List of development aid sovereign state donors

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International development aid is given by many non-private donors. The first table is based on official development assistance (ODA) figures published by the OECD for members of its Development Assistance Committee (DAC). Non-DAC members included in the OECD's publishing are listed separately.

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Luxembourg made the largest contribution as a percentage of gross national income (GNI) at 1.05% and the United Nations’ ODA target of 0.7% of GNI was also exceeded by Norway (1.02%), Sweden (0.99%) and Denmark (0.71%). [1] The European Union accumulated a higher portion of GDP as a form of foreign aid than any other economic union. [2]

The United States is a small contributor relative to GNI (0.18% 2016 [3] ) but is the largest single DAC donor of ODA in 2019 (US$34.6 billion), followed by Germany (0.6% GNI, US$23.8 billion), the United Kingdom (0.7%, US$19.4 billion), Japan (0.2%, US$15.5 billion) and France (0.4%, US$12.2 billion). Many providers beyond the DAC have long traditions of development cooperation. Amongst these, according to the preliminary figures for 2019 reported to the OECD, Turkey exceeded the 0.7% ODA/GNI target with 1.15%. [1]

Net official development assistance by donor

To qualify as official development assistance, a contribution must contain three elements:

  1. Be undertaken by the official sector (that is, a government or government agency);
  2. With promotion of economic development and welfare as the main objective;
  3. At concessional financial terms (that is, with favorable loan terms.)

Thus, by definition, ODA does not include private donations, nor any development loans at market rates.

The sum of contributions by EU member states, considered separately from EU institutions, was $73.80 billion. [4]

The OECD's Development Assistance Committee members' total budget reached 152.8 billion dollars and was contributed by the following donors in 2019: [1]

Development Assistance by DAC Members

DonorTotal development aidDevelopment aid per capita
[ citation needed ]
% of GNI
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia $2.95 billion$129.920.22
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria $1.21 billion$137.590.27
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium $2.18 billion$167.200.42
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada $6.4 billion [5] $170.250.27
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic $310 million$18.850.13
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark $2.55 billion$447.050.71
Flag of Europe.svg  EU Institutions (excl. EU members)$14.827 billion [6] $27.03
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland $1.13 billion$234.130.42
Flag of France.svg  France $12.18 billion$137.350.44
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany $23.81 billion$214.730.60
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece $310 million$25.040.14
Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland $70 million$120.290.27
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland $940 million$151.20.31
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy $4.9 billion$63.380.24
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan $15.51 billion [7] $73.580.29
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg $470 million$609.481.05
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands $5.29 billion$338.380.59
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand $560 million$90.750.28
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway $4.29 billion$812.581.02
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland $680 million$11.450.12
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal $370 million$30.070.16
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovak Republic $130 million$16.560.12
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia $90 million$29.040.16
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea $2.52 billion$37.130.15
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain $2.90 billion$34.520.21
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden $5.40 billion$701.100.99
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland $3.09 billion$421.370.44
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom $19.37 billion$284.850.50
Flag of the United States.svg  United States $34.62 billion$95.520.16

Development Assistance by Non-DAC members

Non-DAC members reported the following figures:

DonorTotal development aidDevelopment aid per capita
[ citation needed ]
% of GNI
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China $38 billion [8] [9] [10] $27.860.36
Flag of India.svg  India $33 billion ($2.4 billion grants + $30.59 billion LOC) [11] [12] $21.240.65
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates $12.24 billion$4670.55
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey [ citation needed ]$8.652 billion$471.15
Flag of Qatar.svg Qatar $2 billion [13] $757.801.17
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia [ citation needed ]$1.14 billion$80.03
Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan $502 million [14] [15] [16] [17] $21.30.07 [14]
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel [ citation needed ]$280 million$240.07
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary [ citation needed ]$150 million$150.1
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania [ citation needed ]$60 million$140.11
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia [ citation needed ]$50 million$120.14
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia [ citation needed ]$40 million$230.13
Flag of Malta.svg  Malta [ citation needed ]$40 million$220.3
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia [ citation needed ]$30 million$100.10

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