United States - Subsidies and other transfers

Subsidies and other transfers (current LCU)

The value for Subsidies and other transfers (current LCU) in United States was 4,915,660,000,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 34 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4,915,660,000,000 in 2020 and a minimum value of 31,590,000,000 in 1988.

Definition: Subsidies, grants, and other social benefits include all unrequited, nonrepayable transfers on current account to private and public enterprises; grants to foreign governments, international organizations, and other government units; and social security, social assistance benefits, and employer social benefits in cash and in kind.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

Year Value
1986 33,100,000,000
1987 37,370,000,000
1988 31,590,000,000
1989 34,410,000,000
1990 661,110,000,000
1991 722,450,000,000
1992 803,180,000,000
1993 866,970,000,000
1994 915,260,000,000
1995 963,610,000,000
1996 998,940,000,000
1997 1,040,160,000,000
1998 1,072,700,000,000
1999 1,118,460,000,000
2000 1,191,620,000,000
2001 1,223,300,000,000
2002 1,326,260,000,000
2003 1,425,010,000,000
2004 1,486,960,000,000
2005 1,592,520,000,000
2006 1,683,270,000,000
2007 1,780,190,000,000
2008 1,906,850,000,000
2009 2,260,710,000,000
2010 2,459,630,000,000
2011 2,456,960,000,000
2012 2,424,760,000,000
2013 2,470,780,000,000
2014 2,571,590,000,000
2015 2,697,560,000,000
2016 2,786,030,000,000
2017 2,858,960,000,000
2018 2,988,870,000,000
2019 3,154,080,000,000
2020 4,915,660,000,000

Subsidies and other transfers (% of expense)

Subsidies and other transfers (% of expense) in United States was 71.12 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 34 years was 71.12 in 2020, while its lowest value was 2.87 in 1988.

Definition: Subsidies, grants, and other social benefits include all unrequited, nonrepayable transfers on current account to private and public enterprises; grants to foreign governments, international organizations, and other government units; and social security, social assistance benefits, and employer social benefits in cash and in kind.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

See also:

Year Value
1986 3.25
1987 3.60
1988 2.87
1989 2.92
1990 51.42
1991 51.26
1992 56.46
1993 59.02
1994 60.58
1995 61.43
1996 61.85
1997 62.54
1998 63.22
1999 64.14
2000 64.85
2001 59.24
2002 60.39
2003 60.18
2004 59.51
2005 58.86
2006 59.15
2007 58.94
2008 56.64
2009 61.04
2010 62.72
2011 62.13
2012 62.38
2013 63.94
2014 64.55
2015 65.81
2016 65.92
2017 65.68
2018 65.02
2019 64.95
2020 71.12

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance