United States's grants and other revenue (% of revenue) was 2.92% in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 4.99 percentage points from 7.9% in 2014.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 2.92% | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 5.02% | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 7.9% | 2014 |
| Highest | 11.13% | 1983 |
| Lowest | 2.6% | 2023 |
| Average since 2015 | 4.93% | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 5.71% | 1972 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, United States' grants and other revenue (% of revenue) rose 0.31 percentage points on 2023 (from 2.6% to 2.92%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was −0.18 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 3.48 percentage points in 1991 and the biggest yearly fall was 3.21 percentage points in 1992. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is downward, about 0.46 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 94% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
A straight-line projection, tested first
Extending that straight line gives about 0.96% for 2027. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2022 to 2024 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 0.62%, against 1.67% for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.
See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.
How it compares
In 2024, United States had the 81st highest value of the 81 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2.92% | 2024 |
| World | 16.95% | 2023 |
| North America | 5.43% | 2024 |
| High income | 11.74% | 2024 |
Closest to United States in the 2024 ranking
What this measures
Grants are transfers receivable by government units, from other resident or nonresident government units or international organizations, that do not meet the definition of a tax, subsidy, or social contribution. Other revenue is all revenue receivable excluding taxes, social contributions, and grants. This category of revenue includes property income, sales of goods and services, and miscellaneous other types of revenue. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of revenue which includes all transactions that add to the amount of economic value of a unit or sector.
Limitations: For most countries central government finance data have been consolidated into one account, but for others only budgetary central government accounts are available. Countries reporting budgetary data are noted in the country metadata. Because budgetary accounts may not include all central government units (such as social security funds), they usually provide an incomplete picture. In federal states the central government accounts provide an incomplete view of total public finance. Data on government revenue and expense are collected by the IMF through questionnaires to member countries and by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a median.
All 53 values
| Year | Grants and other revenue (% of revenue) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.92 |
| 2023 | 2.6 |
| 2022 | 3.96 |
| 2021 | 4.83 |
| 2020 | 4.72 |
| 2019 | 5.02 |
| 2018 | 5.92 |
| 2017 | 6.04 |
| 2016 | 6.36 |
| 2015 | 6.88 |
| 2014 |
Grants and other revenue (% of revenue) in nearby economies
- Canada — 7.95% (2024)
More public sector data for United States
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) — 745 million (2025)
- Military expenditure (current USD) — 954.39 billion (2025)
- Military expenditure (current LCU) — 954.39 billion (2025)
- Military expenditure (% of GDP) — 3.12% (2025)
- Arms exports (SIPRI trend indicator values) — 13.98 billion (2025)
- Net incurrence of liabilities, total (current LCU) — 2.07 trillion (2024)
- Net incurrence of liabilities, total (% of GDP) — 7.06% (2024)
- Net investment in nonfinancial assets (current LCU) — 435.61 billion (2024)
- Net investment in nonfinancial assets (% of GDP) — 1.49% (2024)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is United States's grants and other revenue (% of revenue)?
- 2.92% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1972?
- It is down 2.8 percentage points from 5.71% in 1972. The highest value was 11.13% in 1983 and the lowest 2.6% in 2023.
- How does United States rank?
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator GC.REV.GOTR.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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