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Official and private flows by donor

Net disbursements
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What you should know about this indicator

  • Total official flows incorporate the sum of concessional and non-concessional flows to developing countries, including export credits, which have a primarily commercial motive. Private flows are defined as flows at market terms and financed out of private sector resources and private grants.
  • Disbursements refer to money actually given/received, which can differ from what was originally pledged. These are also net disbursements: grants and loans are valued in the same way by recording the flows of cash that were granted, or the face value of loans that were lent to developing countries, deducting any loan repayments. The method does not reflect actual efforts by donor countries, given that grants and loans themselves represent different efforts from donors. From 2018, headline figures from the OECD are based on the , which is a more accurate reflection of the effort made by donor countries.
  • The data is measured in constant 2022 US$ – this adjusts for inflation.

From OECD's indicator explainer

Total official and private flows are defined as the sum of official development assistance, other official flows and private flows. This represents the total (gross or net) disbursements by the official and private sector of the creditor country to the recipient country. Total official flows incorporate the sum of concessional and non-concessional flows to developing countries, including export credits, which have a primarily commercial motive. Private flows are defined as flows at market terms and financed out of private sector resources and private grants.

Official and private flows by donor
Net disbursements
Total official and private flows are defined as the sum of official development assistance, other official flows and private flows. This represents the total net disbursements by the official and private sector of the creditor country to the recipient country. Monetary aid is estimated as net disbursements. This data is expressed in US dollars. It is adjusted for inflation.
Source
OECD (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Last updated
August 21, 2024
Next expected update
August 2025
Date range
1960–2022
Unit
constant 2022 US$

Sources and processing

This data is based on the following sources

This database provides aggregates on official development assistance (ODA), other official flows (OOF) and flows from non-governmental organisations (NGOs) or philanthropic foundations. These statistics are shown by provider over time.

Retrieved on
August 21, 2024
Retrieved from
https://www.oecd.org/en/topics/policy-issues/official-development-assistance-oda.html
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OECD (2024). OECD Official Development Assistance (ODA) - DAC1: Flows by donor (ODA+OOF+Private). OECD Data Explorer.

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“Data Page: Official and private flows by donor”, part of the following publication: Bastian Herre and Pablo Arriagada (2024) - “Foreign Aid”. Data adapted from OECD. Retrieved from https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/foreign-aid-and-investments-given [online resource]
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OECD (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. “Official and private flows by donor – Net disbursements” [dataset]. OECD, “OECD Official Development Assistance (ODA) - DAC1: Flows by donor (ODA+OOF+Private)” [original data]. Retrieved November 22, 2024 from https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/foreign-aid-and-investments-given