Canada vs Saudi Arabia: Foreign aid given bilaterally and multilaterally

Canada

8.55 billion constant 2024 US$

in 2025

Saudi Arabia

4.78 billion constant 2024 US$

in 2024

Canada rank

5th

Saudi Arabia rank

8th

Foreign aid given bilaterally and multilaterally over time

Canada
Saudi Arabia

How they compare

Canada currently reports 8.55 billion constant 2024 US$ against 4.78 billion constant 2024 US$ in Saudi Arabia, a difference of 3.77 billion constant 2024 US$.

That makes Canada's figure about 1.8 times Saudi Arabia's.

The two have swapped places 17 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1966 it was Saudi Arabia ahead.

Canada ranks 5th and Saudi Arabia ranks 8th of 50 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Foreign aid given bilaterally and multilaterally
Unit: constant 2024 US$
Source: OECD (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 50 places, 2,102 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Bilateral ODA represents flows from official (government) sources directly to the recipient country. Monetary aid is estimated as net disbursements. This data is expressed in US dollars. It is adjusted for inflation.