Commodity subsidies in the United States totaled $276.1 billion from 1995-2021.

From 1995 to 2021, the top 10 percent of commodity payment recipients were paid 79 percent of commodity payments.

Pct. of Recipients Pct. of Payments Number of Recipients Total Payments 1995-2021 Payment per Recipient
Top 1%27%35,730$74,688,751,542$2,090,365
Top 2%40%71,461$109,239,687,988$1,528,662
Top 3%49%107,192$134,430,316,352$1,254,108
Top 4%56%142,923$154,028,271,192$1,077,701
Top 5%62%178,654$169,802,356,218$950,454
Top 6%66%214,384$182,744,957,068$852,419
Top 7%70%250,115$193,533,599,848$773,778
Top 8%73%285,846$202,638,037,408$708,906
Top 9%76%321,577$210,394,331,507$654,258
Top 10%79%357,308$217,046,266,816$607,449
Top 11%81%393,039$222,799,766,717$566,864
Top 12%83%428,769$227,813,838,500$531,321
Top 13%84%464,500$232,208,233,639$499,910
Top 14%86%500,231$236,084,447,242$471,951
Top 15%87%535,962$239,519,620,259$446,897
Top 16%88%571,693$242,580,574,525$424,320
Top 17%89%607,424$245,319,428,536$403,869
Top 18%90%643,154$247,779,631,333$385,257
Top 19%91%678,885$249,996,930,204$368,246
Top 20%91%714,616$252,002,929,531$352,641
Remaining 80% of recips.9%2,858,467$24,111,665,061$8,435
 

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