Democratic Republic of Congo vs Syria: Net official development assistance received

Democratic Republic of Congo

4.35 billion current US$

in 2023

Syria

9.21 billion current US$

in 2023

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

5th

Syria rank

2nd

Net official development assistance received over time

Democratic Republic of Congo
Syria

How they compare

Syria currently reports 9.21 billion current US$ against 4.35 billion current US$ in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 4.86 billion current US$.

That makes Syria's figure about 2.1 times Democratic Republic of Congo's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Democratic Republic of Congo ahead.

Globally, Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 5th and Syria ranks 2nd of 170 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Net official development assistance received (current US$)
Unit: current US$
Source: Development Assistance Committee, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 217 places, 11,516 data points, 1960–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Net official development assistance (ODA) consists of disbursements of loans made on concessional terms (net of repayments of principal) and grants by official agencies of the members of the Development Assistance Committee (DAC), by multilateral institutions, and by non-DAC countries to promote economic development and welfare in countries and territories in the DAC list of ODA recipients. It includes loans with a grant element of at least 25 percent (calculated at a rate of discount of 10 percent). Data are in current U.S. dollars.