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How much was spent in 2023?","In 1995, all countries spent 4,600 million US dollars total on agriculture export subsidies. How much was spent in 2023?",[101],"uk 0.82",[103],"uk 0.436","Since 1995, agricultural export subsidies globally have fallen from 4,590 million USD, to 25 million USD in 2023.","The use of tax money to export the harvest surplus has almost stopped completely, but you thought it only halved.","People think export subsidies are still very common. This outdated view can prevent people from realizing other issues in the global agricultural sector.  ","Source: World Trade Organization","This data comes from member countries of the World Trade Organization (WTO)[1]. The data is completely self-reported by the countries and no calculations or amendments to the data are made by the WTO.  Export subsidies are defined as “export subsidies, budgetary outlays, and quantities” as notified by WTO Members.\n\nAlthough all WTO members are committed to eliminating agricultural export subsidies, some members have questioned other countries over concerns that agricultural subsidies are being disguised and reported as another form of subsidy or scheme.[2]\n\n[1]  [WTO Agricultural export subsidies - via UNstats SDG indicators database](https:\u002F\u002Funstats.un.org\u002Fsdgs\u002Findicators\u002Fdatabase\u002F) (indicator 2.b.1)  \n[2]  [WTO Agriculture committee meeting report - 21-23 September 2020](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wto.org\u002Fenglish\u002Fnews_e\u002Fnews20_e\u002Fagri_23sep20_e.htm)","In the last 25 years, export subsidies have decreased to less than 5%, yet people think it increased. Stable agricultural prices are valuable for farmers to predict their incomes. Some 25 years ago, enormous sums of money in the form of subsidies were used from tax money to “dispose” of the surplus of agricultural products to other countries. This was useful to avoid dropping the domestic prices of farm products in rich countries. As a result, the poorest countries’ food prices jumped up and down because of cheap imported food from rich countries. Poor farmers, already handling unpredictable harvests, could suddenly be bankrupted by unfair global price jumps. In 2015, WTO members agreed to end agricultural export subsidies for good. And today the total amount is just a fraction of what it was 25 years ago. Global trade collaboration can benefit not only the richest, but also the poorest.\n\n### Why is it a problem that people are wrong about this?\nIf people don’t realize that progress is being made, they won’t realize more progress is possible. The stereotype of rich countries as ruthless business partners may be well deserved, but when they improve it’s important to recognize it, so that the richest see that it’s worth behaving responsibly.\n\n### Why are people wrong about this?\nAcute problems are reported much more than slow progress. Therefore we often have a skewed understanding. To know what is going on in the moment, we need the news. For the big picture we need data: global trends and proportions we will not get by looking out the window or in  dramatic news flashes. \n\n### How can the subsidies have dropped so much? \nOver recent years, the World Trade Organization (WTO) has worked to significantly reduce export subsidies as they can discourage food production in the poorer importing countries. In 2015, WTO members agreed to end agricultural export subsidies for good. The fact that people have not realized the huge decrease of export subsidies makes them focus too much on that instead of focusing on other important issues remaining to be solved for agriculture: import tariffs and domestic subsidies. \n\n### What is an export subsidy? \nGet a lengthy explanation at Wikipedia [here](https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FExport_subsidy). \n\n### Can I trust the data?\nYes, even though the data is reported by countries themselves to the World Trade Organization, it is generally of good quality. However, even though export subsidies have decreased dramatically, other practices of distorting trade still exist, such as domestic subsidies and export restrictions.\n","Less fake food prices ","The use of tax money to export the harvest surplus has almost stopped completely, and you thought it increased four times.","Less fake food prices"]