Social benefits, Transactions in United States
United States: Social benefits, Transactions was 4.88 trillion in 2025. ▲ Rising
Social benefits, Transactions in United States, 2001–2025
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
United States recorded 4.88 trillion for social benefits, transactions in 2025. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.8% on the previous year and up 83.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, social benefits, transactions in United States peaked at 4.88 trillion in 2025 and was at its lowest, 1.16 trillion, in 2001.
United States ranks 4th of 35 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Social benefits, Transactions in United States, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1.16 trillion | — |
| 2002 | 1.26 trillion | +9.1% |
| 2003 | 1.33 trillion | +5.6% |
| 2004 | 1.42 trillion | +6.3% |
| 2005 | 1.50 trillion | +6.1% |
| 2006 | 1.61 trillion | +6.9% |
| 2007 | 1.71 trillion | +6.6% |
| 2008 | 1.84 trillion | +7.5% |
| 2009 | 2.12 trillion | +15.4% |
| 2010 | 2.30 trillion | +8.3% |
| 2011 | 2.33 trillion | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 2.34 trillion | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 2.40 trillion | +2.7% |
| 2014 | 2.52 trillion | +4.7% |
| 2015 | 2.66 trillion | +5.5% |
| 2016 | 2.74 trillion | +3.1% |
| 2017 | 2.83 trillion | +3.3% |
| 2018 | 2.95 trillion | +4.2% |
| 2019 | 3.11 trillion | +5.6% |
| 2020 | 3.95 trillion | +26.7% |
| 2021 | 4.01 trillion | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 4.02 trillion | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 4.18 trillion | +3.9% |
| 2024 | 4.49 trillion | +7.4% |
| 2025 | 4.88 trillion | +8.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.55 trillion | 1.16 trillion | 2.12 trillion | 9 |
| 2010s | 2.62 trillion | 2.30 trillion | 3.11 trillion | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.26 trillion | 3.95 trillion | 4.88 trillion | 6 |
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More public sector data for United States
- Arms imports 1.21 billion SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 3.56 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate 52.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 1.21 billion SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 2,933 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.034 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 8.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 997.31 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 86.58 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is social benefits, transactions in United States?
- Social benefits, transactions in United States was 4.88 trillion in 2025, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest social benefits, transactions recorded in United States?
- The highest recorded value was 4.88 trillion in 2025.
- What is the lowest social benefits, transactions recorded in United States?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.16 trillion in 2001.
- How does United States rank for social benefits, transactions?
- United States ranks 4th out of 35 countries with data for 2025.
- Is social benefits, transactions rising or falling in United States?
- Over the last ten years it is up 83.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United States data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Social benefits, Transactions (Statement of operations, General government). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The Government Finance Statistics (GFS) includes government revenues and expenditures, government net lending / net borrowing (the surplus / deficit) financing transactions and balance sheet data on government assets and liabilities. Statistics are available for different levels of government including budgetary central government, central government and general government.