How Britain measures up in foreign aid spending
How much aid does the UK actually contribute compared to other countries? Only six countries managed to meet their UN target of keeping foreign aid above 0.7 percent of gross national income last year and they were Denmark, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the UK. The UK contributed £13.4 billion, second only to the US. This chart recently featured on the indy100.
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This chart shows net official development assistance from OECD countries in 2015.
Public sector expenditure on foreign economic aid in the United Kingdom from 2011/12 to 2025/26 (in billion GBP)
Net official development aid from the Nordic countries from 2000 to 2022, by country (as percent of GNI)
Public sector expenditure on foreign military aid in the United Kingdom from 2011/12 to 2025/26 (in billion GBP)
Total spent in aid in response to the Syrian crisis by the United Kingdom (UK) government from fiscal year 2011/2012 to fiscal year 2014/2015, by country (in million GBP)
Total official and private aid flows from the Nordic countries from 2000 to 2021, by country (in million U.S. dollars)
Official development aid from the Nordic countries in 2021, by sector (in million U.S. dollars)
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