Japan vs United Kingdom: Foreign aid given bilaterally and multilaterally

Japan
9.98 billion constant 2024 US$
in 2025
United Kingdom
11.92 billion constant 2024 US$
in 2025
Japan rank
4th
United Kingdom rank
3rd

Foreign aid given bilaterally and multilaterally over time

  • Japan
  • United Kingdom
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How they compare

United Kingdom currently reports 11.92 billion constant 2024 US$ against 9.98 billion constant 2024 US$ in Japan, a difference of 1.94 billion constant 2024 US$.

That makes United Kingdom's figure about 1.2 times Japan's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was United Kingdom ahead.

Japan ranks 4th and United Kingdom ranks 3rd 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

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.