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Japan vs United States: Total bilateral ODA commitments

Japan
14.04 billion current US$
in 2010
United States
30.57 billion current US$
in 2010
Japan rank
2nd
United States rank
1st

Total bilateral ODA commitments over time

  • Japan
  • United States
10.0B20.0B30.0B199020002010

How they compare

United States currently reports 30.57 billion current US$ against 14.04 billion current US$ in Japan, a difference of 16.53 billion current US$.

That makes United States's figure about 2.2 times Japan's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 11 shared years of data; in 1990 it was United States ahead.

Japan ranks 2nd and United States ranks 1st of 22 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Total bilateral ODA commitments (current US$)
Unit
current US$
Source
Development Assistance Committee of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Geographical Distribution of Financial Flows to Developing Countries, Development Co-operation Report, a
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
22 places, 388 data points, 1990–2010
Last refreshed

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. OECD DAC.