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
145
Highest
598.4%
Yemen
Lowest
-152.7%
Djibouti
Median
7.2%
Years covered
64
1960–2023
Data points
7,922
What the numbers show
Net ODA received (% of gross capital formation) is currently reported for 145 countries. The highest value is 598.4% in Yemen; the lowest is -152.7% in Djibouti.
The median across all reporting countries is 7.2%, and the mean is 28.9%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 69 countries rose and 72 fell. The largest increase was in Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of (up 16,032.0%), and the largest decrease in Saudi Arabia (down 2,787.9%).
Net ODA received: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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, State of | 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 | Timor-Leste | 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 | Republic of 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 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 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 | Côte 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 |
| 57 | Kosovo | 11.3% | 2023 | down 59.8% | 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, United Republic of | 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 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 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, Plurinational State of | 7.7% | 2023 | down 36.1% | volatile |
| 72 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 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 | Syrian Arab Republic | 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 | Viet Nam | 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 | Türkiye | 0.4% | 2023 | down 58.4% | volatile |
| 122 | Indonesia | 0.3% | 2023 | up 1,133.7% | volatile |
| 123 | Brunei Darussalam | 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, Islamic Republic of | 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 | Macau, China | 0.0% | 1999 | down 37.8% | volatile |
| 139 | Hong Kong, China | 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 | Republic of 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.
- Pacific island small states 76.3%
- European Union 0.0%
- Low income 36.6%
- Euro area 0.0%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 21.5%
- IDA only 17.7%
- Least developed countries 16.5%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 15.9%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 13.6%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 13.6%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 12.2%
- IDA total 12.0%
- Small states 8.6%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 7.2%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 6.5%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 6.5%
- Other small states 6.2%
- Arab World 5.2%
- Lower middle income 2.9%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 2.6%
- Low & middle income 2.0%
- Early-demographic dividend 1.9%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 1.5%
- IDA & IBRD total 1.0%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 0.9%
- Middle income 0.9%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.9%
- World 0.9%
- Latin America & Caribbean 0.8%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.8%
- South Asia 0.8%
- Europe & Central Asia 0.7%
- Upper middle income 0.5%
- IBRD only 0.3%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 0.1%
- Late-demographic dividend 0.1%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.1%
- East Asia & Pacific 0.1%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 0.0%
- OECD members 0.0%
About this data
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).