In 2014, final figures for net official development assistance (ODA) flows from DAC (OECD Development Assistance Committee) member countries totalled $137.2 billion, marking an increase of 1.2 per cent in real terms over 2013 and surpassing the all-time high in 2013. As a share of GNI, ODA was 0.30 per cent.

Preliminary ODA figures for 2014, published in April 2015, indicated a slight decline (0.5 per cent) in total net ODA compared to 2013 but this decline was reversed in the final data, as several members reported slightly higher volumes of aid for certain items (for example Italy reported about $600 million more in its final data, mostly for in-donor refugee costs).

In the past 15 years, net ODA has been rising steadily and has increased by nearly 70 per cent since 2000.

The largest DAC donor countries by volume were the US, the UK, Germany, France and Japan. Denmark, Luxembourg, Norway, Sweden and the UK continued to exceed the United Nations’ ODA target of 0.7 per cent of GNI.

Net ODA disbursements by EU institutions amounted to $16.5 billion

G7 countries provided 71 per cent of total net DAC ODA in 2014, and the DAC-EU countries 55 per cent.

Net ODA disbursements by EU institutions amounted to $16.5 billion.

The largest recipient of total net ODA in 2014 was Afghanistan, which received $4.8 billion. Vietnam and the Syrian Arab Republic were the next largest recipients, receiving $4.2 billion each, followed by Pakistan, Ethiopia ($3.6 billion each), Egypt ($3.5 billion) and Turkey ($3.4 billion). Total net ODA allocations to the Middle East region (i.e. amounts unspecified by recipient country) amounted to $12.3 billion.

Total ODA to the group of least developed countries was $43.7 billion, a decrease of 9.3 per cent in real terms compared to 2013. Much of this was the result of lower levels of debt relief, which was relatively high in 2013 due to assistance to Myanmar. Excluding debt relief grants, ODA to the least developed countries fell by about 4.6 per cent.

Total ODA to sub-Saharan Africa was $44.3 billion, a decrease of 4.4 per cent in real terms from 2013. Excluding debt relief, the decrease was 2.7 per cent.

For further information, one may visit http://www.oecd.org/dac/stats/final2014oda.htm.

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