Norway vs Saudi Arabia: Foreign aid given bilaterally and multilaterally

Norway

3.74 billion constant 2024 US$

in 2025

Saudi Arabia

4.78 billion constant 2024 US$

in 2024

Norway rank

11th

Saudi Arabia rank

8th

Foreign aid given bilaterally and multilaterally over time

Norway
Saudi Arabia

How they compare

Saudi Arabia currently reports 4.78 billion constant 2024 US$ against 3.74 billion constant 2024 US$ in Norway, a difference of 1.04 billion constant 2024 US$.

That makes Saudi Arabia's figure about 1.3 times Norway's.

The two have swapped places 12 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1966 it was Saudi Arabia ahead.

Norway ranks 11th 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.