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Rich Countries’ Aid as a Share of Their Income
Official development assistance as % of gross national income, DAC members and selected donors, yearly
0 of 6 series are above their level a year earlier·5 of 6 are at a five-year low
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All DAC members (net flows) · Continuation · the recent trend, flattening · 3 years
All DAC members (grant equivalent) · Continuation · the recent trend, flattening · 3 years
United States · Continuation · the recent trend, flattening · 3 years
Germany · Continuation · the recent trend, flattening · 3 years
Continuation isn't available for United Kingdom: Charts project up to 4 series.
Continuation isn't available for Japan: Charts project up to 4 series.
Dashed: the projection from the latest reading. A projection, not a promise.
OECD DAC1. Net flows: net disbursements over GNI, a Palanor calculation that matches the OECD’s published ratio through 2017. Since 2018 the OECD’s headline is the grant-equivalent measure. The newest year is preliminary. The UN target is seven-tenths of one per cent of GNI.
Aid measured against the size of each donor’s economy, back to 1960. The DAC average has stayed well below the UN target for its whole history; the computed headline gives the latest reading and the change.
What this chart reads·6 series
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- DAC Members (Total) · Net ODA as % of GNI (Long Run)as “All DAC members (net flows)”latest 2025-12-31
- DAC Members (Total) · ODA as % of GNIas “All DAC members (grant equivalent)”latest 2025-12-31
- United States · Net ODA as % of GNI (Long Run)as “United States”latest 2025-12-31
- Germany · Net ODA as % of GNI (Long Run)as “Germany”latest 2025-12-31
- United Kingdom · Net ODA as % of GNI (Long Run)as “United Kingdom”latest 2025-12-31
- Japan · Net ODA as % of GNI (Long Run)as “Japan”latest 2025-12-31
Sources·6 sources
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DAC Members (Total) · Net ODA as % of GNI (Long Run). Source: OECD, DAC1: Flows by provider (dataflow OECD.DCD.FSD DSD_DAC1@DF_DAC1), read from the OECD Data Explorer API (sdmx.oecd.org), with the DBnomics mirror as fallback. OECD data terms (oecd.org/en/about/terms-conditions): Data may be extracted, downloaded, copied, adapted, distributed and shared "for any purpose, even for commercial use", with credit to the OECD (CC BY 4.0). Read monthly. Measures 1010 (ODA, net disbursements) and 1 (GNI), current prices. Palanor calculation.
DAC Members (Total) · ODA as % of GNI. Source: OECD, DAC1: Flows by provider (dataflow OECD.DCD.FSD DSD_DAC1@DF_DAC1), read from the OECD Data Explorer API (sdmx.oecd.org), with the DBnomics mirror as fallback. OECD data terms (oecd.org/en/about/terms-conditions): Data may be extracted, downloaded, copied, adapted, distributed and shared "for any purpose, even for commercial use", with credit to the OECD (CC BY 4.0). Read monthly. Measure 11002, ODA as percent of GNI, grant equivalent.
United States · Net ODA as % of GNI (Long Run). Source: OECD, DAC1: Flows by provider (dataflow OECD.DCD.FSD DSD_DAC1@DF_DAC1), read from the OECD Data Explorer API (sdmx.oecd.org), with the DBnomics mirror as fallback. OECD data terms (oecd.org/en/about/terms-conditions): Data may be extracted, downloaded, copied, adapted, distributed and shared "for any purpose, even for commercial use", with credit to the OECD (CC BY 4.0). Read monthly. Measures 1010 (ODA, net disbursements) and 1 (GNI), current prices. Palanor calculation.
Germany · Net ODA as % of GNI (Long Run). Source: OECD, DAC1: Flows by provider (dataflow OECD.DCD.FSD DSD_DAC1@DF_DAC1), read from the OECD Data Explorer API (sdmx.oecd.org), with the DBnomics mirror as fallback. OECD data terms (oecd.org/en/about/terms-conditions): Data may be extracted, downloaded, copied, adapted, distributed and shared "for any purpose, even for commercial use", with credit to the OECD (CC BY 4.0). Read monthly. Measures 1010 (ODA, net disbursements) and 1 (GNI), current prices. Palanor calculation.
United Kingdom · Net ODA as % of GNI (Long Run). Source: OECD, DAC1: Flows by provider (dataflow OECD.DCD.FSD DSD_DAC1@DF_DAC1), read from the OECD Data Explorer API (sdmx.oecd.org), with the DBnomics mirror as fallback. OECD data terms (oecd.org/en/about/terms-conditions): Data may be extracted, downloaded, copied, adapted, distributed and shared "for any purpose, even for commercial use", with credit to the OECD (CC BY 4.0). Read monthly. Measures 1010 (ODA, net disbursements) and 1 (GNI), current prices. Palanor calculation.
Japan · Net ODA as % of GNI (Long Run). Source: OECD, DAC1: Flows by provider (dataflow OECD.DCD.FSD DSD_DAC1@DF_DAC1), read from the OECD Data Explorer API (sdmx.oecd.org), with the DBnomics mirror as fallback. OECD data terms (oecd.org/en/about/terms-conditions): Data may be extracted, downloaded, copied, adapted, distributed and shared "for any purpose, even for commercial use", with credit to the OECD (CC BY 4.0). Read monthly. Measures 1010 (ODA, net disbursements) and 1 (GNI), current prices. Palanor calculation.
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