A request has flooded in for the figures for my previous posting (“Is America stingy with aid?”).
So I have worked out league tables for the industrialised countries which rank countries according to:
- public and private giving measured in total dollars (the US is ranked 1st of 22)
- public and private giving as a percent of national income (the US is 21st out of 22)
- public and private giving per head of donor population (the US is 12th out of 22)
The league table is below. You may also want to look at this Center for Global Development briefing note about current aid figures, and at the Center for Global Development Commitment to Development index which adjusts total aid flows according the quality of that aid.
Aid and private donations
The following information is for aid from members of the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) in 2002-2003. The figures are calculated from the statistical annex of the DAC 2004 Development Cooperation Report.
Aid and private grants in US$m (2002-03)
Rank |
Country |
Government aid (ODA) |
Private grants |
Total |
| 1 | US | 16,254 | 6,326 | 22,580 |
| 2 | Japan | 8,880 | 335 | 9,215 |
| 3 | Germany | 6,784 | 1,008 | 7,792 |
| 4 | France | 7,253 | – | 7,253 |
| 5 | UK | 6,282 | 389 | 6,671 |
| 6 | Netherlands | 3,981 | 300 | 4,282 |
| 7 | Canada | 2,031 | 566 | 2,597 |
| 8 | Italy | 2,433 | 27 | 2,460 |
| 9 | Sweden | 2,400 | 23 | 2,424 |
| 10 | Norway | 2,042 | – | 2,042 |
| 11 | Belgium | 1,853 | 165 | 2,019 |
| 12 | Spain | 1,961 | – | 1,961 |
| 13 | Denmark | 1,748 | – | 1,748 |
| 14 | Switzerland | 1,299 | 280 | 1,580 |
| 15 | Australia | 1,219 | 337 | 1,556 |
| 16 | Ireland | 504 | 283 | 787 |
| 17 | Austria | 505 | 71 | 576 |
| 18 | Finland | 558 | 13 | 571 |
| 19 | Greece | 362 | 8 | 370 |
| 20 | Portugal | 320 | 4 | 324 |
| 21 | Luxembourg | 194 | 7 | 201 |
| 22 | New Zealand | 165 | 18 | 184 |
| Total DAC | 69,029 | 10,162 | 79,191 |
Aid and private grants as percent of GNI (2002-03)
Rank |
Country |
Government aid (ODA) |
Private grants |
Total |
| 1 | Norway | 0.92 | 0.00 | 0.92 |
| 2 | Netherlands | 0.80 | 0.06 | 0.86 |
| 3 | Denmark | 0.84 | 0.00 | 0.84 |
| 4 | Luxembourg | 0.81 | 0.03 | 0.84 |
| 5 | Sweden | 0.79 | 0.01 | 0.80 |
| 6 | Belgium | 0.60 | 0.05 | 0.66 |
| 7 | Ireland | 0.39 | 0.22 | 0.62 |
| 8 | Switzerland | 0.39 | 0.08 | 0.47 |
| 9 | France | 0.41 | 0.00 | 0.41 |
| 10 | UK | 0.34 | 0.02 | 0.36 |
| 11 | Finland | 0.35 | 0.01 | 0.36 |
| 12 | Germany | 0.28 | 0.04 | 0.33 |
| 13 | Australia | 0.25 | 0.07 | 0.32 |
| 14 | Canada | 0.24 | 0.07 | 0.30 |
| 15 | New Zealand | 0.23 | 0.02 | 0.25 |
| 16 | Spain | 0.23 | 0.00 | 0.23 |
| 17 | Austria | 0.20 | 0.03 | 0.23 |
| 18 | Portugal | 0.22 | 0.00 | 0.22 |
| 19 | Greece | 0.21 | 0.00 | 0.21 |
| 20 | Japan | 0.20 | 0.01 | 0.21 |
| 21 | US | 0.15 | 0.06 | 0.21 |
| 22 | Italy | 0.17 | 0.00 | 0.17 |
| Total DAC | 0.25 | 0.04 | 0.28 |
Aid and private grants per capita US$ (2002-03)
Rank |
Country |
Government aid (ODA) |
Private grants |
Total |
| 1 | Norway | 385 | 0 | 385 |
| 2 | Luxembourg | 351 | 12 | 363 |
| 3 | Denmark | 253 | 0 | 253 |
| 4 | Sweden | 217 | 2 | 219 |
| 5 | Netherlands | 190 | 14 | 204 |
| 6 | Switzerland | 153 | 33 | 186 |
| 7 | Ireland | 102 | 57 | 159 |
| 8 | Belgium | 140 | 12 | 152 |
| 9 | UK | 91 | 6 | 96 |
| 10 | Finland | 88 | 2 | 90 |
| 11 | France | 83 | 0 | 83 |
| 12 | US | 50 | 19 | 69 |
| 13 | Germany | 57 | 9 | 66 |
| 14 | Canada | 50 | 14 | 65 |
| 15 | Australia | 49 | 14 | 63 |
| 16 | Austria | 50 | 7 | 57 |
| 17 | Japan | 53 | 2 | 55 |
| 18 | Spain | 36 | 0 | 36 |
| 19 | New Zealand | 32 | 4 | 35 |
| 20 | Italy | 32 | 0 | 32 |
| 21 | Greece | 26 | 1 | 27 |
| 22 | Portugal | 25 | 0 | 26 |
| Total DAC | 64 | 9 | 73 |
