Net ODA received per capita from DAC donors(current US$) by country

Official development assistance and net official aid record the actual international transfer by the donor of financial resources or of goods or services valued at the cost to the donor, less any repayments of loan principal during the same period. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Countries reporting
52
Highest
441.62 current US$
Cape Verde
Lowest
2.78 current US$
Egypt
Median
36.51 current US$
Years covered
52
1960–2011
Data points
2,887

What the numbers show

Net ODA received per capita from DAC donors(current US$) is currently reported for 52 countries. The highest value is 441.62 current US$ in Cape Verde; the lowest is 2.78 current US$ in Egypt.

The median across all reporting countries is 36.51 current US$, and the mean is 51 current US$.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 159.

Over the past decade 45 countries rose and 7 fell. The largest increase was in Libya (up 10,762.8%), and the largest decrease in Eritrea (down 84.5%).

Net ODA received per capita from DAC donors: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Cape Verde 441.62 current US$ 2011 up 301.1% volatile
2 Sao Tome and Principe 225.01 current US$ 2011 up 47.1% volatile
3 Liberia 126.56 current US$ 2011 up 2,280.1% volatile
4 Namibia 100.62 current US$ 2011 up 148.4% volatile
6 Mauritius 88.29 current US$ 2011 up 1,204.6% volatile
7 Somalia 78.93 current US$ 2011 up 577.6% volatile
8 Seychelles 77.21 current US$ 2011 down 23.9% volatile
9 Libya 72.15 current US$ 2011 up 10,762.8% volatile
10 Mozambique 71.08 current US$ 2011 up 84.1% volatile
11 Lesotho 64.87 current US$ 2011 up 337.5% volatile
12 Democratic Republic of Congo 62.71 current US$ 2011 up 2,129.9% volatile
13 Eswatini 62.67 current US$ 2011 up 1,428.5% volatile
14 Rwanda 54 current US$ 2011 up 206.7% volatile
15 Togo 53.33 current US$ 2011 up 821.7% volatile
16 Zambia 52.03 current US$ 2011 up 98.3% volatile
17 Mali 49.35 current US$ 2011 up 175.3% volatile
18 Benin 46.74 current US$ 2011 up 117.4% volatile
19 Senegal 46.19 current US$ 2011 up 101.3% volatile
20 Tunisia 45.98 current US$ 2011 up 139.5% rising
21 Botswana 44.34 current US$ 2011 up 226.9% volatile
22 Zimbabwe 42.32 current US$ 2011 up 258.1% volatile
23 Congo 42.25 current US$ 2011 up 358.3% volatile
24 Gabon 40.12 current US$ 2011 up 735.0% volatile
25 Kenya 37.57 current US$ 2011 up 346.4% volatile
26 Comoros 37.42 current US$ 2011 up 125.3% volatile
27 Mauritania 36.92 current US$ 2011 up 23.4% volatile
28 Ghana 36.1 current US$ 2011 up 83.3% volatile
29 Tanzania 35.95 current US$ 2011 up 33.6% volatile
30 Cote d'Ivoire 35.83 current US$ 2011 up 281.8% volatile
31 Guinea-Bissau 33.83 current US$ 2011 up 40.7% volatile
32 Burundi 31.84 current US$ 2011 up 278.2% volatile
33 Equatorial Guinea 30.03 current US$ 2011 up 23.3% volatile
34 Sierra Leone 29.29 current US$ 2011 down 24.5% volatile
35 Malawi 29.27 current US$ 2011 up 73.0% volatile
36 Uganda 28.82 current US$ 2011 up 86.1% volatile
37 Burkina Faso 27.53 current US$ 2011 up 57.5% volatile
38 Morocco 26.08 current US$ 2011 up 122.0% volatile
39 Central African Republic 24.14 current US$ 2011 up 89.8% volatile
40 Ethiopia 23.28 current US$ 2011 up 326.3% volatile
41 Chad 21.5 current US$ 2011 up 151.4% volatile
42 Gambia 20.57 current US$ 2011 up 105.4% volatile
43 South Africa 20.44 current US$ 2011 up 192.6% rising
44 Sudan 19.6 current US$ 2011 up 412.7% volatile
45 Niger 18.82 current US$ 2011 up 87.3% volatile
46 Cameroon 16.31 current US$ 2011 down 25.6% volatile
47 Madagascar 10.67 current US$ 2011 up 15.8% volatile
48 Guinea 8.07 current US$ 2011 down 44.0% volatile
49 Eritrea 6.15 current US$ 2011 down 84.5% volatile
50 Angola 6.03 current US$ 2011 down 51.9% volatile
51 Nigeria 5.27 current US$ 2011 up 531.3% volatile
52 Algeria 3.26 current US$ 2011 up 59.3% volatile
53 Egypt 2.78 current US$ 2011 down 82.5% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Net ODA received per capita from DAC donors(current US$)
Unit
current US$
Source
Development Assistance Committee of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Geographical Distribution of Financial Flows to Developing Countries, Development Co-operation Report, a
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
59 places, 2,887 data points, 1960–2011
Last refreshed

Official development assistance and net official aid record the actual international transfer by the donor of financial resources or of goods or services valued at the cost to the donor, less any repayments of loan principal during the same period. Data are in current U.S. dollars.