List of countries by Official Development Assistance received

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A map of official development assistance distribution in 2005. 2005net oda.PNG
A map of official development assistance distribution in 2005.
The distribution of high energy biscuits and medical supplies in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo by UNICEF, 2008. The DR Congo was the second highest recipient of international aid in 2011, receiving US $5.532 billion. Distributing food in Congo refugee camp.jpeg
The distribution of high energy biscuits and medical supplies in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo by UNICEF, 2008. The DR Congo was the second highest recipient of international aid in 2011, receiving US $5.532 billion.

This is a list of countries based on the official development assistance (ODA) they have received for the given year.

Contents

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$)).

Methodology

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]

List

Official Development Assistance received in millions of US dollars [2]
ContinentCountry2012201320152019
AsiaFlag of the Taliban.svg  Afghanistan 6,725.05,265.954,237.294,284.41
EuropeFlag of Albania.svg  Albania 341.6298.38333.5828.41
AfricaFlag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 144.5207.9687.49175.72
AfricaFlag of Angola.svg  Angola 242.3287.61380.0649.54
AmericasFlag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Antigua & Barbuda 2.31.51.4927.44
AmericasFlag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 178.930.12232-18.8718.25
EuropeFlag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 272.7292.76347.48419.73
EuropeFlag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 284.9-63.1369.62120.98
AsiaFlag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 2,152.02,669.12,570.14,482.60
EuropeFlag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 103.2104.68104.58214.23
AmericasFlag of Belize.svg  Belize 25.149.5528.2737.66
AfricaFlag of Benin.svg  Benin 511.3652.61430.14602.21
AsiaFlag of Bhutan.svg  Bhutan 161.2134.6997.28181.41
AmericasBandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg  Bolivia 658.6699.15791.31716.13
EuropeFlag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia-Herzegovina 571.1550.04355.03464.51
AfricaFlag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 73.8108.3865.5468.86
AmericasFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1.21,150.171,003.15290.23
AfricaFlag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso 1,158.51,040.11996.991,148.81
AfricaFlag of Burundi.svg  Burundi 522.7546.27366.54588.94
AsiaFlag of Cambodia.svg  Cambodia 807.4804.81679.04984.07
AfricaFlag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 596.2737.49663.081,335.21
AfricaFlag of Cape Verde.svg  Cape Verde 246.1243.37152.53
AfricaFlag of the Central African Republic.svg  Central African Republic 227.2189.25486.73753.84
AfricaFlag of Chad.svg  Chad 478.5399.33606.65707.05
AmericasFlag of Chile.svg  Chile 125.578.5254.330902.53
AmericasFlag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 764.4852.031,355.86902.53
AfricaFlag of the Comoros.svg  Comoros 68.681.965.7878.24
AfricaFlag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  Congo, Dem. Rep. 2,859.32,572.22,599.043,025.53
AfricaFlag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Congo, Rep. 138.6150.488.88187.27
AmericasFlag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 32.737.77111.3059.76
AfricaFlag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Côte d'Ivoire 2,635.61,262653.061,201.23
AmericasFlag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 87.8101.24552.73499.66
AfricaFlag of Djibouti.svg  Djibouti 146.5152.95169.56272.48
AmericasFlag of Dominica.svg  Dominica 25.619.811.7151.39
AmericasFlag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 261.3148.13279.96134.44
AmericasFlag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 149.4147.8318.16525.05
AfricaFlag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 1,806.65,5052,499.431,740.59
AmericasFlag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 230.4171.389.70305.64
AfricaFlag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea 14.25.77.4964.07
AfricaFlag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea 133.783.6994.12276.92
AfricaFlag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 3,261.33,826.23,233.714,809.97
OceaniaFlag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 107.390.9102.48139.07
AfricaFlag of Gabon.svg  Gabon 73.290.898.78116.71
AfricaFlag of The Gambia.svg  Gambia 138.8110.8107.68194.04
EuropeFlag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 662.2652.7448.93496.73
AfricaFlag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 1,807.91,330.51,768.69936.32
AmericasFlag of Grenada.svg  Grenada 7.61024.114.68
AmericasFlag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 299.4494.1411.29393.85
AfricaFlag of Guinea.svg  Guinea 339.6499.5538.04580.68
AfricaFlag of Guinea-Bissau.svg  Guinea-Bissau 98.9103.695.04120.51
AmericasFlag of Guyana.svg  Guyana 114.4101.832.14113.27
AmericasFlag of Haiti.svg  Haiti 1,275.11,170.51,045.86726.46
AmericasFlag of Honduras.svg  Honduras 571.5627.6540.52457.57
AsiaFlag of India.svg  India 1,667.632,435.683,174.352,610.58
AsiaFlag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 67.853.3-33.4-629.95
Middle EastFlag of Iran.svg  Iran 148.8131.3110.90210.40
Middle EastFlag of Iraq.svg  Iraq 1,300.71,541.41,482.942,211.90
AmericasFlag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 21.070.359.07127.07
Middle EastFlag of Jordan.svg  Jordan 1,416.91,407.92,151.852,797.18
AsiaFlag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 129.691.382.5054.41
AfricaFlag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2,654.03,236.22,464.183,250.97
OceaniaFlag of Kiribati.svg  Kiribati 64.664.464.9556.66
AsiaFlag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 98.1109131.43151.29
EuropeFlag of Kosovo.svg  Kosovo 567.6437.81345.26
AsiaFlag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Kyrgyzstan 472.9536.6769.99448.71
AsiaFlag of Laos.svg  Laos 408.9421471.09631.51
Middle EastFlag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 710.2626.4974.921,525.49
AfricaFlag of Lesotho.svg  Lesotho 282.632083.14145.98
AfricaFlag of Liberia.svg  Liberia 570.9534.21,094.43597.31
AfricaFlag of Libya.svg  Libya 87.0129.4157.37316.01
EuropeFlag of North Macedonia.svg  Macedonia 148.9251.6214.32141.80
AfricaFlag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar 378.6499.7676.97756.17
AfricaFlag of Malawi.svg  Malawi 1,174.61,125.81,049.381,206.22
AsiaFlag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 15.3-119.4-6005.99
AsiaFlag of Maldives.svg  Maldives 58.022.926.8372.08
AfricaFlag of Mali.svg  Mali 1,001.31,391.31,204.131,863.21
OceaniaFlag of the Marshall Islands.svg  Marshall Islands 76.093.757.0665.97
AfricaFlag of Mauritania.svg  Mauritania 408.3291.2318.0412.17
AfricaFlag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 177.8148.378.4222.18
AmericasFlag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 417.8560.6321.07535.79
OceaniaFlag of Federated States of Micronesia.svg  Micronesia, Federated States of 115.0142.981.3992.54
EuropeFlag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 473.0374.4312.58342.69
AsiaFlag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 448.7428.2236.34314.53
EuropeFlag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 103.2127.399.9696.94
AfricaFlag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 1,480.31,966.11,481.43757.86
AfricaFlag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 2,096.92,314.11,814.741,907.78
AsiaFlag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar 504.03934.81,168.52,079.93
AfricaFlag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 264.8261.7142.38148.41
OceaniaFlag of Nauru.svg  Nauru 31.2554.33
AsiaFlag of Nepal.svg    Nepal 769.7870.51,224.781,360.74
AmericasFlag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua 532.3496.6457.92389.24
AfricaFlag of Niger.svg  Niger 901.8773.1867.991,490.35
AfricaFlag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 1,915.82,529.42,431.53,517.32
AsiaFlag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 2,019.02,174.13,747.52,170.74
OceaniaFlag of Palau.svg  Palau 15.035.213.9324.94
AsiaFlag of Palestine.svg  Palestine 1,871.212,234.33
AmericasFlag of Panama.svg  Panama 50.76.810.2571.46
AsiaFlag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 664.8656.2591.39667.34
AmericasFlag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay 104.4129.460.18129.88
AmericasFlag of Peru.svg  Peru 393.8367.5334.83475.90
AsiaFlag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 515.31905.38
AfricaFlag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda 878.91,081.11,085.331,191.10
OceaniaFlag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 120.6118.193.72123.72
AfricaFlag of Sao Tome and Principe.svg  São Tomé and Príncipe 48.751.748.9551.37
AfricaFlag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 1,080.1982.8879.121,443.88
EuropeFlag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 1,089.8783.2312.48570.70
AfricaFlag of the Seychelles.svg  Seychelles 35.325.46.78
AfricaFlag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone 442.8443.7946.33594.64
OceaniaFlag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands 304.9288.3190.03223.89
AfricaFlag of Somalia.svg  Somalia 998.6991.91,253.371,865.58
AfricaFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1,067.11,292.91,420.27971.48
AfricaFlag of South Sudan.svg  South Sudan 1,578.01,447.41,674.831,885.27
AsiaFlag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 487.5423.2427.23197.35
AmericasFlag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg  St. Kitts & Nevis 21.929.3
AmericasFlag of Saint Lucia.svg  St. Lucia 26.824.313.7632.11
AmericasFlag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 8.57.513.584.48
AfricaFlag of Sudan.svg  Sudan 983.21,163.1899.781,624.67
AmericasFlag of Suriname.svg  Suriname 39.629.815.9823.38
AfricaFlag of Eswatini.svg  Swaziland 88.1115.993.6373.40
Middle EastFlag of Syria.svg  Syria 1,671.53,626.74,889.7410,249.81
AsiaFlag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan 393.9382.2426.35366.56
AfricaFlag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 2,831.83,430.22,582.242,153.14
AsiaFlag of Thailand.svg  Thailand -134.7-23.758.67-338.20
AsiaFlag of East Timor.svg  Timor-Leste 283.0257.8212.29235.93
AfricaFlag of Togo.svg  Togo 241.4220.5199.59411.62
OceaniaFlag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 78.280.368.40107.95
AfricaFlag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 1,017.0713.6474.54984.03
AsiaFlag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 3,033.12,740.52,145.22824.90
AsiaFlag of Turkmenistan.svg  Turkmenistan 38.037.323.6225.36
OceaniaFlag of Tuvalu.svg  Tuvalu 24.426.649.6536.48
AfricaFlag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 1,655.11,692.51,628.22,100.01
EuropeFlag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 769.2800.71,449.351,148.25
AmericasFlag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 19.335.723.18
AsiaFlag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 255.2292.5447.811,156.44
OceaniaFlag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 101.490.5186.56130.59
AmericasFlag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 48.135.436.59284.00
AsiaFlag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 4,115.74,084.73,157.361,094.63
Middle EastFlag of Yemen.svg  Yemen 709.31,003.51,531.384,396.52
AfricaFlag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 957.71,142.4797.14976.28
AfricaFlag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 1,001.2811788.29974.89
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]97,462.6152,727.7167,800.3

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References

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  2. "Net official development assistance and official aid received (current US$)". World Development Indicators. World Bank. Retrieved 15 March 2017.