Belgium vs Netherlands: Share of foreign aid spent domestically within donor countries

Belgium
14.6%
in 2024
Netherlands
18.6%
in 2024
Belgium rank
14th
Netherlands rank
11th

Share of foreign aid spent domestically within donor countries over time

  • Belgium
  • Netherlands
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How they compare

Netherlands currently reports 18.6% against 14.6% in Belgium, a difference of 4.0%.

That makes Netherlands's figure about 1.3 times Belgium's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 15 shared years of data; in 2010 it was Netherlands ahead.

Belgium ranks 14th and Netherlands ranks 11th of 36 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Share of foreign aid spent domestically within donor countries
Unit
%
Source
OECD (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
36 places, 470 data points, 2010–2024
Last refreshed

Official development assistance component that represents refugees in donor countries, expressed as a percentage of ODA. Monetary aid is estimated as net disbursements.