Canada vs New Zealand: Foreign aid given as a share of national income
Canada
0.3%
in 2025
New Zealand
0.3%
in 2025
Canada rank
21st
New Zealand rank
23rd
Foreign aid given as a share of national income over time
- Canada
- New Zealand
How they compare
Canada currently reports 0.3% against 0.3% in New Zealand, a difference of 0.0%.
That makes Canada's figure about 1.2 times New Zealand's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1961 it was New Zealand ahead.
Canada ranks 21st and New Zealand ranks 23rd of 49 countries.
Canada has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | New Zealand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | Canada |
| 1970s | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.1% | Canada |
| 1980s | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.2% | Canada |
| 1990s | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.1% | Canada |
| 2000s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.0% | Canada |
| 2010s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.0% | Canada |
| 2020s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.1% | Canada |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher foreign aid given as a share of national income, Canada or New Zealand?
- Canada, at 0.3% against 0.3% in New Zealand as of 2025.
- What is the difference in foreign aid given as a share of national income between Canada and New Zealand?
- 0.0%, with Canada ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and New Zealand?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2025.
- How do Canada and New Zealand rank globally for foreign aid given as a share of national income?
- Canada ranks 21st and New Zealand ranks 23rd of 49 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- OECD (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Foreign aid given as a share of national income. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Official development assistance (ODA) divided by gross national income, expressed as a percentage. This is the official estimate that combines net disbursements with grant equivalents from 2018.