Net ODA received (% of imports of goods, services and primary income) 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
151
Highest
100.8%
Tuvalu
Lowest
-0.4%
Aruba
Median
3.7%
Years covered
64
1960–2023
Data points
7,364

What the numbers show

Net ODA received (% of imports of goods, services and primary income) is currently reported for 151 countries. The highest value is 100.8% in Tuvalu; the lowest is -0.4% in Aruba.

The median across all reporting countries is 3.7%, and the mean is 10.3%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 228.

Over the past decade 70 countries rose and 80 fell. The largest increase was in Saint Kitts and Nevis (up 18,488.4%), and the largest decrease in Saudi Arabia (down 3,697.6%).

Net ODA received: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Tuvalu 100.8% 2023 up 58.1% rising
2 Central African Republic 62.7% 1994 up 13.8% rising
3 Afghanistan 59.9% 2020 down 41.6% volatile
4 Chad 50.1% 1994 up 1.0% rising
5 Marshall Islands 48.6% 2023 up 33.0% volatile
6 Micronesia (country) 45.1% 2014 down 6.6% rising
7 Burundi 42.1% 2023 down 30.2% falling
8 Malawi 41.0% 2023 up 16.7% falling
9 Sao Tome and Principe 40.4% 2023 up 35.4% volatile
10 Ukraine 40.3% 2023 up 5,417.5% volatile
11 South Sudan 35.8% 2023 down 4.1% falling
12 Eritrea 34.9% 2000 rising
13 Kiribati 32.5% 2023 down 10.5% falling
14 Comoros 32.5% 2023 up 4.6% volatile
15 Tonga 32.3% 2023 up 17.2% rising
16 Niger 31.0% 2023 up 27.0% falling
17 Palestine 30.8% 2023 down 17.7% rising
18 Guinea-Bissau 28.6% 2023 down 21.9% volatile
19 Yemen 26.6% 2016 up 763.8% volatile
20 Solomon Islands 26.4% 2023 down 32.7% rising
21 Gambia 24.6% 2023 down 12.8% volatile
22 Nauru 23.8% 2023 down 40.0% volatile
23 Ethiopia 23.1% 2023 down 14.3% volatile
24 Rwanda 22.7% 2023 down 44.8% falling
25 Mozambique 21.9% 2023 up 19.2% falling
26 Sierra Leone 21.9% 2023 up 31.9% volatile
27 Liberia 21.9% 2023 down 1.1% volatile
28 Madagascar 21.7% 2023 up 100.1% volatile
29 Togo 21.4% 2020 up 5.9% falling
30 Vanuatu 20.5% 2022 down 3.4% falling
31 Haiti 20.1% 2023 down 22.1% volatile
32 Samoa 19.3% 2023 down 19.4% falling
33 Burkina Faso 17.8% 2023 down 13.6% falling
34 East Timor 17.3% 2023 down 18.4% volatile
35 Tanzania 17.1% 2023 down 28.7% falling
36 Benin 15.4% 2023 down 16.5% falling
37 Uganda 15.3% 2023 down 27.8% volatile
38 Mali 14.1% 2023 down 41.7% falling
39 Democratic Republic of Congo 12.0% 2023 down 23.7% volatile
40 Sudan 11.8% 2022 up 5.7% volatile
41 Palau 11.6% 2023 down 30.9% rising
42 Zambia 11.3% 2023 up 19.8% volatile
43 Dominica 11.2% 2023 up 99.1% volatile
44 Senegal 11.1% 2023 down 11.8% falling
45 Moldova 9.9% 2023 up 78.0% falling
46 Myanmar 9.6% 2019 up 56.6% volatile
47 Cote d'Ivoire 9.5% 2023 down 2.0% volatile
48 Kenya 9.2% 2023 down 46.2% volatile
49 Jordan 9.1% 2023 up 63.5% volatile
50 Tajikistan 8.6% 2023 up 20.2% flat
51 Cameroon 8.2% 2023 up 4.9% volatile
52 Nepal 8.2% 2023 down 28.8% volatile
53 Bhutan 8.0% 2023 down 24.8% falling
54 Lesotho 7.9% 2023 down 40.3% falling
55 Mauritania 7.7% 2023 up 14.2% volatile
56 Zimbabwe 7.4% 2023 down 22.6% flat
57 Bangladesh 7.3% 2023 up 22.1% volatile
58 Lebanon 7.2% 2023 up 311.9% volatile
59 Cape Verde 6.8% 2023 down 65.8% volatile
60 Papua New Guinea 6.5% 2023 down 1.4% falling
61 Pakistan 6.0% 2023 up 47.0% volatile
62 Equatorial Guinea 5.9% 1996 down 89.5% falling
63 Israel 5.4% 1996 down 56.8% volatile
64 Bolivia 5.3% 2023 down 0.5% volatile
65 Laos 5.3% 2023 down 45.7% volatile
67 Saint Kitts and Nevis 5.2% 2013 up 18,488.4% volatile
68 Ghana 5.2% 2023 down 4.9% volatile
69 Guinea 5.1% 2023 down 64.0% falling
70 Cambodia 5.1% 2023 down 14.0% volatile
71 Tunisia 5.1% 2023 up 103.7% volatile
72 Nicaragua 5.0% 2023 down 21.8% volatile
73 Nigeria 4.6% 2023 up 87.9% volatile
74 Fiji 4.6% 2023 up 54.1% volatile
75 Djibouti 4.1% 2023 up 8.7% volatile
76 Eswatini 4.0% 2023 down 21.7% volatile
77 Sri Lanka 3.7% 2023 up 116.4% volatile
78 Botswana 3.6% 2023 up 236.5% volatile
79 Grenada 3.5% 2023 up 63.2% volatile
80 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3.5% 2023 up 98.6% volatile
81 Maldives 3.5% 2023 up 341.2% volatile
82 Congo 3.3% 2021 up 22.1% volatile
83 Albania 3.1% 2023 down 28.5% volatile
84 North Macedonia 3.0% 2023 up 9.5% volatile
85 Kyrgyzstan 3.0% 2023 down 60.6% volatile
86 Namibia 2.9% 2023 down 21.1% falling
87 Honduras 2.6% 2023 down 52.2% volatile
88 Uzbekistan 2.6% 2023 up 54.7% rising
89 El Salvador 2.5% 2023 up 81.2% volatile
90 Iraq 2.4% 2023 up 11.9% volatile
91 Saint Lucia 2.3% 2023 down 12.4% volatile
92 Gabon 1.9% 2015 up 26.3% volatile
93 Belize 1.9% 2023 down 56.0% volatile
94 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.9% 2023 down 63.7% volatile
95 Montenegro 1.7% 2023 down 58.3% flat
96 Georgia 1.7% 2023 down 73.1% volatile
97 Dominican Republic 1.6% 2023 up 152.6% volatile
98 Mongolia 1.6% 2023 down 65.0% volatile
99 Suriname 1.5% 2023 up 42.8% volatile
100 Ecuador 1.4% 2023 up 198.0% volatile
101 Armenia 1.2% 2023 down 73.2% volatile
102 Guatemala 1.2% 2023 down 50.6% volatile
103 Philippines 1.1% 2023 up 404.1% volatile
104 Paraguay 1.1% 2023 up 29.8% volatile
105 Guyana 1.1% 2023 down 73.8% volatile
106 Serbia 1.1% 2023 down 63.6% volatile
107 South Africa 1.1% 2023 up 14.6% falling
108 Colombia 1.0% 2023 up 9.1% volatile
109 Libya 1.0% 2023 up 260.2% volatile
110 Morocco 1.0% 2023 down 75.3% volatile
111 Panama 0.9% 2023 up 3,590.6% volatile
112 Seychelles 0.8% 2017 up 39.2% volatile
113 Syria 0.8% 2010 down 66.1% volatile
114 Jamaica 0.8% 2023 down 8.5% volatile
115 Iran 0.7% 2000 up 50.7% volatile
116 Peru 0.7% 2023 up 23.0% volatile
117 Antigua and Barbuda 0.7% 2021 down 60.8% volatile
118 Barbados 0.6% 2010 up 462.2% volatile
119 Croatia 0.6% 2010 down 17.1% falling
120 Bahrain 0.5% 2004 down 59.8% volatile
121 Egypt 0.5% 2023 down 93.8% volatile
122 Angola 0.4% 2023 down 5.8% volatile
123 Mauritius 0.4% 2023 down 63.4% volatile
124 Azerbaijan 0.4% 2023 up 242.1% volatile
125 Slovenia 0.4% 2002 up 272.2% volatile
126 Cyprus 0.4% 1996 down 81.3% volatile
127 Costa Rica 0.4% 2023 up 123.4% volatile
128 Turkey 0.4% 2023 down 61.5% volatile
129 Indonesia 0.4% 2023 up 1,206.4% volatile
130 Algeria 0.4% 2023 up 28.3% volatile
131 Malta 0.3% 2002 up 56.4% volatile
132 India 0.3% 2023 down 39.2% volatile
133 Argentina 0.2% 2023 up 600.8% volatile
134 Vietnam 0.2% 2023 down 92.0% volatile
135 Uruguay 0.2% 2017 down 50.3% volatile
136 Belarus 0.2% 2023 up 3.7% volatile
137 Bahamas 0.2% 1995 up 374.4% volatile
138 Brazil 0.2% 2023 down 48.5% volatile
139 Venezuela 0.1% 2016 up 11.0% volatile
140 Kazakhstan 0.1% 2023 down 23.0% volatile
141 Chile 0.1% 2017 down 46.7% volatile
142 Mexico 0.1% 2023 down 49.1% volatile
143 Trinidad and Tobago 0.1% 2010 up 248.5% volatile
144 Kuwait 0.0% 1995 down 24.1% volatile
145 Oman 0.0% 2010 down 97.7% volatile
146 Thailand 0.0% 2023 up 155.5% volatile
147 Singapore 0.0% 1995 down 86.4% volatile
148 Malaysia 0.0% 2023 up 104.9% volatile
149 China -0.0% 2023 up 73.2% volatile
150 South Korea -0.0% 1999 down 148.5% volatile
151 Saudi Arabia -0.1% 2007 down 3,697.6% volatile
152 Aruba -0.4% 1999 down 109.5% 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 imports of goods, services and primary income)
Unit
% of imports of goods, services and primary income
Source
Development Assistance Committee, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
198 places, 7,364 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).