This is a list of countries by spending on development aid. The list is based on official development assistance (ODA) figures published by the OECD for countries that are members of its Development Assistance Committee (DAC), which includes the European Union. Non-DAC members included in the OECD's publishing are listed separately.
The largest donor countries in 2015 were the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Japan and France. Sweden made the largest contribution as a percentage of gross national income (GNI) at 1.40% and the United Nations’ ODA target of 0.7% of GNI was also exceeded by the UAE, Norway, Luxembourg, Denmark, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom.
To qualify as official development assistance, a contribution must contain three elements:
Thus, by definition, ODA does not include private donations.
The OECD's Development Assistance Committee members' total budget reached 132 billion dollars in 2015 and was contributed by the following countries:
Non-DAC members reported the following figures to the OECD in 2015:
The OECD also lists Development Assistance Committee members by the amount of ODA they spend as a percentage of their gross national income:
Non-DAC members reported the following figures to the OECD in 2015:
Notes: