Germany vs Japan: Official development assistance to least-developed countries

Germany

9.84 billion millions of constant united states dollars

in 2023

Japan

5.65 billion millions of constant united states dollars

in 2023

Germany rank

2nd

Japan rank

3rd

Official development assistance to least-developed countries over time

Germany
Japan

How they compare

Germany currently reports 9.84 billion millions of constant united states dollars against 5.65 billion millions of constant united states dollars in Japan, a difference of 4.19 billion millions of constant united states dollars.

That makes Germany's figure about 1.7 times Japan's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Germany ahead.

Germany ranks 2nd and Japan ranks 3rd of 47 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Official development assistance to least-developed countries
Unit: millions of constant united states dollars
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 47 places, 1,030 data points, 2000–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Net official development assistance (ODA) to LDCs from OECD-DAC countries, by donor countries (millions of constant 2023 United States dollars)