List of development aid country donors

This is a list of countries by spending on development aid. The list is based on official development assistance (ODA) figures published by the OECD for countries that are members of its Development Assistance Committee (DAC). Non-DAC members included in the OECD's publishing are listed separately.

The largest donor countries in 2015 were the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Japan and France. Sweden made the largest contribution as a percentage of gross national income (GNI) at 1.40% and the United Nations’ ODA target of 0.7% of GNI was also exceeded by the UAE, Norway, Luxembourg, Denmark, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom.

Net official development assistance by country in 2015

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.

The OECD's Development Assistance Committee members' total budget reached 132 billion dollars in 2015 and was contributed by the following countries:

• European Union – $87.64 billion

1. United States – $31.08 billion
2. United Kingdom – $18.70 billion
3. Germany – $17.78 billion
4. Japan – $9.32 billion
5. France – $9.23 billion
6. Sweden – $7.09 billion
7. Netherlands – $5.81 billion
8. Canada – $4.29 billion
9. Norway – $4.28 billion
10. Italy – $3.84 billion
11. Switzerland – $3.54 billion
12. Australia – $3.22 billion
13. Denmark – $2.57 billion
14. South Korea – $1.91 billion
15. Belgium – $1.89 billion
16. Spain – $1.60 billion
17. Finland – $1.29 billion
18. Austria – $1.21 billion
19. Ireland – $0.72 billion
20. Poland – $0.44 billion
21. New Zealand – $0.44 billion
22. Luxembourg – $0.36 billion
23. Portugal – $0.31 billion
24. Greece – $0.28 billion
25. Czech Republic – $0.20 billion
26. Slovak Republic – $0.09 billion
27. Slovenia – $0.06 billion
28. Iceland – $0.04 billion

Non-DAC members reported the following figures to the OECD in 2015:

• United Arab Emirates – $4.39 billion
• Turkey – $3.91 billion
• Russia – $1.14 billion
• Israel – $0.21 billion
• Hungary – $0.15 billion
• Croatia – $0.05 billion
• Lithuania – $0.04 billion
• Estonia – $0.03 billion
• Latvia – $0.02 billion
• Malta – $0.01 billion

Notes:

• India, which had a foreign aid budget of $1.6 billion in 2015-6, does not submit figures to the OECD.

Net official development assistance by country as a percentage of gross national income in 2015

The OECD also lists Development Assistance Committee members by the amount of ODA they spend as a percentage of their gross national income:

1. Sweden – 1.40%
2. Norway – 1.05%
3. Luxembourg – 0.93%
4. Denmark – 0.85%
5. Netherlands – 0.76%
6. United Kingdom – 0.71%
7. Finland – 0.56%
8. Switzerland – 0.52%
9. Germany – 0.52%
10. Belgium – 0.42%
11. France – 0.37%
12. Ireland – 0.36%
13. Austria – 0.32%
14. Canada – 0.28%
15. New Zealand – 0.27%
16. Australia – 0.27%
17. Iceland – 0.24%
18. Japan – 0.22%
19. Italy – 0.21%
20. United States – 0.17%
21. Portugal – 0.16%
22. Slovenia – 0.15%
23. Greece – 0.14%
24. South Korea – 0.14%
25. Spain – 0.13%
26. Czech Republic – 0.12%
27. Slovak Republic – 0.10%
28. Poland – 0.10%

Non-DAC members reported the following figures to the OECD in 2015:

• United Arab Emirates – 1.09%
• Turkey – 0.54%
• Malta – 0.15%
• Estonia – 0.15%
• Hungary – 0.13%
• Lithuania – 0.11%
• Latvia – 0.09%
• Israel – 0.07%
• Russia – 0.06%

Notes:

• European Union average – 0.47%

See also

• List of countries by foreign aid received