Net official development assistance received per capita (current US$) by country
Aid per capita includes both official development assistance (ODA) and official aid, and is calculated by dividing total aid by the midyear population estimate.
What the numbers show
Net official development assistance received per capita (current US$) is currently reported for 53 countries. The highest value is 490.73 current US$ in Cape Verde; the lowest is 4.99 current US$ in Egypt.
The median across all reporting countries is 67.52 current US$, and the mean is 85.89 current US$.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 98.
Over the past decade 46 countries rose and 7 fell. The largest increase was in Libya (up 10,822.3%), and the largest decrease in Egypt (down 73.7%).
Net official development assistance received per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cape Verde | 490.73 current US$ | 2011 | up 182.9% | volatile |
| 2 | Sao Tome and Principe | 445.51 current US$ | 2011 | up 66.6% | volatile |
| 3 | Seychelles | 248.02 current US$ | 2011 | up 52.2% | volatile |
| 4 | Liberia | 185.41 current US$ | 2011 | up 1,316.3% | volatile |
| 5 | Djibouti | 156.39 current US$ | 2011 | up 97.7% | rising |
| 6 | Mauritius | 148.94 current US$ | 2011 | up 749.8% | volatile |
| 7 | Namibia | 122.46 current US$ | 2011 | up 111.5% | volatile |
| 8 | Eswatini | 121.5 current US$ | 2011 | up 321.9% | volatile |
| 9 | Lesotho | 120.6 current US$ | 2011 | up 335.2% | volatile |
| 10 | Rwanda | 115.53 current US$ | 2011 | up 220.5% | volatile |
| 11 | Somalia | 114.64 current US$ | 2011 | up 483.4% | volatile |
| 12 | Mauritania | 104.54 current US$ | 2011 | up 0.5% | volatile |
| 13 | Libya | 99.98 current US$ | 2011 | up 10,822.3% | volatile |
| 14 | Togo | 90.52 current US$ | 2011 | up 867.7% | volatile |
| 15 | Mozambique | 85.52 current US$ | 2011 | up 66.4% | volatile |
| 16 | Senegal | 82.39 current US$ | 2011 | up 86.1% | volatile |
| 17 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 81.49 current US$ | 2011 | up 1,593.4% | volatile |
| 18 | Mali | 80.23 current US$ | 2011 | up 165.5% | volatile |
| 19 | Zambia | 79.62 current US$ | 2011 | up 45.8% | volatile |
| 20 | Guinea-Bissau | 76.78 current US$ | 2011 | up 60.0% | volatile |
| 21 | Gambia | 76.09 current US$ | 2011 | up 92.3% | volatile |
| 22 | Benin | 74.42 current US$ | 2011 | up 80.0% | volatile |
| 23 | Ghana | 72.71 current US$ | 2011 | up 122.8% | volatile |
| 24 | Cote d'Ivoire | 71.3 current US$ | 2011 | up 547.9% | volatile |
| 25 | Sierra Leone | 70.73 current US$ | 2011 | down 9.1% | volatile |
| 26 | Comoros | 68.4 current US$ | 2011 | up 43.3% | flat |
| 27 | Burundi | 67.52 current US$ | 2011 | up 215.4% | volatile |
| 28 | Botswana | 62.2 current US$ | 2011 | up 280.5% | volatile |
| 29 | Tunisia | 61.58 current US$ | 2011 | up 63.0% | rising |
| 30 | Congo | 61.28 current US$ | 2011 | up 166.9% | volatile |
| 31 | Central African Republic | 60.61 current US$ | 2011 | up 198.9% | volatile |
| 32 | Kenya | 59.46 current US$ | 2011 | up 304.8% | volatile |
| 33 | Burkina Faso | 58.35 current US$ | 2011 | up 81.8% | volatile |
| 34 | Zimbabwe | 56.31 current US$ | 2011 | up 340.0% | volatile |
| 35 | Tanzania | 52.9 current US$ | 2011 | up 45.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Malawi | 51.9 current US$ | 2011 | up 46.2% | volatile |
| 37 | Gabon | 49.29 current US$ | 2011 | up 630.0% | volatile |
| 38 | Uganda | 45.79 current US$ | 2011 | up 39.2% | volatile |
| 39 | Ethiopia | 41.77 current US$ | 2011 | up 154.8% | volatile |
| 40 | Chad | 40.85 current US$ | 2011 | up 84.5% | volatile |
| 41 | Niger | 40.38 current US$ | 2011 | up 76.3% | volatile |
| 42 | Morocco | 38.33 current US$ | 2011 | up 131.8% | volatile |
| 43 | Equatorial Guinea | 33.59 current US$ | 2011 | up 36.3% | volatile |
| 44 | Sudan | 32.72 current US$ | 2011 | up 380.0% | volatile |
| 45 | Cameroon | 31.11 current US$ | 2011 | up 9.0% | volatile |
| 46 | South Africa | 25.17 current US$ | 2011 | up 165.8% | rising |
| 47 | Eritrea | 25.09 current US$ | 2011 | down 66.3% | volatile |
| 48 | Guinea | 20.34 current US$ | 2011 | down 40.3% | volatile |
| 49 | Madagascar | 19.18 current US$ | 2011 | down 17.9% | volatile |
| 50 | Nigeria | 11.16 current US$ | 2011 | up 702.5% | volatile |
| 51 | Angola | 10.17 current US$ | 2011 | down 48.2% | volatile |
| 52 | Algeria | 5.77 current US$ | 2011 | down 10.0% | volatile |
| 53 | Egypt | 4.99 current US$ | 2011 | down 73.7% | volatile |
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 67.87 current US$
- Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa 56.56 current US$
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 54.75 current US$
- Sub-Saharan Africa 54.73 current US$
- Africa 49.41 current US$
- North Africa 22.14 current US$
About this data
Aid per capita includes both official development assistance (ODA) and official aid, and is calculated by dividing total aid by the midyear population estimate.