Total bilateral sector allocable ODA commitments (current US$) by country

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...

Countries reporting
24
Highest
19.50 billion current US$
United States
Lowest
11.11 million current US$
Slovenia
Median
1.19 billion current US$
Years covered
21
1995–2015
Data points
685

What the numbers show

Total bilateral sector allocable ODA commitments (current US$) is currently reported for 24 countries. The highest value is 19.50 billion current US$ in United States; the lowest is 11.11 million current US$ in Slovenia.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.19 billion current US$, and the mean is 3.40 billion current US$.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,756.

Over the past decade 14 countries rose and 8 fell. The largest increase was in South Korea (up 245.2%), and the largest decrease in Greece (down 91.1%).

Total bilateral sector allocable ODA commitments: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 United States 19.50 billion current US$ 2015 up 15.4% volatile
2 Japan 17.01 billion current US$ 2015 up 81.8% rising
3 Germany 12.98 billion current US$ 2015 up 181.2% volatile
4 France 7.02 billion current US$ 2015 up 169.4% volatile
5 United Kingdom 5.85 billion current US$ 2015 up 62.8% volatile
6 Netherlands 2.80 billion current US$ 2015 up 21.2% volatile
7 Norway 2.66 billion current US$ 2015 up 91.0% volatile
8 Canada 2.58 billion current US$ 2015 up 74.4% volatile
9 Australia 2.29 billion current US$ 2015 up 118.3% volatile
10 South Korea 2.13 billion current US$ 2015 up 245.2% rising
11 Sweden 1.55 billion current US$ 2015 down 9.8% rising
12 Switzerland 1.50 billion current US$ 2015 up 129.7% volatile
13 Denmark 882.79 million current US$ 2015 down 31.6% rising
14 Italy 763.37 million current US$ 2015 up 5.4% rising
15 Belgium 716.87 million current US$ 2015 down 11.1% rising
16 Finland 374.31 million current US$ 2015 down 21.7% volatile
17 Austria 309.33 million current US$ 2015 up 26.3% rising
18 Spain 289.91 million current US$ 2015 down 68.4% volatile
19 New Zealand 272.95 million current US$ 2015 up 55.6% volatile
22 Portugal 138.20 million current US$ 2015 down 39.1% volatile
23 Czechia 43.31 million current US$ 2015 falling
24 Iceland 19.90 million current US$ 2015 rising
25 Greece 12.31 million current US$ 2015 down 91.1% volatile
26 Slovenia 11.11 million current US$ 2015 down 31.1% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Total bilateral sector allocable 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
39 places, 685 data points, 1995–2015
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. Total sector-allocable aid is the sum of aid that can be assigned to specific sectors or multisector activities. OECD DAC.