Denmark vs Sweden: Foreign aid given bilaterally and multilaterally

Denmark

2.20 billion constant 2024 US$

in 2025

Sweden

3.12 billion constant 2024 US$

in 2025

Denmark rank

17th

Sweden rank

14th

Foreign aid given bilaterally and multilaterally over time

Denmark
Sweden

How they compare

Sweden currently reports 3.12 billion constant 2024 US$ against 2.20 billion constant 2024 US$ in Denmark, a difference of 915.80 million constant 2024 US$.

That makes Sweden's figure about 1.4 times Denmark's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Denmark ahead.

Denmark ranks 17th and Sweden ranks 14th 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.