Overseas Aid
(asked on 16th March 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much Official Development Assistance his Department has allocated to (a) Commonwealth and (b) non-Commonwealth countries in each of the last five years.
The table below sets out how much UK bilateral Official Development Assistance (ODA) was received by Commonwealth and Non-Commonwealth countries between 2014 and 2018.
UK Bilateral ODA to Commonwealth and Non-Commonwealth countries: 2014 to 2018
£ millions
ODA Recipient | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
Commonwealth Countries | 2,005 | 2,121 | 2,001 | 1,961 | 1,748 |
Non-Commonwealth Countries | 2,024 | 2,501 | 2,839 | 2,922 | 2,765 |
Regional/Developing Countries, unspecified | 2,793 | 3,040 | 3,695 | 3,920 | 4,750 |
Total UK Bilateral ODA | 6,822 | 7,662 | 8,534 | 8,803 | 9,263 |
Note: These figures are based on the Commonwealth Countries that are currently members in March 2020
Source: Statistics on International Development: Final UK Aid Spend 2018
Bilateral ODA is spending where the UK has specified what the ODA is spent on and in which country or countries. In 2018, Bilateral ODA accounted for 64% of total UK ODA. The remaining proportion of ODA (36%) is delivered in the form of core contributions to ODA-eligible Multilaterals. These contributions are spent by Multilaterals on projects that benefit developing countries across the world, including in many Commonwealth countries. In 2018, the UK provided £5.3 billion in core contributions to Multilaterals.