Official development assistance as share of gross national income (source: DG INTPA, OECD)

Official development assistance (ODA) consists of grants or loans that are undertaken by the official sector with the objective of promoting economic development and welfare in recipient countries. Disbursements record the actual international transfer of financial resources, or of goods or services valued at the cost of the donor. ODA is here presented as a share of Gross National Income (GNI). GNI at market prices equals Gross Domestic Product (GDP) minus primary income payable by resident units to non-resident units, plus primary income receivable by resident units from the rest of the world. The list of countries and territories eligible to receive ODA is determined by the OECD’s Development Assistance Committee. Since reference year 2016, the EU27 (from 2020) aggregate refers to the ODA provided by the EU and its Member States 'EU collective ODA'.