Food aid received by country

Food aid received per year, as measured in constant 2016 USD.

Countries reporting
103
Highest
223.18 million million USD
Ethiopia
Lowest
167 million USD
Angola
Median
2.24 million million USD
Years covered
15
2002–2016
Data points
1,318

What the numbers show

Food aid received is currently reported for 103 countries. The highest value is 223.18 million million USD in Ethiopia; the lowest is 167 million USD in Angola.

The median across all reporting countries is 2.24 million million USD, and the mean is 12.45 million million USD.

Over the past decade 36 countries rose and 67 fell. The largest increase was in Cuba (up 123,858.0%), and the largest decrease in Angola (down 100.0%).

Food aid received: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Ethiopia 223.18 million million USD 2016 up 125.8% rising
2 Lebanon 177.34 million million USD 2016 up 1,074.7% volatile
3 Niger 56.91 million million USD 2016 up 183.4% volatile
4 South Sudan 53.92 million million USD 2016 up 860.0% volatile
5 Zimbabwe 45.60 million million USD 2016 up 479.0% volatile
6 Bangladesh 37.51 million million USD 2016 down 33.5% falling
7 Myanmar 36.53 million million USD 2016 up 1,126.6% volatile
8 Malawi 31.73 million million USD 2016 down 43.2% flat
9 Madagascar 29.71 million million USD 2016 down 31.9% volatile
10 Sudan 28.46 million million USD 2016 down 32.0% falling
11 Mozambique 27.68 million million USD 2016 down 32.0% volatile
12 Burundi 26.76 million million USD 2016 up 52.1% volatile
13 Jordan 25.93 million million USD 2016 up 11.2% volatile
14 Democratic Republic of Congo 24.60 million million USD 2016 up 61.1% volatile
15 Burkina Faso 24.48 million million USD 2016 down 18.5% rising
16 Haiti 23.58 million million USD 2016 down 52.8% falling
17 Uganda 23.36 million million USD 2016 down 10.1% falling
18 Yemen 23.16 million million USD 2016 down 2.9% volatile
19 Mali 20.98 million million USD 2016 up 56.0% volatile
20 Palestine 20.09 million million USD 2016 down 44.7% volatile
21 Benin 20.02 million million USD 2016 up 253.4% volatile
22 Ghana 18.62 million million USD 2016 down 30.1% volatile
23 Guatemala 18.08 million million USD 2016 down 59.0% falling
24 Tanzania 17.30 million million USD 2016 up 335.9% rising
25 Kenya 17.04 million million USD 2016 down 60.7% falling
26 Somalia 15.00 million million USD 2016 up 232.8% volatile
27 Dominican Republic 14.93 million million USD 2016 up 55.0% volatile
28 Philippines 13.65 million million USD 2016 down 61.3% volatile
29 Liberia 13.57 million million USD 2016 up 189.6% volatile
30 Nigeria 11.78 million million USD 2016 up 412.8% volatile
31 Pakistan 11.64 million million USD 2016 down 66.6% volatile
32 Sierra Leone 10.64 million million USD 2016 down 2.2% rising
33 Chad 10.61 million million USD 2016 down 11.3% rising
34 El Salvador 9.93 million million USD 2016 up 33,635.1% volatile
35 Senegal 8.79 million million USD 2016 down 0.2% volatile
36 Syria 8.09 million million USD 2016 up 55,514.0% volatile
37 Lesotho 6.42 million million USD 2016 up 772.3% volatile
38 Afghanistan 6.34 million million USD 2016 down 89.6% volatile
39 Mauritania 5.89 million million USD 2016 down 36.1% rising
40 Vietnam 5.81 million million USD 2016 down 60.2% volatile
41 Cuba 5.57 million million USD 2016 up 123,858.0% volatile
42 North Korea 5.47 million million USD 2016 up 37.6% volatile
43 Guinea 5.35 million million USD 2016 down 32.1% volatile
44 Cambodia 5.30 million million USD 2016 up 806.1% volatile
45 Honduras 4.83 million million USD 2016 down 89.8% volatile
46 Moldova 4.19 million million USD 2014 down 50.0% volatile
47 Rwanda 3.91 million million USD 2016 down 75.4% volatile
48 Nepal 3.62 million million USD 2016 down 73.4% volatile
49 Sri Lanka 3.54 million million USD 2016 down 83.8% volatile
50 Central African Republic 2.46 million million USD 2016 down 30.8% volatile
51 Eritrea 2.32 million million USD 2015 down 67.9% volatile
52 Gambia 2.24 million million USD 2016 down 65.3% volatile
53 Egypt 2.15 million million USD 2016 up 194.2% volatile
54 Sao Tome and Principe 2.02 million million USD 2016 up 58.8% volatile
55 Djibouti 1.95 million million USD 2016 up 103.5% volatile
56 Laos 1.72 million million USD 2016 down 24.4% volatile
57 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.62 million million USD 2016 up 3,543.5% volatile
58 Nicaragua 1.56 million million USD 2016 down 94.6% volatile
59 Morocco 1.56 million million USD 2016 up 374.2% volatile
60 Indonesia 1.54 million million USD 2016 down 88.3% volatile
61 Iraq 1.39 million million USD 2016 down 16.8% volatile
62 Ecuador 1.28 million million USD 2016 down 91.5% volatile
63 Congo 1.22 million million USD 2016 down 90.1% volatile
64 Guinea-Bissau 1.19 million million USD 2016 down 81.4% volatile
65 Bolivia 1.11 million million USD 2016 down 97.7% volatile
66 Kyrgyzstan 1.05 million million USD 2016 down 24.0% volatile
67 Peru 815,568 million USD 2016 down 97.4% volatile
68 Cote d'Ivoire 722,947 million USD 2016 down 85.1% volatile
69 South Africa 516,256 million USD 2016 down 78.2% volatile
70 Kazakhstan 437,090 million USD 2016 down 96.9% volatile
71 Solomon Islands 420,817 million USD 2016 up 12.7% volatile
72 Colombia 398,591 million USD 2016 up 691.1% volatile
73 Cameroon 347,409 million USD 2016 down 94.3% volatile
74 Brazil 313,894 million USD 2010 up 179.0% volatile
75 Uzbekistan 256,870 million USD 2016 down 15.2% volatile
76 East Timor 255,446 million USD 2016 down 87.4% volatile
77 Azerbaijan 250,440 million USD 2009 down 86.3% volatile
78 Georgia 210,000 million USD 2016 down 99.0% volatile
79 Cape Verde 179,607 million USD 2016 down 98.1% volatile
80 Comoros 176,420 million USD 2016 down 95.9% volatile
81 China 170,800 million USD 2016 up 243.9% volatile
82 Tajikistan 161,971 million USD 2016 down 99.1% volatile
83 Turkmenistan 146,730 million USD 2016 up 154.7% volatile
84 Panama 131,872 million USD 2016 up 11.1% volatile
85 Turkey 118,034 million USD 2016 up 15,616.9% volatile
86 Maldives 117,620 million USD 2016 down 93.1% volatile
87 India 94,261 million USD 2016 down 99.8% volatile
88 Algeria 78,410 million USD 2016 down 95.3% volatile
89 Armenia 69,478 million USD 2016 down 99.5% volatile
90 Eswatini 52,125 million USD 2015 down 89.6% volatile
91 Argentina 47,614 million USD 2014 down 16.9% volatile
92 Namibia 30,000 million USD 2016 down 92.6% volatile
93 Thailand 27,440 million USD 2016 up 126.6% volatile
94 Paraguay 23,430 million USD 2014 down 95.0% volatile
95 Zambia 21,186 million USD 2016 down 99.8% volatile
96 Mongolia 20,000 million USD 2016 down 98.9% volatile
97 Bhutan 17,569 million USD 2016 down 15.6% volatile
98 Mexico 15,090 million USD 2016 up 491.1% volatile
99 Togo 10,000 million USD 2016 down 86.0% volatile
100 Serbia 8,316 million USD 2016 down 90.9% volatile
101 Guyana 5,130 million USD 2012 down 99.9% volatile
102 Jamaica 562 million USD 2015 down 100.0% volatile
103 Angola 167 million USD 2013 down 100.0% volatile

About this data

Indicator
Food aid received
Unit
million USD
Source
OECD (2018) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
103 places, 1,318 data points, 2002–2016
Last refreshed

Food aid received per year, as measured in constant 2016 USD.