USDA food and nutrition assistance spending continued to fall in FY 2025

Federal spending on USDA’s food and nutrition assistance programs totaled $147.9 billion in fiscal year (FY) 2025. Spending was down 1 percent from $149.4 billion the previous year and down 31 percent from peak spending of $213.5 billion in FY 2021, both amounts adjusted for inflation to 2025 dollars. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) spending was $101.7 billion in FY 2025, down 1 percent from FY 2024 and 23 percent from the peak of $131.8 billion in FY 2021. Spending on the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) totaled $7.7 billion in FY 2025, an increase of 3 percent from FY 2024, reflecting increases in program participation and food costs. Combined spending on child nutrition programs rose 1 percent from the previous year to $32.5 billion in FY 2025. Combined spending on other programs was $5.9 billion in FY 2025. This chart is based on data available as of January 2026 and appears in the USDA, Economic Research Service’s Food and Nutrition Assistance Landscape: Fiscal Year 2025 Annual Report, released June 2026.