Germany vs Turkey: Foreign aid given as a share of national income
Germany
0.6%
in 2025
Turkey
0.5%
in 2025
Germany rank
7th
Turkey rank
8th
Foreign aid given as a share of national income over time
- Germany
- Turkey
How they compare
Germany currently reports 0.6% against 0.5% in Turkey, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Germany's figure about 1.1 times Turkey's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Germany ahead.
Germany ranks 7th and Turkey ranks 8th of 49 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Germany averaged higher in 2 and Turkey in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Germany | Turkey | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.3% | 0.0% | 0.3% | Germany |
| 2000s | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.2% | Germany |
| 2010s | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.1% | Turkey |
| 2020s | 0.7% | 0.8% | 0.0% | Turkey |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher foreign aid given as a share of national income, Germany or Turkey?
- Germany, at 0.6% against 0.5% in Turkey as of 2025.
- What is the difference in foreign aid given as a share of national income between Germany and Turkey?
- 0.1%, with Germany ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and Turkey?
- 36 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2025.
- How do Germany and Turkey rank globally for foreign aid given as a share of national income?
- Germany ranks 7th and Turkey ranks 8th 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.
Individual pages
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.