This web site provides U.S. Official Development Assistance (ODA) data as defined by the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), Development Assistance Committee (DAC). These data are compiled annually by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) for the U.S. Government and submitted to the OECD/DAC.
DAC is the principal body through which the OECD deals with issues related to cooperation with developing countries. The DAC publishes statistics and reports on aid and other resource flows from donor countries to developing countries, based principally on the reporting of DAC Member countries.
Because all donor countries use the same definition of "Official Development Assistance" when reporting to the DAC, these data are useful when comparing assistance across donor countries.
To understand how the data on this site differ from U.S. foreign assistance reported in the Greenbook please see our Comparison of Official Development Assistance and Foreign Assistance Reporting.
Users may access the standard DAC tables or create their own customized tables. The data in the customized tables are more expansive than the standard tables. Users are able to query U.S. ODA by recipient country, sector and implementing agency
CY2009 Official Development Assistance Flows from the United States
U.S. Official Development Assistance (ODA) was $28.8 billion (net disbursements) in CY2009, a $2.4 billion or 9 percent increase from the revised CY2008 level. The ODA-to-GNI ratio increased to 0.21 percent in CY2009, compared with 0.18 percent in CY2008. U.S. ODA in CY2009 was the highest net level historically for any donor country. U.S. bilateral ODA expanded broadly worldwide to record levels in CY2009, increasing $1.7 billion with 78 countries receiving additional assistance.