Net ODA received (% of gross capital formation) by country

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...

Countries reporting
144
Highest
598.4%
Yemen
Lowest
-152.7%
Djibouti
Median
7.1%
Years covered
64
1960–2023
Data points
7,922

What the numbers show

Net ODA received (% of gross capital formation) is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 598.4% in Yemen; the lowest is -152.7% in Djibouti.

The median across all reporting countries is 7.1%, and the mean is 29.0%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.

Over the past decade 69 countries rose and 71 fell. The largest increase was in Venezuela (up 16,032.0%), and the largest decrease in Saudi Arabia (down 2,787.9%).

Net ODA received: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Yemen 598.4% 2018 up 5,684.7% volatile
2 Lebanon 458.6% 2023 up 9,449.3% volatile
3 Marshall Islands 247.8% 2023 up 19.9% volatile
4 South Sudan 242.7% 2015 volatile
5 Sao Tome and Principe 202.7% 2023 up 72.3% rising
6 Sudan 160.3% 2023 up 687.0% volatile
7 Kiribati 136.2% 2023 up 32.7% rising
8 Central African Republic 121.5% 2023 down 23.8% rising
9 Ukraine 118.9% 2023 up 4,604.9% volatile
10 Afghanistan 116.7% 2023 volatile
11 Malawi 89.5% 2023 up 6.8% rising
12 Somalia 88.2% 2023 down 39.2% rising
13 Comoros 85.4% 2023 up 91.9% falling
14 Tonga 84.5% 2023 up 10.6% falling
15 Palestine 77.5% 2023 down 8.6% volatile
16 Solomon Islands 76.2% 2023 down 50.5% volatile
17 Mozambique 71.6% 2023 up 200.4% volatile
18 East Timor 61.0% 2023 up 37.6% volatile
19 Vanuatu 56.7% 2023 up 5.0% falling
20 Gambia 52.6% 2023 down 5.2% volatile
21 Eritrea 51.2% 2011 down 52.3% rising
22 Haiti 39.7% 2023 down 8.3% volatile
23 Sierra Leone 39.4% 2023 up 16.1% volatile
24 New Caledonia 38.6% 1999 up 1.3% falling
25 Guyana 38.0% 2005 up 15.3% volatile
26 Madagascar 36.5% 2023 up 50.0% volatile
27 Burkina Faso 35.3% 2023 up 7.5% rising
28 Guinea-Bissau 34.7% 2023 down 29.8% rising
29 Papua New Guinea 33.4% 2004 up 31.3% volatile
30 Chad 32.1% 2023 up 198.9% volatile
31 Moldova 31.3% 2023 up 112.8% falling
32 Samoa 31.1% 2023 down 80.2% volatile
33 Tunisia 31.0% 2023 up 403.8% volatile
34 Lesotho 29.9% 2023 down 27.9% volatile
35 Palau 29.2% 2023 down 54.2% flat
36 Togo 28.3% 2023 up 66.4% volatile
37 Niger 25.1% 2023 down 4.2% volatile
38 Rwanda 24.4% 2023 down 57.1% volatile
39 Mali 24.1% 2023 down 34.5% volatile
40 Zimbabwe 22.0% 2023 down 53.2% volatile
41 Uganda 20.3% 2023 up 10.5% volatile
42 Ghana 19.3% 2023 up 126.1% volatile
43 Cape Verde 18.7% 2023 down 53.6% falling
44 Democratic Republic of Congo 18.3% 2023 down 30.7% volatile
45 Ethiopia 17.9% 2023 down 25.1% falling
46 Fiji 17.5% 2023 up 122.6% volatile
47 Zambia 16.4% 2023 up 35.7% rising
48 Benin 15.2% 2023 down 45.5% volatile
49 Nicaragua 14.7% 2023 up 1.0% volatile
50 Kenya 14.6% 2023 down 39.1% volatile
51 Senegal 14.3% 2023 down 34.5% falling
52 Tajikistan 13.7% 2023 down 26.2% volatile
53 Jordan 12.2% 2007 down 52.2% volatile
54 Cote d'Ivoire 12.0% 2023 down 7.8% volatile
55 Bhutan 11.5% 2023 up 4.6% volatile
56 Eswatini 11.5% 2023 down 29.9% falling
58 Cambodia 11.2% 2023 down 26.2% volatile
59 Guinea 10.1% 2023 down 57.4% volatile
60 Cameroon 10.0% 2023 down 16.4% volatile
61 Congo 9.8% 2023 up 447.2% volatile
62 Tanzania 9.4% 2023 down 53.0% volatile
63 Nepal 9.2% 2023 down 30.9% falling
64 Maldives 9.2% 2023 up 318.7% volatile
65 North Macedonia 8.8% 2023 up 39.8% volatile
66 Mauritania 8.8% 2023 up 2.8% volatile
67 Laos 8.7% 2016 down 70.7% volatile
68 Pakistan 8.4% 2023 up 48.8% volatile
69 Kyrgyzstan 8.4% 2023 down 61.2% volatile
70 Namibia 7.7% 2023 up 4.7% volatile
71 Bolivia 7.7% 2023 down 36.1% volatile
72 Venezuela 7.4% 2023 up 16,032.0% volatile
73 Honduras 7.2% 2023 down 53.5% volatile
74 El Salvador 6.9% 2023 up 53.0% volatile
75 Israel 6.6% 1996 down 73.9% volatile
76 Albania 6.5% 2023 down 9.8% volatile
77 Suriname 6.4% 2010 falling
78 Belize 5.5% 2023 down 69.0% volatile
79 Cuba 5.0% 2020 up 134.1% volatile
80 Botswana 4.9% 2023 up 60.8% volatile
81 Libya 4.8% 2023 up 513.8% volatile
82 Montenegro 4.7% 2023 down 66.2% rising
83 Georgia 4.7% 2023 down 72.1% volatile
84 Bangladesh 4.2% 2023 down 32.1% volatile
85 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4.1% 2023 down 68.8% volatile
86 Sri Lanka 4.1% 2023 up 165.7% volatile
87 Seychelles 3.9% 2017 up 104.1% volatile
88 Mongolia 3.8% 2023 down 41.2% volatile
89 Armenia 3.7% 2023 down 67.5% volatile
90 Iraq 3.7% 2023 up 13.5% volatile
91 Mauritius 3.4% 2023 down 38.6% volatile
92 Uzbekistan 3.4% 2023 up 140.9% volatile
93 Syria 3.1% 1969 down 80.4% volatile
94 Serbia 2.9% 2023 down 68.0% volatile
95 Guatemala 2.6% 2023 down 56.1% volatile
96 South Africa 2.6% 2023 up 52.3% rising
97 Paraguay 2.6% 2023 up 65.9% volatile
98 Ecuador 2.2% 2023 up 253.7% volatile
99 Bahrain 2.2% 2004 down 75.4% volatile
100 Dominican Republic 2.0% 2023 up 86.4% volatile
101 Morocco 1.8% 2023 down 66.4% volatile
102 Philippines 1.8% 2023 up 449.6% volatile
103 Equatorial Guinea 1.8% 2023 up 2,426.5% volatile
104 Colombia 1.7% 2023 up 69.6% volatile
105 Gabon 1.5% 2023 down 10.7% volatile
106 Malta 1.4% 2002 up 133.5% volatile
107 Panama 1.3% 2023 up 2,767.6% volatile
108 Croatia 1.3% 2010 down 18.2% falling
109 Peru 1.1% 2023 up 58.1% volatile
110 Angola 1.1% 2023 up 57.0% volatile
111 Costa Rica 1.0% 2023 up 217.1% volatile
112 Azerbaijan 1.0% 2023 up 357.6% volatile
113 Cyprus 0.9% 1996 down 78.7% volatile
114 Slovenia 0.9% 2002 up 251.7% volatile
115 Egypt 0.7% 2023 down 94.5% volatile
116 Belarus 0.6% 2023 up 75.2% volatile
117 Vietnam 0.6% 2023 down 90.4% volatile
118 Bahamas 0.5% 1995 up 194.2% volatile
119 Turkmenistan 0.4% 2009 down 83.5% volatile
120 Uruguay 0.4% 2017 down 49.5% volatile
121 Turkey 0.4% 2023 down 58.4% volatile
122 Indonesia 0.3% 2023 up 1,133.7% volatile
123 Brunei 0.2% 1995 down 69.9% falling
124 Algeria 0.2% 2023 up 9.2% volatile
125 Argentina 0.2% 2023 up 466.1% volatile
126 Brazil 0.2% 2023 down 5.9% volatile
127 India 0.2% 2023 down 49.4% volatile
128 Qatar 0.1% 1995 down 22.6% volatile
129 Iran 0.1% 2023 up 59.7% volatile
130 Chile 0.1% 2017 down 59.2% volatile
131 Mexico 0.1% 2023 down 42.2% volatile
132 Kazakhstan 0.1% 2023 down 31.3% volatile
133 Kuwait 0.1% 1995 up 1.3% volatile
134 Trinidad and Tobago 0.1% 2010 up 174.3% volatile
135 Thailand 0.1% 2023 up 194.1% volatile
136 Singapore 0.1% 1995 down 81.2% volatile
137 Oman 0.0% 2010 down 97.7% volatile
138 Macao 0.0% 1999 down 37.8% volatile
139 Hong Kong 0.0% 1996 down 86.5% volatile
140 Malaysia 0.0% 2023 up 105.3% volatile
141 China -0.0% 2023 up 75.8% volatile
142 South Korea -0.0% 1999 down 163.0% volatile
143 Saudi Arabia -0.1% 2007 down 2,787.9% volatile
144 Aruba -1.4% 1999 volatile
145 Djibouti -152.7% 2023 down 1,290.5% volatile

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
Net ODA received (% of gross capital formation)
Unit
% of gross capital formation
Source
Development Assistance Committee, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
188 places, 7,922 data points, 1960–2023
Last refreshed

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).