Official development assistance to least-developed countries by country

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

Countries reporting
43
Highest
15.64 billion millions of constant united states dollars
United States
Lowest
2.24 million millions of constant united states dollars
Azerbaijan
Median
102.54 million millions of constant united states dollars
Years covered
24
2000–2023
Data points
1,030

What the numbers show

Official development assistance to least-developed countries is currently reported for 43 countries. The highest value is 15.64 billion millions of constant united states dollars in United States; the lowest is 2.24 million millions of constant united states dollars in Azerbaijan.

The median across all reporting countries is 102.54 million millions of constant united states dollars, and the mean is 1.25 billion millions of constant united states dollars.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6,984.

Over the past decade 24 countries rose and 18 fell. The largest increase was in Thailand (up 2,012.4%), and the largest decrease in Kuwait (down 74.7%).

Official development assistance to least-developed countries: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 United States 15.64 billion millions of constant united states dollars 2023 up 12.1% rising
2 Germany 9.84 billion millions of constant united states dollars 2023 up 176.2% rising
3 Japan 5.65 billion millions of constant united states dollars 2023 up 8.2% rising
4 United Kingdom 4.27 billion millions of constant united states dollars 2023 down 33.7% rising
5 France 3.70 billion millions of constant united states dollars 2023 up 17.6% rising
6 Canada 2.04 billion millions of constant united states dollars 2023 up 13.0% rising
7 Sweden 1.84 billion millions of constant united states dollars 2023 up 24.6% rising
8 Norway 1.23 billion millions of constant united states dollars 2023 up 1.4% rising
9 Netherlands 1.20 billion millions of constant united states dollars 2023 down 17.1% falling
10 Switzerland 1.17 billion millions of constant united states dollars 2023 up 35.0% rising
11 South Korea 1.09 billion millions of constant united states dollars 2023 up 55.4% volatile
12 Italy 1.01 billion millions of constant united states dollars 2023 up 8.9% falling
13 Belgium 809.83 million millions of constant united states dollars 2023 down 4.2% falling
14 Australia 713.11 million millions of constant united states dollars 2023 down 36.3% rising
15 Denmark 675.03 million millions of constant united states dollars 2023 down 21.9% falling
16 United Arab Emirates 554.28 million millions of constant united states dollars 2023 up 208.0% volatile
17 Spain 527.88 million millions of constant united states dollars 2023 up 20.4% falling
19 Finland 424.21 million millions of constant united states dollars 2023 down 16.6% rising
20 Austria 396.20 million millions of constant united states dollars 2023 up 12.9% rising
22 New Zealand 149.76 million millions of constant united states dollars 2023 up 37.2% rising
23 Qatar 110.94 million millions of constant united states dollars 2023 rising
24 Portugal 102.54 million millions of constant united states dollars 2023 down 31.7% volatile
25 Poland 98.20 million millions of constant united states dollars 2023 down 27.2% volatile
26 Russia 81.63 million millions of constant united states dollars 2020 up 5.7% falling
27 Turkey 65.01 million millions of constant united states dollars 2023 down 74.7% volatile
28 Thailand 61.26 million millions of constant united states dollars 2022 up 2,012.4% volatile
29 Czechia 56.07 million millions of constant united states dollars 2023 down 16.5% rising
30 Hungary 42.73 million millions of constant united states dollars 2023 up 37.1% volatile
31 Iceland 39.51 million millions of constant united states dollars 2023 up 78.6% rising
32 Greece 38.41 million millions of constant united states dollars 2023 down 4.7% falling
33 Romania 36.50 million millions of constant united states dollars 2023 up 9.4% volatile
34 Slovakia 18.70 million millions of constant united states dollars 2023 down 15.6% volatile
35 Kuwait 16.00 million millions of constant united states dollars 2023 down 74.7% volatile
36 Latvia 15.47 million millions of constant united states dollars 2023 up 119.4% volatile
37 Lithuania 14.59 million millions of constant united states dollars 2023 down 36.6% volatile
38 Slovenia 12.87 million millions of constant united states dollars 2023 up 11.2% volatile
39 Bulgaria 12.74 million millions of constant united states dollars 2023 down 32.7% falling
41 Croatia 8.98 million millions of constant united states dollars 2023 up 41.6% rising
42 Estonia 8.13 million millions of constant united states dollars 2023 down 20.8% volatile
43 Israel 5.97 million millions of constant united states dollars 2023 down 26.6% volatile
44 Kazakhstan 4.70 million millions of constant united states dollars 2022 up 754.5% volatile
46 Cyprus 2.31 million millions of constant united states dollars 2023 down 41.7% volatile
47 Azerbaijan 2.24 million millions of constant united states dollars 2023 up 1,217.7% volatile

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