This is a list of countries based on the official development assistance (ODA) they have received for the given year.
More comprehensive and current lists are available from the OECD (Table DAC2a) and the World Bank (Net official development assistance and official aid received (current US$)).
The figures shown are based on OECD measures and definitions of international aid. [1] Amounts are in "current U.S. dollars", i.e. amounts paid at the time, not adjusted for later or earlier inflation or currency movements. [1]
| Continent | Country | 2012 | 2013 | 2015 | 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asia |  Afghanistan | 6,725.0 | 5,265.95 | 4,237.29 | 4,284.41 |
| Europe |  Albania | 341.6 | 298.38 | 333.58 | 28.41 |
| Africa |  Algeria | 144.5 | 207.96 | 87.49 | 175.72 |
| Africa |  Angola | 242.3 | 287.61 | 380.06 | 49.54 |
| Americas |  Antigua & Barbuda | 2.3 | 1.5 | 1.49 | 27.44 |
| Americas |  Argentina | 178.9 | 30.12232 | -18.87 | 18.25 |
| Europe |  Armenia | 272.7 | 292.76 | 347.48 | 419.73 |
| Europe |  Azerbaijan | 284.9 | -63.13 | 69.62 | 120.98 |
| Asia |  Bangladesh | 2,152.0 | 2,669.1 | 2,570.1 | 4,482.60 |
| Europe |  Belarus | 103.2 | 104.68 | 104.58 | 214.23 |
| Americas |  Belize | 25.1 | 49.55 | 28.27 | 37.66 |
| Africa |  Benin | 511.3 | 652.61 | 430.14 | 602.21 |
| Asia |  Bhutan | 161.2 | 134.69 | 97.28 | 181.41 |
| Americas |  Bolivia | 658.6 | 699.15 | 791.31 | 716.13 |
| Europe |  Bosnia-Herzegovina | 571.1 | 550.04 | 355.03 | 464.51 |
| Africa |  Botswana | 73.8 | 108.38 | 65.54 | 68.86 |
| Americas |  Brazil | 1.2 | 1,150.17 | 1,003.15 | 290.23 |
| Africa |  Burkina Faso | 1,158.5 | 1,040.11 | 996.99 | 1,148.81 |
| Africa |  Burundi | 522.7 | 546.27 | 366.54 | 588.94 |
| Asia |  Cambodia | 807.4 | 804.81 | 679.04 | 984.07 |
| Africa |  Cameroon | 596.2 | 737.49 | 663.08 | 1,335.21 |
| Africa |  Cape Verde | 246.1 | 243.37 | 152.53 | |
| Africa |  Central African Republic | 227.2 | 189.25 | 486.73 | 753.84 |
| Africa |  Chad | 478.5 | 399.33 | 606.65 | 707.05 |
| Americas |  Chile | 125.5 | 78.52 | 54.330 | 902.53 |
| Americas |  Colombia | 764.4 | 852.03 | 1,355.86 | 902.53 |
| Africa |  Comoros | 68.6 | 81.9 | 65.78 | 78.24 |
| Africa |  Congo, Dem. Rep. | 2,859.3 | 2,572.2 | 2,599.04 | 3,025.53 |
| Africa |  Congo, Rep. | 138.6 | 150.4 | 88.88 | 187.27 |
| Americas |  Costa Rica | 32.7 | 37.77 | 111.30 | 59.76 |
| Africa |  Côte d'Ivoire | 2,635.6 | 1,262 | 653.06 | 1,201.23 |
| Americas |  Cuba | 87.8 | 101.24 | 552.73 | 499.66 |
| Africa |  Djibouti | 146.5 | 152.95 | 169.56 | 272.48 |
| Americas |  Dominica | 25.6 | 19.8 | 11.71 | 51.39 |
| Americas |  Dominican Republic | 261.3 | 148.13 | 279.96 | 134.44 |
| Americas |  Ecuador | 149.4 | 147.8 | 318.16 | 525.05 |
| Africa |  Egypt | 1,806.6 | 5,505 | 2,499.43 | 1,740.59 |
| Americas |  El Salvador | 230.4 | 171.3 | 89.70 | 305.64 |
| Africa |  Equatorial Guinea | 14.2 | 5.7 | 7.49 | 64.07 |
| Africa |  Eritrea | 133.7 | 83.69 | 94.12 | 276.92 |
| Africa |  Ethiopia | 3,261.3 | 3,826.2 | 3,233.71 | 4,809.97 |
| Oceania |  Fiji | 107.3 | 90.9 | 102.48 | 139.07 |
| Africa |  Gabon | 73.2 | 90.8 | 98.78 | 116.71 |
| Africa |  Gambia | 138.8 | 110.8 | 107.68 | 194.04 |
| Europe |  Georgia | 662.2 | 652.7 | 448.93 | 496.73 |
| Africa |  Ghana | 1,807.9 | 1,330.5 | 1,768.69 | 936.32 |
| Americas |  Grenada | 7.6 | 10 | 24.1 | 14.68 |
| Americas |  Guatemala | 299.4 | 494.1 | 411.29 | 393.85 |
| Africa |  Guinea | 339.6 | 499.5 | 538.04 | 580.68 |
| Africa |  Guinea-Bissau | 98.9 | 103.6 | 95.04 | 120.51 |
| Americas |  Guyana | 114.4 | 101.8 | 32.14 | 113.27 |
| Americas |  Haiti | 1,275.1 | 1,170.5 | 1,045.86 | 726.46 |
| Americas |  Honduras | 571.5 | 627.6 | 540.52 | 457.57 |
| Asia |  India | 1,667.63 | 2,435.68 | 3,174.35 | 2,610.58 |
| Asia |  Indonesia | 67.8 | 53.3 | -33.4 | -629.95 |
| Middle East |  Iran | 148.8 | 131.3 | 110.90 | 210.40 |
| Middle East |  Iraq | 1,300.7 | 1,541.4 | 1,482.94 | 2,211.90 |
| Americas |  Jamaica | 21.0 | 70.3 | 59.07 | 127.07 |
| Middle East |  Jordan | 1,416.9 | 1,407.9 | 2,151.85 | 2,797.18 |
| Asia |  Kazakhstan | 129.6 | 91.3 | 82.50 | 54.41 |
| Africa |  Kenya | 2,654.0 | 3,236.2 | 2,464.18 | 3,250.97 |
| Oceania |  Kiribati | 64.6 | 64.4 | 64.95 | 56.66 |
| Asia |  North Korea | 98.1 | 109 | 131.43 | 151.29 |
| Europe |  Kosovo | 567.6 | 437.81 | 345.26 | |
| Asia |  Kyrgyzstan | 472.9 | 536.6 | 769.99 | 448.71 |
| Asia |  Laos | 408.9 | 421 | 471.09 | 631.51 |
| Middle East |  Lebanon | 710.2 | 626.4 | 974.92 | 1,525.49 |
| Africa |  Lesotho | 282.6 | 320 | 83.14 | 145.98 |
| Africa |  Liberia | 570.9 | 534.2 | 1,094.43 | 597.31 |
| Africa |  Libya | 87.0 | 129.4 | 157.37 | 316.01 |
| Europe |  Macedonia | 148.9 | 251.6 | 214.32 | 141.80 |
| Africa |  Madagascar | 378.6 | 499.7 | 676.97 | 756.17 |
| Africa |  Malawi | 1,174.6 | 1,125.8 | 1,049.38 | 1,206.22 |
| Asia |  Malaysia | 15.3 | -119.4 | -600 | 5.99 |
| Asia |  Maldives | 58.0 | 22.9 | 26.83 | 72.08 |
| Africa |  Mali | 1,001.3 | 1,391.3 | 1,204.13 | 1,863.21 |
| Oceania |  Marshall Islands | 76.0 | 93.7 | 57.06 | 65.97 |
| Africa |  Mauritania | 408.3 | 291.2 | 318.0 | 412.17 |
| Africa |  Mauritius | 177.8 | 148.3 | 78.42 | 22.18 |
| Americas |  Mexico | 417.8 | 560.6 | 321.07 | 535.79 |
| Oceania |  Micronesia, Federated States of | 115.0 | 142.9 | 81.39 | 92.54 |
| Europe |  Moldova | 473.0 | 374.4 | 312.58 | 342.69 |
| Asia |  Mongolia | 448.7 | 428.2 | 236.34 | 314.53 |
| Europe |  Montenegro | 103.2 | 127.3 | 99.96 | 96.94 |
| Africa |  Morocco | 1,480.3 | 1,966.1 | 1,481.43 | 757.86 |
| Africa |  Mozambique | 2,096.9 | 2,314.1 | 1,814.74 | 1,907.78 |
| Asia |  Myanmar | 504.0 | 3934.8 | 1,168.5 | 2,079.93 |
| Africa |  Namibia | 264.8 | 261.7 | 142.38 | 148.41 |
| Oceania |  Nauru | 31.25 | 54.33 | ||
| Asia |  Nepal | 769.7 | 870.5 | 1,224.78 | 1,360.74 |
| Americas |  Nicaragua | 532.3 | 496.6 | 457.92 | 389.24 |
| Africa |  Niger | 901.8 | 773.1 | 867.99 | 1,490.35 |
| Africa |  Nigeria | 1,915.8 | 2,529.4 | 2,431.5 | 3,517.32 |
| Asia |  Pakistan | 2,019.0 | 2,174.1 | 3,747.5 | 2,170.74 |
| Oceania |  Palau | 15.0 | 35.2 | 13.93 | 24.94 |
| Asia |  Palestine | 1,871.21 | 2,234.33 | ||
| Americas |  Panama | 50.7 | 6.8 | 10.25 | 71.46 |
| Asia |  Papua New Guinea | 664.8 | 656.2 | 591.39 | 667.34 |
| Americas |  Paraguay | 104.4 | 129.4 | 60.18 | 129.88 |
| Americas |  Peru | 393.8 | 367.5 | 334.83 | 475.90 |
| Asia |  Philippines | 515.31 | 905.38 | ||
| Africa |  Rwanda | 878.9 | 1,081.1 | 1,085.33 | 1,191.10 |
| Oceania |  Samoa | 120.6 | 118.1 | 93.72 | 123.72 |
| Africa |  São Tomé and Príncipe | 48.7 | 51.7 | 48.95 | 51.37 |
| Africa |  Senegal | 1,080.1 | 982.8 | 879.12 | 1,443.88 |
| Europe |  Serbia | 1,089.8 | 783.2 | 312.48 | 570.70 |
| Africa |  Seychelles | 35.3 | 25.4 | 6.78 | |
| Africa |  Sierra Leone | 442.8 | 443.7 | 946.33 | 594.64 |
| Oceania |  Solomon Islands | 304.9 | 288.3 | 190.03 | 223.89 |
| Africa |  Somalia | 998.6 | 991.9 | 1,253.37 | 1,865.58 |
| Africa |  South Africa | 1,067.1 | 1,292.9 | 1,420.27 | 971.48 |
| Africa |  South Sudan | 1,578.0 | 1,447.4 | 1,674.83 | 1,885.27 |
| Asia |  Sri Lanka | 487.5 | 423.2 | 427.23 | 197.35 |
| Americas |  St. Kitts & Nevis | 21.9 | 29.3 | ||
| Americas |  St. Lucia | 26.8 | 24.3 | 13.76 | 32.11 |
| Americas |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 8.5 | 7.5 | 13.5 | 84.48 |
| Africa |  Sudan | 983.2 | 1,163.1 | 899.78 | 1,624.67 |
| Americas |  Suriname | 39.6 | 29.8 | 15.98 | 23.38 |
| Africa |  Swaziland | 88.1 | 115.9 | 93.63 | 73.40 |
| Middle East |  Syria | 1,671.5 | 3,626.7 | 4,889.74 | 10,249.81 |
| Asia |  Tajikistan | 393.9 | 382.2 | 426.35 | 366.56 |
| Africa |  Tanzania | 2,831.8 | 3,430.2 | 2,582.24 | 2,153.14 |
| Asia |  Thailand | -134.7 | -23.7 | 58.67 | -338.20 |
| Asia |  Timor-Leste | 283.0 | 257.8 | 212.29 | 235.93 |
| Africa |  Togo | 241.4 | 220.5 | 199.59 | 411.62 |
| Oceania |  Tonga | 78.2 | 80.3 | 68.40 | 107.95 |
| Africa |  Tunisia | 1,017.0 | 713.6 | 474.54 | 984.03 |
| Asia |  Turkey | 3,033.1 | 2,740.5 | 2,145.22 | 824.90 |
| Asia |  Turkmenistan | 38.0 | 37.3 | 23.62 | 25.36 |
| Oceania |  Tuvalu | 24.4 | 26.6 | 49.65 | 36.48 |
| Africa |  Uganda | 1,655.1 | 1,692.5 | 1,628.2 | 2,100.01 |
| Europe |  Ukraine | 769.2 | 800.7 | 1,449.35 | 1,148.25 |
| Americas |  Uruguay | 19.3 | 35.7 | 23.18 | |
| Asia |  Uzbekistan | 255.2 | 292.5 | 447.81 | 1,156.44 |
| Oceania |  Vanuatu | 101.4 | 90.5 | 186.56 | 130.59 |
| Americas |  Venezuela | 48.1 | 35.4 | 36.59 | 284.00 |
| Asia |  Vietnam | 4,115.7 | 4,084.7 | 3,157.36 | 1,094.63 |
| Middle East |  Yemen | 709.3 | 1,003.5 | 1,531.38 | 4,396.52 |
| Africa |  Zambia | 957.7 | 1,142.4 | 797.14 | 976.28 |
| Africa |  Zimbabwe | 1,001.2 | 811 | 788.29 | 974.89 |
| AFRICA | [TOTAL] | 46,003.5 | |||
| EUROPE | [TOTAL] | 5,439.9 | |||
| ASIA | [TOTAL] | 25,970.5 | |||
| AMERICAS | [TOTAL] | 7,782.4 | |||
| MIDDLE EAST | [TOTAL] | 11,258.7 | |||
| OCEANIA | [TOTAL] | 1,007.4 | |||
| WORLD | [TOTAL] | 97,462.6 | 152,727.7 | 167,800.3 | |
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