Development aid received — all countries

Development aid received — Low-income countries

Development aid received in low-income countries in 2023 — 51,120,190,978 US$. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 19,026.1%.

2023 51.12B US$ +10.77% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 53.91B US$2020
Period minimum 267M US$1960

Trend over time

1960–2023 · US$

Development aid received — Low-income countries, 1960–2023020B40B60B19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 267,279,996 US$1962: 433,340,004 US$1964: 505,089,994 US$1966: 616,580,002 US$1968: 548,599,999 US$1970: 544,710,008 US$1972: 839,300,004 US$1974: 2,356,250,000 US$1976: 2,944,080,042 US$1978: 4,061,580,074 US$1980: 6,506,819,997 US$1982: 5,844,140,013 US$1984: 5,307,780,004 US$1986: 7,040,729,994 US$1988: 8,134,559,974 US$1990: 10,407,469,914 US$1992: 9,496,199,986 US$1994: 10,234,171,230 US$1996: 7,779,465,099 US$1998: 7,232,326,740 US$2000: 6,518,919,750 US$2002: 11,399,237,896 US$2004: 16,385,173,069 US$2006: 19,989,190,928 US$2008: 27,330,097,656 US$2010: 29,550,570,091 US$2012: 32,061,948,647 US$2014: 34,707,266,014 US$2016: 39,635,178,238 US$2018: 49,336,115,410 US$2020: 53,907,986,660 US$2022: 46,148,489,392 US$2023: 51,120,190,978 US$
Change over the period: +50.85B (+19,026.08%) Average annual rate: 8.7 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Low-income countries

Low-income countries 51.12B US$
World 259B US$
Development aid received — Low-income countries, by year Low-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2023 51.12B +4.97B +10.77%
2022 46.15B −6.58B −12.48%
2021 52.73B −1.18B −2.18%
2020 53.91B +7.32B +15.7%
2019 46.59B −2.74B −5.56%
2018 49.34B +5.12B +11.58%
2017 44.22B +4.58B +11.56%
2016 39.64B +4.39B +12.47%
2015 35.24B +534M +1.54%
2014 34.71B +486M +1.42%
2013 34.22B +2.16B +6.73%
2012 32.06B −1.88B −5.54%
2011 33.94B +4.39B +14.86%
2010 29.55B +692M +2.4%
2009 28.86B +1.53B +5.59%
2008 27.33B +3.09B +12.76%
2007 24.24B +4.25B +21.25%
2006 19.99B +2.02B +11.24%
2005 17.97B +1.58B +9.67%
2004 16.39B −251M −1.51%
2003 16.64B +5.24B +45.94%
2002 11.4B +3.38B +42.15%
2001 8.02B +1.5B +23.02%
2000 6.52B −277M −4.07%
1999 6.8B −437M −6.04%
1998 7.23B −165M −2.23%
1997 7.4B −383M −4.92%
1996 7.78B −1.28B −14.17%
1995 9.06B −1.17B −11.44%
1994 10.23B +1.24B +13.83%
1993 8.99B −506M −5.32%
1992 9.5B −340M −3.46%
1991 9.84B −571M −5.49%
1990 10.41B +2.41B +30.08%
1989 8B −134M −1.64%
1988 8.13B −46.96M −0.57%
1987 8.18B +1.14B +16.2%
1986 7.04B +737M +11.69%
1985 6.3B +996M +18.76%
1984 5.31B −178M −3.24%
1983 5.49B −358M −6.13%
1982 5.84B −328M −5.32%
1981 6.17B −335M −5.14%
1980 6.51B +573M +9.66%
1979 5.93B +1.87B +46.09%
1978 4.06B +515M +14.53%
1977 3.55B +602M +20.46%
1976 2.94B −47.65M −1.59%
1975 2.99B +635M +26.97%
1974 2.36B +1.01B +75.48%
1973 1.34B +503M +59.99%
1972 839M +193M +29.87%
1971 646M +102M +18.65%
1970 545M +29.5M +5.73%
1969 515M −33.39M −6.09%
1968 549M +34.35M +6.68%
1967 514M −102M −16.6%
1966 617M +24.18M +4.08%
1965 592M +87.31M +17.29%
1964 505M +123M +32.05%
1963 383M −50.83M −11.73%
1962 433M +98.29M +29.34%
1961 335M +67.77M +25.36%
1960 267M

About the indicator

Net official development assistance received: grants and concessional loans from states and international organizations, less repayments of principal on earlier concessional loans. The word net matters here — for a country that borrowed heavily in the past the value can turn out negative, if repayments exceed new receipts. The comparison with remittances is telling: for most middle-income countries remittances have long been several times larger than aid.

Important: A net quantity: repayments of earlier concessional loans are deducted, so negative values are possible. Military aid does not count as official development assistance.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.