Net ODA received (% of GNP) by country

Aid includes both official development assistance (ODA) and official aid. Ratios are computed using values in U.S. dollars converted at official exchange rates.

Countries reporting

Highest

53.6%

Liberia

Lowest

0.1%

Libya

Median

7.4%

Years covered

1960–2011

Data points

2,528

What the numbers show

Net ODA received (% of GNP) is currently reported for 50 countries. The highest value is 53.6% in Liberia; the lowest is 0.1% in Libya.

The median across all reporting countries is 7.4%, and the mean is 9.3%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 809.

Over the past decade 17 countries rose and 32 fell. The largest increase was in Democratic Republic of Congo (up 575.4%), and the largest decrease in Angola (down 97.7%).

Net ODA received: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	Liberia	53.6%	2011	up 407.7%	volatile
2	Democratic Republic of Congo	38.4%	2011	up 575.4%	volatile
3	Sao Tome and Principe	30.2%	2011	down 41.0%	falling
4	Burundi	24.8%	2011	up 48.9%	volatile
5	Rwanda	20.0%	2011	up 8.4%	volatile
6	Mozambique	16.3%	2011	down 36.0%	volatile
7	Gambia	15.6%	2011	up 93.4%	volatile
8	Togo	15.5%	2011	up 338.8%	volatile
9	Djibouti	14.9%	2009	up 8.8%	falling
10	Malawi	14.5%	2011	down 40.2%	rising
11	Sierra Leone	14.5%	2011	down 54.4%	volatile
12	Cape Verde	13.3%	2011	down 4.0%	falling
14	Mali	12.3%	2011	down 13.7%	rising
15	Guinea-Bissau	12.3%	2011	down 63.0%	volatile
16	Ethiopia	11.7%	2011	down 15.0%	rising
17	Niger	10.9%	2011	down 18.8%	rising
18	Tanzania	10.4%	2011	down 16.6%	falling
19	Uganda	9.6%	2011	down 32.8%	volatile
20	Burkina Faso	9.5%	2011	down 34.6%	rising
21	Benin	9.3%	2011	down 16.5%	rising
22	Mauritania	9.2%	2011	down 59.0%	volatile
23	Lesotho	9.0%	2011	up 76.4%	falling
24	Comoros	8.5%	2011	down 32.3%	volatile
25	Senegal	7.4%	2011	down 17.3%	rising
26	Zimbabwe	7.4%	2011	up 197.1%	volatile
27	Kenya	7.4%	2011	up 100.5%	volatile
28	Cote d'Ivoire	6.2%	2011	up 232.6%	volatile
29	Zambia	6.1%	2011	down 62.8%	volatile
30	Eritrea	5.3%	2011	down 87.3%	volatile
31	Chad	4.9%	2011	down 56.1%	volatile
32	Ghana	4.8%	2011	down 61.1%	volatile
33	Guinea	4.5%	2011	down 57.3%	falling
34	Madagascar	4.2%	2011	down 49.2%	volatile
35	Eswatini	3.2%	2011	up 61.1%	volatile
36	Cameroon	2.5%	2011	down 51.2%	rising
37	Namibia	2.4%	2011	down 24.9%	volatile
38	Congo	2.4%	2011	down 36.8%	volatile
39	Seychelles	2.1%	2011	down 5.8%	volatile
40	Sudan	1.9%	2011	up 25.9%	volatile
41	Mauritius	1.7%	2011	up 270.3%	volatile
42	Tunisia	1.5%	2011	down 13.7%	volatile
43	Morocco	1.3%	2011	down 4.4%	volatile
44	Nigeria	0.8%	2011	up 105.4%	volatile
45	Botswana	0.7%	2011	up 49.3%	volatile
46	Gabon	0.5%	2011	up 145.0%	volatile
48	Angola	0.2%	2011	down 97.7%	volatile
49	Egypt	0.2%	2011	down 86.1%	volatile
50	Equatorial Guinea	0.2%	2011	down 88.7%	volatile
51	Algeria	0.1%	2011	down 69.1%	volatile
52	Libya	0.1%	2009	—	rising

Regions and income groups

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

Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria 7.4%
Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa 5.6%
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 3.9%
Sub-Saharan Africa 3.9%
Africa 2.7%
North Africa 0.6%
Central African Republic 12.4%
South Africa 0.3%

About this data

Indicator: Net ODA received (% of GNP)
Unit: % of GNP
Source: Development Assistance Committee of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, and World Bank GNI estimates
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 58 places, 2,528 data points, 1960–2011
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Aid includes both official development assistance (ODA) and official aid. Ratios are computed using values in U.S. dollars converted at official exchange rates.