Bilateral ODA commitments that is untied (% of bilateral ODA) in Australia
Australia: Bilateral ODA commitments that is untied (% of bilateral ODA) was 90.8% in 2009. ▲ Rising
Bilateral ODA commitments that is untied in Australia, 1990–2009
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. Measured in % of bilateral ODA commitments.
Analysis
The most recent figure for bilateral oda commitments that is untied in Australia is 90.8%, measured in 2009.
The figure is down 6.0% on the previous year and up 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bilateral oda commitments that is untied in Australia peaked at 98.4% in 2007 and was at its lowest, 12.6%, in 1991.
That places Australia 12th out of 22 countries with data for 2009, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Bilateral ODA commitments that is untied (% of bilateral ODA) in Australia, year by year
| Year | % of bilateral ODA commitments | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 15.8% | — |
| 1991 | 12.6% | -20.2% |
| 1992 | 36.9% | +193.3% |
| 1993 | 41.9% | +13.6% |
| 1994 | 44.4% | +6.1% |
| 1996 | 78.1% | +75.7% |
| 1997 | 63.1% | -19.2% |
| 1998 | 92.8% | +47.0% |
| 1999 | 86.7% | -6.6% |
| 2000 | 77.4% | -10.7% |
| 2001 | 59.3% | -23.3% |
| 2002 | 56.7% | -4.5% |
| 2003 | 67.2% | +18.6% |
| 2004 | 77.1% | +14.8% |
| 2005 | 71.9% | -6.8% |
| 2006 | 91.7% | +27.6% |
| 2007 | 98.4% | +7.2% |
| 2008 | 96.7% | -1.8% |
| 2009 | 90.8% | -6.0% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 90.8% is below the median for high income countries, which is 92.0%, 99% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bilateral ODA commitments that is untied (% of bilateral ODA) in Australia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | +193.3% | 12.6% | 36.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 52.5% | 12.6% | 92.8% | 9 |
| 2000s | 78.7% | 56.7% | 98.4% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Australia
More development goals data for Australia
- Red List Index 0.8456 index (2025)
- Number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin 0.1186 per 100,000 people (2025)
- Manufacturing value added per capita 3,018 constant US$ (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds 249 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds (not extinct) 208 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds with unknown risk status 12 (2025)
- Number of local breeds with unknown risk status 7 (2025)
- Number of local breeds (not extinct) 74 (2025)
- Number of local breeds kept in the country 108 (2025)
- Infant deaths 941 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bilateral oda commitments that is untied in Australia?
- Bilateral oda commitments that is untied in Australia was 90.8% in 2009, according to 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.
- What is the highest bilateral oda commitments that is untied recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 98.4% in 2007.
- What is the lowest bilateral oda commitments that is untied recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.6% in 1991.
- How does Australia rank for bilateral oda commitments that is untied?
- Australia ranks 12th out of 22 countries with data for 2009.
- Is bilateral oda commitments that is untied rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia data come from?
- The figures come from 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, published as part of Bilateral ODA commitments that is untied (% of bilateral ODA commitments). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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. Untied bilateral official development assistance is assistance from country to country for which the associated goods and services may be fully and freely procured in substantially all countries.