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Global Aid Falls 23% in 2025 as Germany Becomes Top Donor

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Global Aid Falls 23% in 2025 as Germany Becomes Top Donor
Key Points
  • Overseas aid from wealthy countries fell by 23% in 2025, with Germany overtaking the US as top donor.
  • The US drove 75.1% of the global decline with a 57% aid budget cut, while other major donors also reduced support.
  • Aid to Sub-Saharan Africa and least developed countries dropped sharply, and the OECD forecasts further contraction in 2026.

3 billion (€149 billion) in 2025, OECD data shows. 77 billion). 1%) of the global decline, OECD figures indicate, after slashing its aid budget by 57% in 2025.

6%, according to OECD figures. 7%, respectively. The cuts have had severe impacts on multilateral and crisis funding.

2% year-on-year reduction from the United States, OECD figures show. S. 1% in 2025.

9 billion in 2025—a sum that exceeded bilateral aid to all Sub-Saharan African countries combined. Sub-Saharan Africa and the world's least developed nations bore devastating consequences. 5 billion in 2025, according to OECD data.

S. Agency for International Development (USAID) will contribute to tens of millions of deaths, according to sources. The 2025 decline can be partly explained by exceptional factors, including support to Ukraine and in-donor refugee costs, which led to increases in previous years.

The scale of the fall points to a deeper trend where development cooperation is becoming less central in national policy agendas. The outlook suggests further contraction. 8% decline in aid for 2026.

03%, followed by Luxembourg, Sweden, and Denmark, according to OECD figures.

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