Development aid received — all countries

Development aid received — Sub-Saharan Africa

Development aid received in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2023 — 64,836,446,621 US$. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 10,754%.

2023 64.84B US$ +6.24% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 68.08B US$2020
Period minimum 597M US$1960

Trend over time

1960–2023 · US$

Development aid received — Sub-Saharan Africa, 1960–2023020B40B60B80B19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 597,350,009 US$1962: 911,699,987 US$1964: 1,010,860,001 US$1966: 1,148,899,996 US$1968: 1,152,540,007 US$1970: 1,169,230,008 US$1972: 1,443,020,011 US$1974: 2,584,690,020 US$1976: 3,207,760,023 US$1978: 5,199,680,029 US$1980: 7,716,130,016 US$1982: 7,855,899,985 US$1984: 8,374,050,043 US$1986: 11,014,749,968 US$1988: 14,495,250,048 US$1990: 17,841,889,973 US$1992: 19,241,036,949 US$1994: 19,194,356,853 US$1996: 16,350,732,193 US$1998: 14,476,840,950 US$2000: 13,057,708,827 US$2002: 19,048,820,065 US$2004: 26,488,512,698 US$2006: 41,197,020,264 US$2008: 40,255,195,192 US$2010: 38,794,150,093 US$2012: 46,763,203,549 US$2014: 46,459,736,116 US$2016: 44,314,741,253 US$2018: 50,908,974,332 US$2020: 68,079,235,101 US$2022: 61,025,783,552 US$2023: 64,836,446,621 US$
Change over the period: +64.24B (+10,754.01%) Average annual rate: 7.72 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sub-Saharan Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa 64.84B US$
World 259B US$
Development aid received — Sub-Saharan Africa, by year Sub-Saharan Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2023 64.84B +3.81B +6.24%
2022 61.03B −3.48B −5.4%
2021 64.51B −3.57B −5.24%
2020 68.08B +14.69B +27.52%
2019 53.39B +2.48B +4.87%
2018 50.91B +1.34B +2.7%
2017 49.57B +5.26B +11.86%
2016 44.31B −458M −1.02%
2015 44.77B −1.69B −3.63%
2014 46.46B −1.24B −2.61%
2013 47.7B +940M +2.01%
2012 46.76B −569M −1.2%
2011 47.33B +8.54B +22.01%
2010 38.79B −5.51B −12.45%
2009 44.31B +4.05B +10.07%
2008 40.26B +4.08B +11.29%
2007 36.17B −5.02B −12.2%
2006 41.2B +8.36B +25.45%
2005 32.84B +6.35B +23.97%
2004 26.49B +1.61B +6.47%
2003 24.88B +5.83B +30.61%
2002 19.05B +4.76B +33.32%
2001 14.29B +1.23B +9.42%
2000 13.06B −169M −1.28%
1999 13.23B −1.25B −8.64%
1998 14.48B −419M −2.81%
1997 14.9B −1.45B −8.9%
1996 16.35B −2.29B −12.27%
1995 18.64B −558M −2.91%
1994 19.19B +1.84B +10.63%
1993 17.35B −1.89B −9.83%
1992 19.24B +1.42B +7.96%
1991 17.82B −19.06M −0.11%
1990 17.84B +2.34B +15.1%
1989 15.5B +1.01B +6.94%
1988 14.5B +1.68B +13.14%
1987 12.81B +1.8B +16.32%
1986 11.01B +1.81B +19.64%
1985 9.21B +833M +9.94%
1984 8.37B +794M +10.48%
1983 7.58B −276M −3.52%
1982 7.86B +372M +4.97%
1981 7.48B −232M −3.01%
1980 7.72B +1.06B +15.84%
1979 6.66B +1.46B +28.11%
1978 5.2B +1.36B +35.38%
1977 3.84B +633M +19.73%
1976 3.21B −268M −7.71%
1975 3.48B +891M +34.47%
1974 2.58B +791M +44.13%
1973 1.79B +350M +24.27%
1972 1.44B +104M +7.78%
1971 1.34B +170M +14.5%
1970 1.17B +45.26M +4.03%
1969 1.12B −28.57M −2.48%
1968 1.15B −121M −9.51%
1967 1.27B +125M +10.86%
1966 1.15B +60.61M +5.57%
1965 1.09B +77.43M +7.66%
1964 1.01B +106M +11.7%
1963 905M −6.71M −0.74%
1962 912M +114M +14.24%
1961 798M +201M +33.6%
1960 597M

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.