill Clinton’s second term (1997–2001): 164 orders, an average of 41.0 a year. #
2. George W. Bush’s first term (2001–2005): 173 orders, an average of 43.3 a year. #
3. George W. Bush’s second term (2005–2009): 118 orders, an average of 29.5 a year. #
4. Barack Obama’s first term (2009–2013): 147 orders, an average of 36.8 a year. #
5. Barack Obama’s second term (2013–2017): 129 orders, an average of 32.3 a year. #
6. Donald Trump’s first term (2017–2021): 220 orders, an average of 55.0 a year. #
7. Joe Biden’s term (2021–2025): 162 orders, an average of 40.5 a year. #
8. Among complete terms since 1997, Donald Trump’s first term had the most orders (220) and George W. Bush’s second term the fewest (118). #
9. Donald Trump’s second term has the most orders signed in its first 100 days of any term since 2001: 143. Joe Biden’s term: 42; Donald Trump’s first term: 33; Barack Obama’s first term: 19; George W. Bush’s first term: 11; George W. Bush’s second term: 7; Barack Obama’s second term: 6. #

Records since 1994

1. The busiest full year since 1994 was 2025, with 238 executive orders. #
2. The quietest full year was 2024, with 19 orders. #
3. The most orders signed on a single day was 26, on 20 January 2025. #
4. The busiest month was January 2025, with 59 orders. #
5. The longest gap between orders was 90 days, from No. 13510 on 1 July 2009 to No. 13511 on 29 September 2009. #
6. On 11 days since December 1993, five or more executive orders were signed. #

Long-run figures

1. 1,549 executive orders have been published in the Federal Register since 30 December 1993, numbered 12890 to 14438. #
2. From 1994 to 2025, presidents signed an average of 46.3 executive orders a year. #
3. 2025's 238 orders were 5.1 times that long-run average. #
4. 383 orders were signed in 2000–2009, 374 in 2010–2019 and 537 from 2020 to 22 October 2026. #
5. Friday is the most common signing day: 360 orders (23.2%) were signed on a Friday; 62 were signed at weekends. #
6. 28 orders since December 1993 have titles that include a form of “revocation”, “revoking”, “rescission” or “rescinding”, 5 of them in the current term. #
7. 198 orders (12.8%) have titles that refer to amending earlier orders or rules (“amendment”, “amending” or “amend”). #
8. 28 orders have “tariff”, “tariffs” or “duties” in the title; 27 of them were signed since 2025. #

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All figures use the list of presidential executive orders published in the Federal Register by the Office of the Federal Register at the National Archives, through its public API, which covers orders published since January 1994 (the earliest, No. 12890, was signed on 30 December 1993). Each order is counted once, by its signing date, and attributed to the president who signed it.

Terms run from inauguration day (20 January) to the next inauguration. First-100-days counts include inauguration day. Yearly figures count orders by the year they were signed; the current year is incomplete, and because orders are usually published several days after signing, the most recent orders appear once they reach the Federal Register. Publication dates are taken from each order's Federal Register address. Title counts are based on words in the official titles. Totals, averages, records and comparisons are calculated by StatecraftWire, and this page is updated daily from the Federal Register's latest list. Federal Register documents are US government works in the public domain; please credit the Office of the Federal Register when reusing them.