Canada vs Japan: Bilateral, sector-allocable ODA to basic social services
Bilateral, sector-allocable ODA to basic social services over time
- Canada
- Japan
How they compare
Canada currently reports 629.54 million current US$ against 365.33 million current US$ in Japan, a difference of 264.21 million current US$.
That makes Canada's figure about 1.7 times Japan's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 21 shared years of data; in 1995 it was Japan ahead.
Canada ranks 4th and Japan ranks 7th of 26 countries.
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About this data
Bilateral official development assistance (ODA) commitments are firm obligations, expressed in writing and backed by the necessary funds, undertaken by official bilateral donors to provide specified assistance to a recipient country or a multilateral organization. Bilateral commitments are recorded in the full amount of expected transfer, irrespective of the time required for completing disbursements. Total sector-allocable aid is the sum of aid that can be assigned to specific sectors or multisector activities. Basic social services consists of, primary education, basic life skills for youth and adults and early childhood education, basic health care, basic health infrastructure, basic nutrition, infectious disease control, health education and health personnel development, population policy and administrative management, reproductive health care, family planning, sexually transmitted disease (STD) control including HIV/AIDS, personnel development (population & reproductive health), basic drinking water supply and basic sanitation, and multi-sector aid for basic social services. OECD DAC.