Foreign aid given as a share of national income in Switzerland
Switzerland: Foreign aid given as a share of national income was 0.4599 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
0.4599
Change on year
down 6.3%
World rank
9th
of 49 countries
All-time high
0.6019
in 2023
All-time low
0.0408
in 1960
Years of data
66
1960–2025
Foreign aid given as a share of national income in Switzerland, 1960–2025
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Switzerland recorded 0.4599 for foreign aid given as a share of national income in 2025.
That represents a change of down 6.3% on the previous year and down 9.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, foreign aid given as a share of national income in Switzerland peaked at 0.6019 in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.0408, in 1960.
Switzerland ranks 9th of 49 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 66 years of available data.
Foreign aid given as a share of national income in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 0.0408 | — |
| 1961 | 0.0822 | +101.5% |
| 1962 | 0.046 | -44.0% |
| 1963 | 0.0532 | +15.6% |
| 1964 | 0.0715 | +34.5% |
| 1965 | 0.0851 | +19.0% |
| 1966 | 0.087 | +2.2% |
| 1967 | 0.0818 | -6.0% |
| 1968 | 0.1407 | +72.1% |
| 1969 | 0.1592 | +13.1% |
| 1970 | 0.1405 | -11.8% |
| 1971 | 0.1101 | -21.6% |
| 1972 | 0.2054 | +86.5% |
| 1973 | 0.1536 | -25.2% |
| 1974 | 0.1378 | -10.3% |
| 1975 | 0.1848 | +34.2% |
| 1976 | 0.1908 | +3.2% |
| 1977 | 0.1883 | -1.3% |
| 1978 | 0.1968 | +4.5% |
| 1979 | 0.214 | +8.7% |
| 1980 | 0.2387 | +11.5% |
| 1981 | 0.2399 | +0.5% |
| 1982 | 0.2495 | +4.0% |
| 1983 | 0.3143 | +25.9% |
| 1984 | 0.2972 | -5.4% |
| 1985 | 0.3112 | +4.7% |
| 1986 | 0.2979 | -4.3% |
| 1987 | 0.3062 | +2.8% |
| 1988 | 0.3193 | +4.3% |
| 1989 | 0.2989 | -6.4% |
| 1990 | 0.2999 | +0.3% |
| 1991 | 0.3408 | +13.6% |
| 1992 | 0.4334 | +27.2% |
| 1993 | 0.309 | -28.7% |
| 1994 | 0.3484 | +12.8% |
| 1995 | 0.3255 | -6.6% |
| 1996 | 0.3192 | -1.9% |
| 1997 | 0.3187 | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 0.3057 | -4.1% |
| 1999 | 0.3386 | +10.8% |
| 2000 | 0.3242 | -4.2% |
| 2001 | 0.3311 | +2.1% |
| 2002 | 0.3173 | -4.2% |
| 2003 | 0.3617 | +14.0% |
| 2004 | 0.3861 | +6.7% |
| 2005 | 0.4218 | +9.2% |
| 2006 | 0.3754 | -11.0% |
| 2007 | 0.3708 | -1.2% |
| 2008 | 0.4217 | +13.7% |
| 2009 | 0.4417 | +4.7% |
| 2010 | 0.393 | -11.0% |
| 2011 | 0.4584 | +16.6% |
| 2012 | 0.4676 | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 0.4551 | -2.7% |
| 2014 | 0.4939 | +8.5% |
| 2015 | 0.5078 | +2.8% |
| 2016 | 0.5322 | +4.8% |
| 2017 | 0.4528 | -14.9% |
| 2018 | 0.4392 | -3.0% |
| 2019 | 0.4393 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.4913 | +11.8% |
| 2021 | 0.4999 | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 0.5607 | +12.2% |
| 2023 | 0.6019 | +7.3% |
| 2024 | 0.4909 | -18.4% |
| 2025 | 0.4599 | -6.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0848 | 0.0408 | 0.1592 | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.1722 | 0.1101 | 0.214 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.2873 | 0.2387 | 0.3193 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.3339 | 0.2999 | 0.4334 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3752 | 0.3173 | 0.4417 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4639 | 0.393 | 0.5322 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5174 | 0.4599 | 0.6019 | 6 |
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- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 1.24 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.05 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 1.24 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.85 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 1.28 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.37 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 6.28 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.272 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is foreign aid given as a share of national income in Switzerland?
- Foreign aid given as a share of national income in Switzerland was 0.4599 in 2025, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest foreign aid given as a share of national income recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6019 in 2023.
- What is the lowest foreign aid given as a share of national income recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0408 in 1960.
- How does Switzerland rank for foreign aid given as a share of national income?
- Switzerland ranks 9th out of 49 countries with data for 2025.
- Is foreign aid given as a share of national income rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Switzerland data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Foreign aid given as a share of national income. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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